Pilot year

The academic year of ’08-’09 was the pilot year for the Joint Master with 5-7 students per conservatoire. During this year parts of the programme have been tested. The following four compulsory modules, including teacher exchange, was piloted:

1. Action Research (AR): a focus on the application of research skills, as well as research methodology and literature.
2. Leading and Guiding (L&G): an introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary to be a competent workshop/laboratory practitioner and creative leader.
3. Performance and Communication (P&C): intensive encounters with examples of best practice in respect of innovative performance practice in a variety of contexts.
4. Project Management and Entrepreneurship (PME): the conceiving, implementing and realising of project/business ideas.

The following overview shows the modules which have been tested at each institution:
 
Prince Claus Conservatoire
L&G (1st sem); P&C (1st sem)

Royal Conservatoire
L&G (1st sem); P&C (1st sem); PME (1st sem)

Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences
PME (1st & 2nd sem); P&C (1st & 2nd sem)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama
L&G (1st sem); AR (2nd sem); PME (2nd sem)

Iceland Academy of Arts
L&G (1st sem); AR (1st sem)

Mentoring and the testing of the IT-environment was also part of these courses. Some institutions have also tested a range of optional modules. For an overview of these optionals see the development website of the Joint Music Master.

The course brochure of the pilot year is available in download.







The students that take part in the pilot year will receive a certificate, stating which modules have successfully been taken. Whether or not credits can be awarded in order to earn a master’s degree when students continue the Master programme after the pilot year, will be looked at in a later phase.

More information can be found at www.jointmusicmasters.org regarding the development of the Joint Music Master.