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MUZ00ENCYC-MUZ-1-OPT - Encyclopedia of Music optional7835/4516/2526/1/79
Study guide

MUZ00ENCYC-MUZ-1-OPT - Encyclopedia of Music optional

7835/4516/2526/1/79
Academic year 2025-26
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Master of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (18)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Master of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (18)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Weight: 3,00
Total study time: 90,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 30.11.2025 (Course takes place from beginning until end of academic year)
Nature: Optional course
Co-ordinator: Billiet Jeroen (dut,eng)
Other teaching staff: Stragier Maarten (dut)
Language course: No
Languages: Dutch, English
Scheduled for: Academic Year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of tolerance: A result of less than 8/20 is not tolerablefor this course unit.
Preservability: The result of this course unit is preservable according to the terms of the program you are enrolled for.

Course Content

on introductory level:

Core Skills of the Artistic Research Process


• Terminology and conceptual frameworks in artistic research
• Finding, selecting, analysing, critically evaluating and applying artistic and scholarly sources related to one’s own discipline
• Formulating research questions
• Introduction to artistic research methodology
• Articulating one’s own artistic process

Course content that strengthens artistic performance


• Practical application and implementation of presented methods and information within one’s own performance practice
• Reflection on one’s own artistic output

Course Content that Strengthens the Artistic and Societal Position


• Methodology of the artistic process
• Writing skills
• Sustainable and responsible use of IT and AI
• Writing and presentation skills
• Critical engagement with information
• Positioning and discussing one’s own work within a socio-cultural context
• Use of IT and AI in a research context
• Proper completion of assignments according to pre-established guidelines

Type of Teaching

Education with personal contact
Lecture30,00 hours
Preparation for the course
Course preparation60,00 hours

Course Objectives

The student progressively acquires the knowledge and skills necessary for their chosen musical specialisation through methodical frameworks appropriate to the level of study, as well as through artistic and academic sources and structured exercises (LO1–5).

Under supervision, the student constructs a fully-fledged artistic product based on an authentic and well-founded artistic vision and communicates about it effectively. He/she reflects on their own work from a critical-artistic perspective, with attention to lifelong professional development, and in relation to both the musical field and the broader socio-cultural context (LO11–14).

Evaluation

Evaluation(s) for both exam chances, not reproducible in re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
Exam period JanuaryWorkpiece20,00Submission of a paper proving the mastering of basic skills learned in semester 1
Exam period JuneObservation30,00this mark is represents the active application of the course material in discussions and assignments in relation to the own artistic practice, and through the academic year.
Exam period JunePaper50,00submission of a personal research report based on academic and artistic sources, using the methods discussed in the course

Course Material(s): Mandatory

1. Course Materials
• Lecture notes and hand-outs available via Canvas

2. KCB Library
• Physical and digital collections from the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels (KCB).
• Access to music-specific resources, score archives, and reference works.

3. Ithaca College – Research 101 Website
• https://library.ithaca.edu/r101/
An online guide to academic research, using sources, referencing, and information literacy skills.

4. Databases

• JSTOR: Digital library with academic articles, including musicology content.
• Oxford Music Online (including Grove Music): Encyclopaedia with comprehensive entries on music, composers, and styles.
• RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals): Index of historical music periodicals.
• RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales): International catalogue of musical primary sources (e.g. manuscripts).
• RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale): Bibliographic database of global scholarly publications on music.

Course Material(s): Recommended

Doğantan, Mine, and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research. Artistic Practice as Research in Music : Theory, Criticism, Practice. Routledge

Hübner, Falk. Method, Methodology and Research Design in Artistic Research between Solid Routes and Emergent Pathways. Taylor & Francis, 2024

Kahr, Michael, editor. Artistic Research in Jazz : Positions, Theories, Methods. Routledge, 2022.

Orpheus Institute (Ghent). Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance : Artists and Researchers at the Orpheus Institute. Edited by Jonathan Impett, Leuven University Press, 2018.

Prerequisites

CodeDescriptionLevel
ESOFinal attainment level: secundary educationIntroductory

Acquired competences

CodeDescriptionLevelCategory
BMUZCOMP_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has a basic style knowledge of different composing periods and idioms.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has insight into different musical parameters, names them in other works and uses them to realise his/her own compositions.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO11LO11: Communication skills The Bachelor graduate communicates through and about his/her artistic work. In the first place, the communication takes place through the music itself, but also through written and/or verbal explanation.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZCOMP_LO14LO14: Artistic vision The bachelor in music develops (under supervision) his/her own project to an artistic product and knows the possibilities to share this with a public. He/she starts to develop a personal vision on the process of his/his artistic career.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has the required style knowledge.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate masters the basics to set requirements from his/her musicians regarding musical language and to transfer them from the sheet music to the orchestra in a transparent manner.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO11LO11: Communication skills The Bachelor graduate communicates through and about his/her artistic work. In the first place, the communication takes place through the music itself, but also through written and/or verbal explanation.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZDIR_LO14LO14: Artistic vision The bachelor in music develops (under supervision) his/her own project to an artistic product and knows the possibilities to share this with a public. He/she starts to develop a personal vision on the process of his/his artistic career.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has the required style knowledge.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has insight into different musical parameters, names them and uses them in his/her own performance practice. Theoretic and cultural knowledge is applied in practice.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO11LO11: Communication skills The Bachelor graduate communicates through and about his/her artistic work. In the first place, the communication takes place through the music itself, but also through written and/or verbal explanation.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development LO 13 The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO14LO14: Artistic vision The bachelor in music develops (under supervision) his/her own project to an artistic product and knows the possibilities to share this with a public. He/she starts to develop a personal vision on the process of his/his artistic career.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has the required style knowledge.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has insight into different musical parameters, names them and uses them in his/her own performance practice. Theoretic and cultural knowledge is applied in practice.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO11LO11: Communication skills The Bachelor graduate communicates through and about his/her artistic work. In the first place, the communication takes place through the music itself, but also through written and/or verbal explanation.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO14LO14: Artistic vision The bachelor in music develops (under supervision) his/her own project to an artistic product and knows the possibilities to share this with a public. He/she starts to develop a personal vision on the process of his/his artistic career.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has knowledge of different style periods on a formal, stylistic and music theory level.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has basic knowledge of the music theoretical and historical context of harmonious languages, counterpoint-related writing techniques, theory of instruments and orchestration.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO11LO11: Communication skills The Bachelor graduate communicates through and about his/her artistic work. In the first place, the communication takes place through the music itself, but also through written and/or verbal explanation.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The Bachelor graduate is aware of the need to continue developing all his/her life as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO14LO14: Artistic vision The bachelor in music develops (under supervision) his/her own project to an artistic product and knows the possibilities to share this with a public. He/she starts to develop a personal vision on the process of his/his artistic career.IntroductoryDLR,SWT

Counselling/guidance

during lessons and via e-mail

Course Sequence

There are no prerequisites for this course.