I was very confused when I first saw that we had to propose an award title for our BA Hons. At this stage in my career my professional practice involves both performing and teaching; however given the opportunity I would choose performance over teaching. Then again in the future I hope to teach full-time. Am I confusing you how!?!?
The Module handbook recommends that we consider our existing knowledge (gained through our former training/work) and how this knowledge will be extended through completing the modules on BAPP. Fellow students have also highlighted the affect our plans for future careers may have on our award titles.
Therefore I have come to the conclusion that the majority of my life so far has been dedicated to training in Musical Theatre (not only my 3 years at Bird College, but the previous 15 years prior to that); and I plan to continue to perform in the Musical Theatre industry for a good few years to come. Although my inquiry is based around teaching, it is my knowledge and experience in Musical Theatre that has enabled me to approach the teaching aspect will such enthusiasm; and this enthusiasm and passion I encompass for Musical Theatre is what will drive my career forward whether that be in performance or teaching.
So .... my proposed award title is BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Musical Theatre.
As always, any comments or suggestions are very welcome. If you think I am thinking about my award title from the wrong perspective, or you could propose a more appropriate title I would appreciate your thoughts.
........ and just as a quick p.s - I know we all received emails form Alan regarding his 'Inquiry Headings doc' but it you haven't taken a look at it yet - DO! I found it really helpful!!!!!
Hi Lizzie,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see you are networking with others on the SIG.
In terms of your award title I think ‘Musical Theatre’ looks very appropriate. I don’t see any need to put further effort into this. I would be happy to support this proposal.
Hi Lizzie,
ReplyDeleteHave you thought bout putting two things in your title? If you want to include teaching as your inquiry and you are thinking about doing it in the future why not have both, for example you could have:
BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Musical Theatre Performance and Education
This would mean you can show you have looked in to both so are not restricting yourself to just one and it is more specific.
What do you think?
Emily ☺
Yes i found Alan's inquiry headings doc. very useful too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Emily - that's what I was thinking of when trying to create an award title; I wanted something that would express my knowledge and training in both performance and teaching.
ReplyDeleteI think (as Alan recommended) I'll stick to Musical Theatre, but your suggestion was exactly how I wanted to put my thoughts into words!
Lizzie x