This course is aimed at students who already have a reasonable grasp of their instrument or voice.  Performance develops each student's technical skill in their discipline, and challenges and extends their artistic understanding and creativity. Study of an instrument/voice is undertaken through a combination of individual and group lessons, classes and concert practice activities, from which the student's technical and musical proficiency is assessed and developed and a range of repertoire of diverse styles and historical periods is explored. This study is strongly sequenced according to the needs and abilities of each individual, and the discipline-specific demands.

Performance fosters a thorough technical foundation in the discipline, repertoire and stylistic knowledge, the ability to express and communicate artistic ideas and intentions, the ability to perform confidently in public, independence and problem solving, self reliance in practice, critical reflection on personal musical expression, self motivation and organisation, management of physical demands, and an ability to meet practical requirements and deadlines.

Usually, the following instruments/voice can be studies.  For enrolment purposes, these need to be selected as a specific topic on ISIS:

• Bassoon
• Cello
• Clarinet
• Classical Horn
• Double Bass
• Flute
• Fortepiano
• French Horn
• Guitar
• Harp
• Jazz Bass
• Jazz Clarinet
• Jazz Drums
• Jazz Flute
• Jazz Guitar
• Jazz Piano
• Jazz Saxophone
• Jazz Trombone
• Jazz Trumpet
• Jazz Violin
• Jazz Voice
• Oboe
• Percussion
• Piano
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba
• Viola
• Violin
• Voice

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate reliable technique, good practice habits, musical and stylistic sensitivity, and the ability to express creative ideas using musical language.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of musical style and interpretation appropriate to the instrument and repertoire
3. Demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant literature and repertoire.
4. Perform in public at a level appropriate to skill development.
5. Demonstrate skills in working together as a group.
6. For jazz students: Demonstrate the stylistic features of jazz (including tone, phrasing, rhythm, feel, etc), and the ability to improvise appropriate to skill development.

Assessment will be by a blend of solo and group performances, either in public or in class during the course of the semester, and a teacher's assessment of progress.

Precise details of these assessment requirements, and relative weightings, will vary according to the specific instrument, and the program of performance activities scheduled in any given semester.  The following is a typical assessment pattern:

• One group public performance (40%) [Learning Outcomes 1,2,4,5-6]
• One individual performance in class (30%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3, 5-6]
• Progress and engagement with class performance activities (30%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3,5-6]

Typically two to four hours per week of contact -  group lessons, performance classes and ensemble performance activities, with an additional three individual lessons by arrangement.

Students will be expected to practice their instrument in their own time, for a minimum 80 additional hours in the course of the semester.

Departmental consent.

At least AMEB Grade 7 or equivalent on relevant instrument or voice