Showing 176 courses for the subject Music
An introduction to key techniques and concepts in instrumental/vocal composition, digital music and film scoring. You will apply and learn these skills through a series of short compositions, sound-based works and scoring a short film. Students are e...
Performance Principal Study 1A
PERF101
Development of technical and musical competency on the student’s chosen instrument or voice. This course is open to students studying either Classical or Jazz Performance.
Performance Principal Study 1B
PERF102
Development of technical and musical competency on the student’s chosen instrument or voice. This course is open to students studying either Classical or Jazz Performance.
Songwriting
CMPO103
In this hands-on creative course, you will learn the core skills, techniques and methods essential to the art and craft of songwriting, as well as develop and enhance your songwriting persona. You will complete a focused portfolio of original songs, ...
A study of the range of musical experiences that define contemporary musical consciousness, from development in art, popular, and world musics across the 20th and 21st centuries, to the changing role of performers and performance. Historical, critica...
Performance Skills 1A
PERF105
Development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in two approved areas of study, dependent on the student’s instrument/voice.
Music, Culture, Experience
MUSC106
An introductory study of musical experiences from a range of cultural perspectives. Trimester 3: Withdrawal with refund by 24/11/2017; withdrawal without refund by 13/12/2017, after which date the permission of the Associate Dean (Students) will be r...
Performance Skills 1B
PERF106
Development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in two approved areas of study, dependent on the student’s instrument/voice.
Popular Music: An Introduction
MUSC120
An introduction to the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music, integrating case studies of various global popular musics and interdisciplinary discussion of a range of ideas and issues that emerge from their study.
Introductory study of the cultural roots of jazz and other Black American musics, the political and social contexts in which these musics have flourished, and the ongoing musical practices related to jazz in the twenty-first century.
An introduction to fundamental knowledge of the instruments found in a standard symphony orchestra. Students will learn a brief history of each instrument, as well as its range characteristics, timbre variations, technical considerations and their po...
In this chronological survey of Western art music, students study some of the most famous musical works ever written, and are introduced to the key historical, cultural, social, and stylistic developments in the Western art music tradition. Students ...
Music in Global Contexts
MUSC150
An introduction to music in world cultures. A survey of examples from the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas that examines music within its cultural context, and an introduction to the study of ethnomusicology.
An introduction to fundamental written skills in music and to basic forms used in Western music, including practise in aural perception.
Jazz Theory/ Musicianship 1
MUSC164
Development of theoretical knowledge and skills for improvisation, composition, transcription, transposition and analysis.
Jazz Theory/Musicianship 2
MUSC165
Study of the basic elements and procedures of jazz, including training in the fundamental skills of harmony, rhythm and keyboard.
Project in Performance 1A
PERF165
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Classical Theory/Musicianship 1
MUSC166
Study of the basic elements and procedures of common practice tonal music, including basic training in harmony and counterpoint, aural perception, and keyboard skills.
Project in Performance 1B
PERF166
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Classical Theory/Musicianship 2
MUSC167
Study of chromatic tonal harmony, including training in analysis, voice-leading procedures, model composition, melodic and rhythmic dictation, aural skills and keyboard skills.
Project in Performance 1C
PERF167
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Project in Performance 1D
PERF168
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline. 100% inte...
Digital Music Foundations
CMPO185
An introduction to cutting-edge digital music production techniques: computer music programming, sound synthesis, and audio effects. Gain core skills required for generating and processing sound in digital media. Skills developed in this course will ...
An introduction to the fundamentals of music production, sound engineering, recording, and synthesis. You will learn a range of core music technology skills that are central to the disciplines of audio engineering and post-production, electronic musi...
Creative application of intermediate concepts in instrumental/vocal composition and/or hybrid composition, particularly as they apply to aesthetic and technical concepts of form/shape, compositional process, and advanced materials. This course is ope...
Special Topic: Songwriting
MUSC201
A practical course in song-writing focused on the creation and performance or presentation of original songs, supported by analysis of relevant song repertoire, particularly in popular music, as well as study of key approaches to song and lyric compo...
Further development of technical and musical competency, as well as artistic and stylistic insight, to perform at an intermediate level on the student’s chosen instrument or voice.
Creative application of intermediate abilities in instrumental/vocal techniques and concepts resulting in the creation of both original works and orchestrations for a number of small instrumental ensembles. 100% internal assessment.
Further development of technical and musical competency, as well as artistic and stylistic insight, to perform at an intermediate level on the student’s chosen instrument or voice.
Songwriting as Composition
CMPO203
In this hands-on creative course, you will expand your abilities in the art and craft of songwriting to include aspects of arranging, production and ensemble performance. Alongside this, you will continue to deepen your creative identity and will com...
Performance Skills 2A
PERF205
Further development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in three approved areas of study, dependent on the student’s instrument/voice.
Performance Skills 2B
PERF206
Further development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in three approved areas of study, dependent on the student’s instrument/voice.
Performance Extended Skills 2A
PERF207
Development of technical and musical skills in an ancillary performance competency. Approved streams include Latin and jazz fusion ensembles.
Performance Extended Skills 2B
PERF208
Development of technical and musical skills in an ancillary performance competency. Approved streams include conducting, Latin and jazz fusion ensembles. In 2024, only the classical stream is offered.
Explore key creative concepts and techniques in electronic music, alongside developing audio production and sound design skills, while completing your own pieces of electronic music. Critically and historically informed approaches to electronic music...
Further development, through individual lessons, workshops and self-directed learning of technical and musical competency on the student’s primary instrument/voice, along with greater artistic and stylistic insight.
Further development, through individual lessons, workshops and self-directed learning of technical and musical competency on the student’s primary instrument/voice, along with greater artistic and stylistic insight.
Introduction to knowledge and skills in jazz arranging and composition to an intermediate level through workshops and lessons.
Study of a range of historical, analytical and critical perspectives on jazz as a global music, focusing on on issues of race and gender, as well as the relationship between musics labelled as "jazz" and the nation-state. The course will explore a va...
Topic in Music History
MUSC230
Advanced study of selected instrumental music, considered from a range of historical, analytic and critical perspectives. Current offering: This course explores the development of the nineteenth-century symphony. It follows a roughly chronological jo...
Perspectives on Vocal Music
MUSC231
Study of a range of perspectives on vocal music considered historically, analytically or critically.
An introduction to the discipline of composing and/or arranging, for ensembles of 4–10 instruments. Students can elect to compose/arrange for either classical or jazz ensembles.
A study of select musical genres, composers and centres of composing and performing activity in the early modern period, from the birth of opera with Monteverdi to J.S. Bach and Handel.
A study of the major musical genres and centres of musical production throughout the eighteenth century in their intellectual and social context.
An historical and analytical study of nineteenth-century European music.
An historical study of selected developments in Western art music after 1900.
Film Music
MUSC247
An introduction to the practice and criticism of music in sound cinema from 1927 to the end of the twentieth century. Current offering: This course will explore the music's interaction with the visual, narrative, dramatic complexity of and other soni...
Why is rock music often associated with men while pop is more often associated with women? Are live music venues safe for women and non-binary audience members and musicians? Why are so many popular music audio-engineers men? How do artists and liste...
Sound and Music in Aotearoa
MUSC249
How have tangata whenua, pākehā, and tauiwi engaged with sound and music in the past and present of Aotearoa? What meanings does music hold for individuals and communities across the motu? In this course we will explore a wide range of human, animal,...
Music in Everyday Life
MUSC250
Introduction to the ethnography of music and performance in social and cultural contexts.
Perspectives on Music of Oceania
MUSC251
Study of a range of perspectives on select music cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia considered in social and cultural contexts. 70% internal assessment, 30% final examination. Co-taught with MUSC 351.
Study of a selected topic in Ethnomusicology. 70% internal assessment, 30% examination.
In this course you will learn about the music and culture of the Asia-Pacific region through hands-on engagement with either Māori music or Javanese Gamelan. By participating in rehearsals and performances, and researching the broader social context ...
Jazz Theory/ Musicianship 3
MUSC264
Development of theoretical knowledge and skills for improvisation, composition, transcription, transposition and analysis to an advanced standard.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Classical Theory/Musicianship 3
MUSC266
Study of advanced chromatic harmony and voice leading procedures, including advanced training in melodic and rhythmic dictation, aural perception, and keyboard skills.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Methods of Music Analysis
MUSC267
Development of extended understanding of the procedures of tonal music common to composers of the 18th to early 20th centuries.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline. 100% inte...
This hands-on course will familiarise students with the main stylistic features shared by music of the late-Romantic period and many contemporary Hollywood film scores. The course draws on key triadic post-tonal theories (especially Neo-Riemannian th...
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Sound is the medium in which we experience the audible world, including music, but what does it mean to encounter sound? What defines sound and sonic experience? How does sound interact with our bodies, with the environment, or with vision? Who are t...
Digital Music and Interaction
CMPO285
In this course, you will learn creative use of computer programming for interactive digital music applications. You will gain skills to build your own custom-designed interactive instruments, synthesisers, samplers, sequencers. What you will learn in...
Audio Production and Recording
CMPO286
In this course you will develop your skills in audio production, recording and mixing. You will also explore critical perspectives on music technology which will inform and enhance your technical abilities.
Creative application of advanced abilities in instrumental/vocal techniques and concepts resulting in the creation of independently conceived original works.
Further development of technical and musical competency and artistic and stylistic insight to perform an expanded range of repertoire of the student’s chosen instrument or voice.
Creative application of advanced abilities in instrumental/vocal techniques and concepts resulting in the creation of independently conceived original works.
Further development of technical and musical competency and artistic and stylistic insight to perform an expanded range of repertoire of the student’s chosen instrument or voice.
Songwriting Projects
CMPO303
In this hands-on creative course, you will propose, plan, develop, and present an EP-length portfolio of original songs, which you will present publicly in a supportive and encouraging creative environment.
What are the skills needed to work as a composer in film and television today? In CMPO 305 you’ll learn how to use sampled audio and sound libraries to create engaging scores, including elements such as simulated orchestral textures, virtual percussi...
Performance Skills 3A
PERF305
Advanced development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in three approved areas of study, dependant on the student’s instrument/voice.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music academic staff member.
Performance Skills 3B
PERF306
Advanced development of practical performance skills that support and enhance students’ principal study. Students participate in three approved areas of study, dependant on the student’s instrument/voice.
Performance Extended Skills 3A
PERF307
Advanced development of technical and musical skills in an ancillary performance competency. Students choose from a Latin ensemble or jazz fusion ensemble.
Topic in Musicology
MUSC308
Advanced study of a selected topic in Musicology. 100% internal assessment.
Performance Extended Skills 3B
PERF308
Advanced development of technical and musical skills in an ancillary performance competency. Students choose from a Latin ensemble or jazz fusion ensemble.
Special Topic: Music Pedagogy
MUSC309
This course introduces and explores concepts of teaching and learning music, and provides an opportunity for students to gain practical experience of planning, delivering and evaluating musical learning within an educational context. This course will...
Electronic Music Projects
CMPO310
Through creative work in electronic music, students in this course will learn to use leading-edge audio technology and production techniques, including advanced approaches to sound design and spatial audio. The final assignment is to conceive and rea...
Development to an advanced level of technical and musical competency on the student’s primary instrument/voice.
Development to an advanced level of technical and musical competency on the student’s primary instrument/voice.
Advanced Jazz Composition 1
CMPO320
Further development of knowledge and application of skills in arranging and composition for jazz ensembles of varying sizes to an advanced level with emphasis on style and creativity through lessons and self-directed study.
Advanced study of a selected topic within jazz studies. 100% internal assessment.
Studies in Jazz
MUSC329
Advanced study of select jazz repertoires from a range of historical, ethnographic, or critical frameworks. Current offering: Global Jazz. A critical exploration of a variety of musics labelled as “jazz” across a number of geographical settings and h...
Topic in Music History
MUSC330
Advanced study of a selected topic in music history. 70% internal assessment, 30% examination.
Topics in Instrumental Music
MUSC331
Advanced study of selected instrumental music, considered from a range of historical, analytic and critical perspectives. Current offering: This course explores the development of the nineteenth-century symphony. It follows a roughly chronological jo...
An introduction to the advanced practice of composing and arranging for large ensembles. Students can elect to compose/arrange compose/arrange for either classical or jazz ensembles. for either classical ensembles (e.g. symphony orchestra) or jazz en...
This course examines the various factors that shape the experience of opera, both by audiences and by singers, and how music criticism has interacted with those experiences. We will investigate how the terms of operatic communication - music and text...
Studies in 18th Century Music
MUSC336
Advanced study of selected music of the 17th and 18th centuries, considered from a range of historical, analytic and critical perspectives. 100% internal assessment.
Studies in 19th Century Music
MUSC337
Advanced study of selected music of the 19th century, considered from a range of historical, analytical, and critical perspectives. 100% internal assessment.
Study of selected topics in performance practice, with a scholarly research focus. Current offering: How does performance define meaning in the Western art music tradition? Study will include consideration of ideals such as the concept of the work, a...
Historical Performance Practice
MUSC340
An academic study of the resources, instruments, techniques and stylistic conventions relevant to the performance of music from Renaissance to modern times, with an emphasis on works of the 17th and 18th centuries.
An examination, expressed through critical and potentially creative work, of new conceptual approaches to sonic art and/or instrumental/vocal composition. 100% internal assessment.
Editing as Interpretation
MUSC342
Practical studies in early music notation and the critical editing of music.
Study of a selected interdisciplinary topic within Popular Music Studies considered from a range of historical, cultural, or critical perspectives. 2025 offering: Hip Hop Matters: Hip hop has grown from its roots as live party music in New York City ...
Approaches to the Study of Music
MUSC344
Advanced study in historical and recent developments in musicology and ethnomusicology, considering a variety of methodologies and approaches that may be applied to advanced study in music. 100% internal assessment.
Advanced study of selected music after 1900, considered from a range of historical, analytical, and critical perspectives. 100% internal assessment.
An in-depth study of current issues in film music criticism.
Study of selected topics in New Zealand music considered from a range of historical, cultural, or critical perspectives. Current offering: This course examines Western art music in Aotearoa New Zealand during the Colonial (1841–1907) and Dominion era...
Approaches to Popular Music
MUSC349
Advanced study of select popular music traditions, integrating topical case studies and interdisciplinary discussion of related scholarly issues. Hip hop has grown from its roots as live party music in New York City in the 1970s to become a global m...
Study of ethnomusicology and musicology theory and methods, and their application for advanced research into music. 100% internal assessment.
Study of select cultures from Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia and in-depth consideration of music and dance practices from a range of historical, ethnographic, or critical frameworks.
Studies in Music of Asia
MUSC352
Study of select music cultures of Asia and in-depth consideration of musical practices from a range of historical, ethnographic, or critical frameworks.
Study of a selected topic related to Pacific Islands music, focused on particular cultural areas and considered from a range of historical, cultural, or critical perspectives.
Advanced study of a selected topic in ethnomusicology.
Topic in Ethnomusicology
MUSC356
Advanced study of a selected topic in Ethnomusicology. 100% internal assessment.
Advanced materials and analytical techniques relating to selected Western art music repertoire after 1900.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline. 100% inte...
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music staff member. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Music Pedagogy
MUSC372
This course introduces and explores concepts of teaching and learning music, and provides an opportunity for students to gain practical experience of planning, delivering and evaluating musical learning within an educational context. This course will...
Digital Music and Interfaces
CMPO385
Hone your skills as a builder of digital musical instruments and learn to build the tools that you'll use to produce and perform electronic music. This course offers an exploration of cutting-edge and industry-standard approaches to audio programming...
Development of advanced recording and production skills, with a focus on large ensemble/concert hall recording, and audio mixing and sound for film. The course also develops critical perspectives on the practice, process and experience of advanced so...
Advanced Audio Production
CMPO387
Through a series of student-led projects, students will develop advanced skills in stereo audio production, with a focus on student content and production, closely informed by industry standards in mixing and mastering. Students will also explore cri...
Supervised independent study in composition or sonic arts resulting in a portfolio of compositions and/or sound-based works. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Refinement of creative research skills in the domain of Classical Performance, culminating in a substantial public recital, and a written component that explicates students’ creative research processes and platforms. Through studio lessons, group cla...
Supervised independent study in composition or sonic arts resulting in a portfolio of compositions and/or sound-based works. A proposal outlining the intended work for this course must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment de...
Classical Performance Recital
PERF402
Development of musical performance towards an independently conceived and presented public recital.
Advanced Music/Sound for Film
NZSM403
Development of advanced skills in composing music or sound for film. Students choose to focus on one of two disciplines: 1) film scoring or 2) audio post-production for film. The film scoring stream focuses on analysing and reproducing the compositio...
Refinement of creative research skills culminating in a substantial public recital and a creative research platform written component. This course advances the performance and improvisation skills gained at the undergraduate level, while cultivating ...
An in-depth examination of the main compositional approaches that foreground instrumental timbre in both notated music and sonic art. Featured composers include Sciarrino, Lachenmann and the Spectralists, as well as composers who use microphony, micr...
Jazz Performance Recital
PERF404
Development of jazz performance towards an independently conceived and presented public recital.
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of an academic staff member, applicable to the domains of both Instrumental/Vocal Composition and Sonic Arts. Current offering: Advanced study of the specific technica...
Advanced concepts and techniques in the arrangement of existing music for instrumental ensembles, with an emphasis on arranging for large and/or unusual combinations of instruments. 100% internal assessment.
Independent Performance Project
NZSM419
Supervised independent study of a performance topic of special interest. A proposal outlining the intended work for this paper must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline. 100% internal assessment.
A collaborative performance project, focused on Jazz or cross-genre music involving Jazz, utilising acoustic and/or electronic instruments, and performed to a professional standard in a live or studio setting. Collaborations may also involve composer...
Topic in Performance
NZSM427
Advanced study of a selected topic in performance, with a focus on practical application. 100% internal assessment.
Introductions to key terms (performance/ performativity, techniques, technologies) are followed by seminars focussed on performance anthropology and history; architectural and sociocultural contexts of performance spaces and their technical affordanc...
Approaches to Music Research
NZSM431
Advanced study in the historical development of musicology as a discipline, considering a variety of methodologies and approaches that may be applied to advanced study in music.
Small Ensemble Second Study
PERF433
Extension of ensemble skills and presentation of ensemble music including chamber music or contemporary ensemble, in an area that supplements or complements the main area of study.
Orchestral Performance
PERF434
Preparation and presentation of an extended repertoire for orchestra to a professional level appropriate to the student's instrument, including preparatory research and study for orchestral auditions.
Opera Performance
PERF435
Supervised study of vocal and dramatic performance, including related background study, in appropriate opera repertoire of Western music.
Editing as Interpretation
NZSM438
Advanced practical studies in early music notation and the critical editing of music. 100% internal assessment.
An examination, expressed through advanced critical and potentially creative work, of new conceptual approaches to sonic art and/or instrumental/vocal composition. 100% internal assessment.
Operatic Criticism
NZSM445
A detailed exploration of one or more critical approaches to opera in relation to a particular selection of operatic works. 100% internal assessment.
Advanced study of a selected topic in musicology. Current offering: Drawing upon works from the Western art music tradition dating from around 1600 up until modern times (but with an emphasis on 17th and 18th-century repertoire), this course examines...
Advanced study of a selected topic within jazz studies. This course is an advanced study of shifting and negotiated notions of form, style, historical narrative, institutional location, and political economy surrounding the performance of jazz and im...
Advanced study of approaches to music ethnography, considering research methodologies involving the use of interviews, recordings, and performance in their appropriate historical, ethical, and critical contexts. The course will include the applicatio...
Advanced study of historical and recent developments in ethnomusicology and musicology, considering a variety of methodologies and approaches that may be applied to advanced study in music. 100% internal assessment.
Advanced study of a selected topic related to Pacific Islands music, focused on particular cultural areas and considered from a range of historical, cultural, or critical perspective. 100% internal assessment.
In depth study and application of critical methods as applied to music in film. 100% internal assessment.
Advanced materials and analytical techniques relating to selected Western art music repertoire after 1900. 100% internal assessment.
Music Therapy Principles
NZSM470
Development of the conceptual skills and knowledge to understand the work of a music therapist in a therapeutic team and to identify and respond to varied needs of clients and associated caregivers. (Note: this course does not entitle students to pra...
Jazz Research
NZSM471
Advanced critical and analytical study of jazz, developing competency in a range of research methods. 100% internal assessment.
Approaches in Music Education
NZSM472
A critical exploration of the variety of methodologies, perspectives and materials employed in the field of music education internationally. This course will be of value to musicians with an interest in education as well as those whose aspiration is ...
Music Pedagogy
NZSM474
A broad introduction to the methodologies, practices and applications of music pedagogy for advanced musicians. This course will be of value to musicians with an interest in education as well as those whose aspiration is to become a career music educ...
Advanced Creative Audio Coding
NZSM485
Advanced study of interactive/game audio programming techniques and approaches to the integration of audio into new and existing games and creative applications, and the use of game engines as environments for the exploration of generative and proced...
Scholarly Project
NZSM494
Supervised advanced research of a music topic appropriate to the student's course of study, to include a major written component of a scholarly nature. A proposal outlining the intended work for this paper must be approved by the Director of the NZSM...
Minor Independent Project
NZSM495
Supervised independent study of a music topic appropriate to the student’s course of study. A proposal outlining the intended work for this paper must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Independent Project
NZSM496
Supervised independent study of a music topic appropriate to the student's course of study. A proposal outlining the intended work for this paper must be approved by the Director of the NZSM prior to the enrolment deadline.
Special Topic
NZSM501
This course will focus on a subject determined by the student and their supervisor. Please contact music@vuw.ac.nz for more information.
A detailed examination of a large-scale research project recently or currently undertaken by a music therapy staff member; exploration of methodologies, methods, and ethical issues frequently encountered in music therapy research; and the development...
Music Therapy Principles
NZSM520
Development of the conceptual skills and knowledge to understand the work of a music therapist in a therapeutic team and to identify and respond to varied needs of clients and associated caregivers. (Note: this course does not entitle students to pra...
World Musics and Music Therapy
NZSM521
Study of world musics and examination of the relationship between the music of different cultures and clinical work in music therapy. This study will also develop and enrich improvisation skills and sensitivity to cross-cultural practice.
Music Therapy Methods
NZSM522
Preparation and performance of appropriate repertoire with technical and musical mastery in situations relevant to music therapy. Improvisation styles, development of the voice for the music therapy context and receptive music therapy methods.
Music Therapy Practicum
NZSM523
Observation of experienced music therapists and supervised practice in a variety of health, education or community settings. Please note that this is a pass/fail course. Students who pass the course will receive a P grade.
Independent Study
NZSM524
Development, under supervision, of an approved area of special interest.
Case Work and Research
NZSM526
Demonstration of competent assessment, provision of appropriate music experiences and interactions, observations and evaluation in a client setting. Expansion of the understanding of music therapy by the analysis, synthesis and interpretation of idea...
A detailed examination of a large-scale research project recently or currently undertaken by a music therapy staff member. The course will explore methodology, methods, ethics and the development of research proposals.
Creative Project
NZSM590
FILM/DSDN/NZSM/THEA 590 is a creative research project, which is the capstone of the MFA (Creative Practice) degree. The project topic and approach is developed by the student under the guidance of an academic staff member in the relevant area.
Musicology
NZSM591
A thesis on an approved topic which may include a supplementary research component relevant to the topic of the thesis (comprising 25% of the final grade).
Composition
NZSM592
A thesis comprising an original composition or compositions of a scope approved by the Head of School which may include a research report which elucidates the composition(s) submitted or a supplementary research component relevant to the topic of the...
Performance
NZSM596
A thesis of a scope approved by the Head of School comprising a significant performance or series of performances and a written exegesis.
Musicology
NZSM597
A written thesis on an approved topic (90 points).
Composition
NZSM598
A thesis of a scope approved by the Head of School comprising original composition/creative work and a written exegesis (90 points).
Performance
NZSM599
A thesis of a scope approved by the Head of School comprising a significant performance or series of performances and a written exegesis (90 points).
Composition/Sonic Arts
NZSM640
An approved supervised independent project in composition or sonic arts. The project provides a context in which students explore individual research interests at an advanced level.
Performance
NZSM641
Development and refinement of performance skills to an advanced level, through a performance project that provides a context in which students explore individual research interests.
Development of a research proposal that lays out the appropriate scope, context, and aims for a line of enquiry to be explored through an exegesis and either a portfolio of creative work in composition or sonic arts or creative work in performance cu...
Special Topic
NZSM651
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music academic staff member.
Special Topic
NZSM652
Exploration of an area of learning specific to the research interests and activity of a music academic staff member.
Composition/Sonic Arts Thesis
NZSM660
Development and refinement of an approved portfolio of creative work in composition or sonic arts, with the Exegesis providing a coherent line of enquiry outlining the scope, context, aims, and critical perspectives, to accompany the works presented ...
Performance Thesis
NZSM661
Development and refinement of approved creative work in performance culminating in two public recitals and two lecture recitals, with the Exegesis providing a coherent line of enquiry outlining the scope, contexts, aims , and critical perspectives, t...
Music for PhD
NZSM690
Advanced Musical Performance 1
NZSM701
In this course students work under individual supervision to acquire in-depth knowledge of musical repertoire appropriate to their instrument. While the course is essentially practical, providing an opportunity to consolidate technique and develop pr...
Advanced Performance II
NZSM702
This course is a further study of musical repertoire under supervision, as for NZSM 701. In addition, students will receive guidance on the preparation and delivery of a well-structured and informed pre-concert talk. Assessment is by two public recit...
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