Demonstrable theoretical knowledge and practical skill-sets that align with LOs of Jazz 1 – America

At the beginning of the module you will determine the balance of your focus and assessment, in increments of 5%, across performance and technology based disciplines. Lectures, practical workshops and online content will introduce and unpack significant developments in the history of jazz in Europe from 1970 to the present day, engaging your critical thinking and informing independent research towards the submission of a summative essay. Particular focus will be given to practical engagement with dominant aesthetics within European jazz through tutor-led investigation into integrated performance and technological practices notable within the field. Studio production techniques, alongside applied performance related technologies and extended instrumental techniques will form the bases from which you will explore approaches to musical composition, interpretation, improvisation and mediation within the European context. By engaging with relevant theoretical concepts and repertoire, you will work towards the presentation of a practice-led recording/performance demonstrating the acquisition of a range of relevant skills on which you are able to meaningfully reflect through the submission of a summative learning log.

LO1: Critically reflect on, the history of jazz in Europe from 1970 to the present day.
LO2: Critically reflect on technologies and musical performance employed within aesthetically framed conceptions of European jazz.
LO3: Describe musical form and function as they relate to European jazz repertoire.
LO4: Demonstrate and deploy idiomatic awareness when reflecting on the aesthetics of European jazz in musical interpretation, improvisation and mediation.