Making Music with Others (FutureLearn)

Firstly, you’ll explore basic concepts in group music-making and the social contexts in which musicians participate.

You’ll learn about group music-making across a range of genres and the principles behind successful rehearsal preparation.

You’ll develop practical and communication skills relevant to a range of collaborative music-making contexts.

Finally, you’ll understand how to convey your own artistic identity through a range of music-making contexts.

What topics will you cover?

- Social contexts of music-making

- Principles behind successful group music-making

- Effective rehearsal preparation

- Individual and collective identity in group music-making

- Communicative practices in group music-making

- Music consumption in society

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Reflect on your own music-making practice in relation to the cultural and social contexts in which other musicians participate

- Describe the principles behind successful rehearsal preparation

- Demonstrate awareness of communicative practices in group music making

- Explain how individual and collective artistic identities are conveyed in a range of music-making contexts