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Raising standards in performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2001

Robert Davis
Affiliation:
r.w.davis@btinternet.com
Mark Pulman
Affiliation:
mark@planetpulman.com

Abstract

Over the past few years, instrumental performance has been subject to considerable research in this journal and elsewhere. A great deal of this research has concentrated on the practice strategies and individual lessons, which most students undertake in preparing as performers. Little has been done on raising standards of performance on a larger scale within the context of a large music department. This article describes the outcomes of a two-year programme undertaken with undergraduates at Barnsley College. It looks specifically at the scope for curriculum changes over that period and the way the various individual aspects of performance lessons are brought together through a weekly class which focuses on the demands of a public performance and the strategies required to prepare for that event.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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