There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module encourages you to develop and enhance your autonomy as a musician with a focus on musical improvisation. Through theoretical underpinning and practical workshops, you will challenge normative assumptions around music-making and explore the political dimensions of creative practice while developing your confidence as an improviser in a variety of individual and collaborative contexts. Focus will be given to the acquisition of improvisational toolkits and approaches applied across diverse musical frameworks. Through engagement with academic theory alongside its practical applications, the module seeks to empower experimentation, risk and critical reflection in the presentation of fresh avenues for creative expression.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Examine relationships between relevant academic theory and technical toolkits in developing strategies for improvisation in a variety of musical contexts.

LO2: Explore the relationship between instrumental proficiency, creative intent, and real-time perception of individual actions when originating or responding to musical ideas.

LO3: Employ improvisation as a catalyst towards achieving autonomous creative freedom while reflecting effectively on outcomes.

LO4: Consolidate and integrate skills in active listening, empathetic communication and emotional resilience in participatory practice.