Musical Knack Lab 2: Staging Music

Course goals

This class caters to future decision-makers in the music business by means of practical training grounded in musicological background knowledge. The course resonates with the adjacent Music, Media and Infrastructure courses in which the international music world is profiled and contextualized.
Students will be able to interact with the music sector and learn industry best-practice first-hand. Coursework that meets the expected high standards will be showcased and can be included in the student’s professional portfolio.

Content

The course Staging Music forms part of the practical training track within the Applied Musicology program and studies various aspects surrounding the staging of music in the 21^st Century.
The course is solidly grounded in current debates about the future of music and performance. It will bring students into touch with the latest developments that help artists put out and perform their music. The students will be asked to engage with various conceptual models to help them keep sight of the bigger picture in which new trends emerge.
To understand the difficulties and practicalities of putting a (music) event together, the students have to work together to organize such an event. They will learn key skills around working together across cultural backgrounds; finding the rights tools and frameworks to bring ideas to life; and shipping an actual product – an event.  

Additional information

This course is open only to students enrolled in the MA programme Applied Musicology

Career orientation:
Knowledge of how to stage and distribute music through various methods; experience of community building; experience in organizing (music) events; knowledge of the latest developments in music and technological advances.