Music and Drama Development

Ficha de unidade curricular - Ano letivo 2018/2019

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

A - To develop knowledge in the fields of musical and dramatic literacies and terminologies, with the appropriation of nuclear concepts.
B - To experience musical and dramatic activities and to understand their aims, structure and procedures.
C - To develop specific skills and techniques within the scope of Theater and Music.

Syllabus

1- Basic concepts on dramatic and musical expression:
- The contexts of the artistic experience: appreciation, creation, improvisation and performance;
- Dramatic play;
- Symbols of written music: rhythm, melody and harmony;
- Layers of artistic development: materials, expression, structural play and value;
- Timbre; Dynamics; Pitch; Rhythm; Form.
- Sonorous materials (reading and writing); Expression, Structural play; Value.
2. Contexts of appreciation, creation and performance:
- Procedures and intentionalities in the different dramatic and musical experiences.
- Classical, popular and traditional music repertoires (e.g. cante alentejano)
3. Specific drama and music techniques:
- Vocal, instrumental (Orff, cavaquinho, recorder…) and bodily (gesture, mime, movement…) techniques; basic techniques on staging and acting; bodily performance in theatrical space; face mask; creative writing techniques for dialogues, poems and/or scripts.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The topics to be developed within this curricular unit aim to develop fundamental concepts in relation to art and cultural heritage, as well as to experience specific tools that might help students to implement actions of educational and cultural development of diverse publics. The syllabus is articulated around two main pillars: the theoretical component and the practical implementation, in order to facilitate the effectiveness of learning.
The articulation between syllabus and objectives is as follows: A with 1; B with 2; C with 3.

Teaching methodologies

The sessions will include the presentation and debate around the themes of the program and the practical experimentation of performing arts processes, individually and in groups. This theoretical and practical work in the classroom will be complemented with literature review and research, and the production and presentation of course works.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The participation in processes of oral presentation, debate, practical experimentation, research, reading and production enables students to develop the integrated knowledge that is announced in the objectives and which includes multimodal knowledge, understanding, integrating and creating.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

The assessment will include:
- Presence and participation in sessions – 45%
- Production and presentation (5/7 minutes) in trios of a digital portfolio of materials (educational resources) in the areas of music and drama. – 15%
- Production and presentation of a performance (music and drama) in trios (5/7 minutes), around an example of Cante Alentejano – 30%
- Significance – 10%
The exam version will consist on the individual production and presentation of a portfolio of materials (40%) and on an individual performance (60%), such as described above.

Attendance system

75% of presence (50% for workers) will be needed to be considered for continuous assessment. If this condition will not be verified, final exam will be the option.

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