Last modified: 06 Aug 2025 12:16
‘Every Community Musician believes they invented Community Music’ (Imry 2013, cited in Camlin 2015)
The first part of the course course is designed to explore and challenge what community music is and can be, and what it means to each of us in our individual contexts. Using the above as a provocation as well as Kushner Walker and Tarr’s 2001 Publication Case Studies and Issues in Community Music the course will explore the practice of Community Music through academic and participatory lenses.
‘Good intentions are not enough to avoid bad results when you make art with people‘ (Matarasso 2019)
The second part of this course is designed to situate Community Music within the broader Community Arts field exploring the role of artists in the creation of social, political and economic change.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The student experience is built around a participatory approach to learning and teaching, incorporating contact time with lecturers (lectures, seminars and workshops). Students will also have the opportunity to undertake placement through established links including Big Noise, Torry and Scottish Culture and Traditions youth and adult programmes (SC&T).
Throughout the course students will be asked to undertake a variety of formative tasks including self-directed research, reading, reflection and writing, as well as practical activities and online collaborations.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 19,20 | Feedback Weeks | 22,23 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 2,500 Extensive written feedback will be provided via MyAberdeen. |
Word Count | 2500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Apply knowledge, skills and understanding by using a range of the professional skills and practices associated with the field of community music through routine methods of enquiry and research. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Demonstrate and work with an understanding of the scope and defining features of the Community Music field and an integrated knowledge of its main areas and boundaries. |
| Reflection | Apply | Demonstrate how the Community Musician applies a critical understanding of theories, concepts and principles in a range of community and educational settings. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The ability to articulate an understanding of defining features of this course’s content within Community Music Practice. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional level in preparing for practice. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40,41 | Feedback Weeks | 43,44 | |
| Feedback |
Length: approx. 25 mins
Extensive written feedback will be provided via MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Apply knowledge, skills and understanding by using a range of the professional skills and practices associated with the field of community music through routine methods of enquiry and research. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Demonstrate and work with an understanding of the scope and defining features of the Community Music field and an integrated knowledge of its main areas and boundaries. |
| Reflection | Apply | Demonstrate how the Community Musician applies a critical understanding of theories, concepts and principles in a range of community and educational settings. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The ability to articulate an understanding of defining features of this course’s content within Community Music Practice. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional level in preparing for practice. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 49 | Feedback Weeks | 50,51 | |
| Feedback |
Word count: 6,000 Extensive written feedback will be provided via MyAberdeen. |
Word Count | 6000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Demonstrate and work with an understanding of the scope and defining features of the Community Music field and an integrated knowledge of its main areas and boundaries. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Apply knowledge, skills and understanding by using a range of the professional skills and practices associated with the field of community music through routine methods of enquiry and research. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional level in preparing for practice. |
| Reflection | Apply | Demonstrate how the Community Musician applies a critical understanding of theories, concepts and principles in a range of community and educational settings. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The ability to articulate an understanding of defining features of this course’s content within Community Music Practice. |
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