MU50EP: EXTENDED PROJECT (2020-2021)

The project outcome will be a dissertation and/or portfolio of compositions and/or a performance recital demonstrating original research. The exact nature of the project is the result of negotiation between supervisor (or supervisory team) and student, subject to the approval of the programme coordinator. As a guide, the word limit for assessment by dissertation only is 25,000 - 30,000; musicology students may also include other material, such as scholarly editions of music and analytical graphs. Assessment by composition portfolio can include music of any genre or stylee provided that the student can demonstrate its research value; the music can be instrumental/vocal and/or electroacoustic. The content of the portfolio will depend on length and complexity; it might consist of a single large-scale work or a number of smaller pieces but as a general guide, the total duration of the music might be around 35-40 minutes. Assessment of performance as research may involve a recital or collection of audio recordings totalling around 40-45 minutes duration; the latter is suited to projects involving, for example, performance on historical instruments in locations outside Aberdeen. In this case, recordings would have to be made specifically for the project: pre-existing commercially released recordings are not accepted. Students may produce one research in one type of outcome, or combine elements of more than one. Normally students specialising in composition and/or performance will include a short dissertation in the form of a commentary providing evidence of the research underpinning and illuminating the portfolio and/or recital. The outcome of the project (dissertation, composition portfolio, recital/recording or any combination of these) will be assessed as to its quality, as will the research underpinning it.

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