Music students are being given a new way to engage with their assessment process this weekend when they are invited to ‘mark’ a performance by one of their lecturers.
The University’s Chamber Orchestra will be presenting a virtuosic programme of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, Sibelius Finlandia, and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, which will feature senior lecturer Laura Ritchie as soloist on cello.
Meanwhile, the music students in attendance will have the chance to ‘mark’ Laura’s performance using the university criteria that are used to assess their own performances.
Laura said: “This concert gives students a chance to engage with assessment from a different perspective as I, the teacher, am in the 'hot seat' with the tables turned on me. The purpose of the exercise is give increase the students’ awareness and understanding of examination processes. By having the chance to reflect on the marking criteria and writing comments for someone else, it will hopefully give them a new appreciation of the importance of feedback for their own development.”
Tickets for the concert on Saturday 2 April, which takes place in the Chapel of the Ascension at the University’s Bishop Otter Campus in Chichester beginning at 7.30pm, are available to purchase on the door priced £5/£3 concessions. University staff and students admitted free of charge on presentation of a student/staff card.
The concert is also being held on Friday 1 April at Haslemere Hall, Haslemere (call 01428 642161 for details) and on Sunday 3 April at St Joseph’s Church in Havant (01243 432342).
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