This course provides a program tailored to a graduate student’s specific area of interest, designed to develop particular academic skills to underpin practical outcomes such as performances, festivals, exhibitions, etc. It may include developing and managing an extended performance or composition project, a community outreach project, pedagogy, or action research in a professional experience context in an outside organisation. The course can enable students to gain professional-level experience through engaging in supervised activities and performances in a range of music and music-industry activities which may involve working with a professional ensemble, group or event; but may also involve working at a National Cultural Institution, working in an arts management placement, or participation in a festival.

1. understand the relationship between research/applied research and creative/professional practice;
2. work independently and collaboratively in response to project demands, including deadlines, in two or more creative or professional music roles;
3. demonstrate high-level creative, practical and research skills that can be applied to a range of professional environments within the broad music industry;and
4. demonstrate professionalism and, whenever appropriate, leadership as a creative practitioner.

Assessment will be:

• a practice/research journal of the project, 2500 words, 30% [Learning Outcomes 1-3] and
• one or more creative/professional applied research outcomes that are developed specifically to fit each project, 70%. The agreed criteria weighting will be documented in an individual learning contract. [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING CONTRACT EXAMPLE 1:

1. Reflective journal (2500 words) 30%
2. Composition of four songs for a music theatre work (40%)
3. Performance in the work of a solo role (30%)

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING CONTRACT EXAMPLE 2:

1. Reflective journal (2500 words) (30%)
2. Developing a marketing plan for a musical festival, including KPIs (40%)
3. Assisting with implementing marketing (20%)
4. Analysis evaluating extent to which KPIs were met (10%)

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING CONTRACT EXAMPLE 3:

1. Reflective journal (2500 words) (30%)
2. Development of a series of lessons plans for a particular learning environment (30%).
3. Participation as participant/observer and qualitative analysis of one case, or group of cases within the target group (40%).

130 hours, including 13 hours contact with the academic supervisor. The nature of the other 117 hours will vary widely depending on the nature of the project; for example, internships will involve much of this time working with body with which the internship is based, resulting in little flexibility. Other projects may involve significant private rehearsal time.

Co-requisite: MUSI7003 The Scholar Musician 1 or MUSI8001 The Scholar Musician 2. Permission of the course convenor. 

A knowledge of music equivalent to a completed undergraduate major in music.

Reading will be tailored for each student by his or her supervisor.