M-FT-PFP1

Practical Classes

1

1

1

45 minutes

45 minutes

27 hours

Admitted to ArtEZ Composition for Film and Theatre.

See Competencies Matrix.

Mastering the elements described under Contents.

Related to the main subject and theory lessons.

Students prepare a portfolio presentation, dealing with all aspects relevant: writing, arranging and selecting pieces. This includes taking care of the visual elements. All skills, aims and contents of year 1 are relevant to the audition.

Portfolio presentation that can be conducted on-campus or online.

Student's own material.

Students independently organize all aspects relevant to the presentation.

Audition for a panel of three to five teachers. As a rule, two of the panel members are composers. Students prepare five pieces varying in terms of style and tempo, which allow them to showcase their individual skills and musical identity.

Consistency, efficiency, economy of means, practicality, richness, intrinsic persuasiveness, richness, balance, intelligence, motivation, inventiveness, stylistic awareness, imagination, reflection (analysis, presentation), timing, authenticity and diversity.

The panel members separately assess the audition with a grade of + (satisfactory), +/- (uncertain) or - (unsatisfactory). Students pass this module if they receive more pluses than minuses.

Examiners use an outline of relevant criteria to assess students, with the average grade being used as the final grade.
The examiners hand in their assessment forms 'face-down' to the chair, who then reviews whether the assessments are sufficiently similar, i.e., whether the graded evaluations diverge no more than two points. If there are no problems in this area, the chair subsequently fills out the complete chair form, which contains, in the verbal part, a summary of the reasoned evaluations provided by the several examiners. The average grade of the examiners' evaluations is used as the final grade.
In case the examiners' assessments diverge more than allowed, the chair initiates a panel discussion, and firstly asks the relevant examiners (whose grades diverge more than two points) to provide a further explanation. Subsequently the other examiners are allowed to participate in the discussion, and the chair eventually asks them to re-vote in consideration of the issues raised during the discussion. If the grades now fall within the permissible two-point range of divergence, the chair calculates the average grade of the re-vote and copies it to the chair form, under the heading of 're-vote', and this new average will serve as the final grade.
If the grades are still too dissimilar, the chair also uses the average of the re-vote as final grade, adding a note on the chair form indicating why (from their perspective) the examiners were unable to find common ground.
Tests conducted online are valid only if it is done without interruption. The chair will decide whether or not the test was valid.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.