Implementation of Workshop and Master Class Music

for Students Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta

Veronica Yoni Kaestri

Faculty of Performing Arts, Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta, Parangtritis Street Km 6,5 Sewon, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Keywords: Implementation, Music Workshop, Master Class.

Abstract: The music Workshop and Master Class is a routine activity of both lecturers and students conducted by the

Department of Music Institute of Indonesia Yogyakarta. Mentor came from outside ISI Yogyakarta where

they have competent skills in the field of works and techniques of playing musical instruments. Mentors who

visited the department of Music came from abroad as an example from Korea, Japan, America, and many

other countries. The Workshop contains discussion, Master class and recital, followed by music students. The

teaching is a detailed technique of musical instrument games and practised by mentors and students. The

benefits that students take are increasing music science and instrument game techniques. The activity of the

workshop was done the first day, then the next day, the Master class activities and continued with a recital.

The discussion is done during the workshop; there are sessions of question and answer, which are very utilised

by the students to ask what they are unclear about the topics presented. A group of instruments does the Master

class; each student has a technique of their instrument play and boasts their most proud work of music created

by mentors and can play with them in Recital. The method of experimentation plays a role in Master class

activities, where the students can absorb the materials that have been given. Workshops and Master class

activities should often be done to increase student knowledge and add music playing skills.

1 INTRODUCTION

The activities of music workshops in universities,

especially in ISI Yogyakarta, Department of Music

are often done. Workshops have the meaning of an

activity conducted by several people or groups, where

they have knowledge or expertise in both workshop

participants and mentor. The activities were the

participants gathered, discussing and discussing a

topic, which then gave the Master Class for workshop

participants. The discussion can be a discussion about

the practice and theory related to the topic of the

workshop. The workshop participants were the music

students who were guided by the lecturers with

musical instruments that are related to the topic of the

workshop so that the object from the workshop is a

student.

The music Workshop aims to develop existing

music science, both understanding of music theory

and instrument practice and is expected to achieve

targets that have been scheduled. The target of a

workshop is to provide skills, knowledge to music

students according to the target that is expected to

mentor or the instructions. The process of music

workshop is the introduction of musical instrument

games played in a music work and practised by the

students, in the field of music learning process called

Master Class. Master Class is given by an expert in

the field, whether it is a music artist, a professional

player from the education industry (lecturer) and

others.

The music Workshop was implemented to

students of a mentor. Self-implementation is an

original form of action in carrying out a plan that has

been prematurely designed. According to the experts,

one is Usman in his book titled Professional Teachers

and Implementation curriculum said that something

that comes down to the action, activity, actions and

the existence of mechanisms of a system.

Implementation is not just a mere monotonous

activity, but it is a well-planned activity that is useful

to achieve a specific goal. Based on the above, the

implementation of music Workshop in the

Department of Music ISI Yogyakarta must be

designed so that the purpose of the Workshop is

fulfilled with one of them is performed Master Class

and recital (staging).

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Implementation of Workshop and Master Class Music for Students Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta.

DOI: 10.5220/0008561001360140

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The Master Class aims to share the knowledge and

experience of the mentors in work and staging. The

theory and technique of music games taught to

students, so that students get the knowledge from not

only the practice teachers but also other mentors, both

from domestic and foreign. Some mentors who have

given workshops and Masterclasses are Ary Sutedja,

Alejandro Mecado (The Jazz piano from Mexico),

Cicilia Yudha (classical piano), and so forth.

Figure 2: Master Class and Concert Poster in February 2019

At the Concert Hall ISI Yogyakarta.

2 RESEARCH METHODS

In a college education institution, the concept of

learning in education has been arranged so that it

created an atmosphere of teaching-learning activities

that are directed towards the establishment of student

character. In the process of learning to teach in the

classroom, educators strive to make students in the

course of teaching and understanding what has been

delivered, both in theory and practice. The research

method used is a qualitative research method

accompanied by a foundation of experimentation

theory.

The author uses a qualitative method that is to

describe an activity, with the limitation of discussion

in the Workshop and Master Class in the Department

of Music, either Prodi Musik, education Prodi, the

creation and Prodi presentation. According to BOGD

and Taylor (1992, Qualitative research is one of the

research procedures that generate descriptive data in

the form of speech or writing and the behaviour of

those observed. Qualitative research learned about

existing issues, as well as the prevailing work

governance, aims to describe what is currently

happening/walk-in which there is an attempt to

describe, record, analyse and Interpret the current

conditions. (Wiratna Sujarweni, 2014:19). The

problem that arises in this study is how is the learning

method in the master class and does the student easily

receive the dissolution in a short time? With the

existing sources of both students and mentors, the

authors hope this problem can be solved well.

3 DISCUSSION

The Music is a measure of harmony that decays about

the dissonance and consonance, key marks,

disputants and chords including its function, the

quality of the chord including the notation and quality

of Masterclass as a form of teaching, in the form of

Primary education is firmly attached to this view.

With the Master Class, students get the science

quickly and immediately practised, so that it can be

an addition in the learning process. The role of a

masterclass mentor will be able to attract student

attention as it gives a different feel to the teaching

routine. Master Class In addition to providing input

music science (practice instrument), also give how to

cultivate or play a musical work to be beautiful by

looking at the development of music based on the

background of composition creation and History.

The material taught can be music theory, to

support the interpretation of songs along with

instrument practice. The teaching process is carried

out: first, the mentor brings a song with his interprets;

all technical playing abilities are released when

bringing the work. The work played can be in the

form of a mentor's work and can also be the work of

other composers. After the work is played, students

take turns playing with the same work. Here the

mentor gives as much input as possible about the

colour tone, pitch, game techniques, and so on. The

results of interviews between the authors, students

and lecturers concerned said that the teaching carried

out by the mentor could be absorbed by some students

who followed with focus, while others did not. This

happens because the meeting time is minimal, so not

all students participating in the masterclass can

practice according to the teachings of the mentor and

come back again with the different abilities of

students so that the acceptance of teaching also varies.

According to Ronald Pen (1992), musical

elements consist of 1. Basic sound consisting of:

duration which describes the problem of the concepts

of time, time and importance of memory, as well as

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the level of sound duration (pitch which describes the

problem of tones and instruments) musical tones and

noise (dynamics that describe the size of dynamics,

use of dynamics musical, instrumental techniques,

instrument combinations) the distance between

performers and audiences (timbre or color of sound,

fundamental tones, and the sounds of tones contained

by a tone when the tone sounds (overtones), and

sound waves), 2. Music as a measure of time

involving: punch or tempo (grouping of pressure

patterns from a series of blows such as intersections,

intersections or rhythmic irregularities, both fixed and

additional outside the fixed or additive pattern,

rhythmic notation, the relationship between rhythm

and tempo) breaks (bars and signs, types of bars

involving simple, combined, asymmetrical and mixed

periods), 3. Music as a measure of distance or space

that describes the symbols of musical distance

consisting of tone points and intervals, interval

organization, and interval names (tone points and

interval notations involving interval names) interval

quality ( melodies that cover the contours of the

melody, structures that also deal with tones, intervals

and motives, phrases, lengths of phrases, pairs of

phrases) cadence (scales and keys), 4. Music as a

measure of dynamics which describes: the method of

controlling dynamics that examines the question of

dynamics through instrumental techniques,

orchestration which includes dynamics and

combinations of instruments such as volume

boundaries and choir effects, 5. Musical

arrangements can describe the colour of sound

including its range or range, the colour of vocal

ensembles involving ensemble compositions,

combinations of ensembles and vowels, Modern

vocal techniques (instrument sound colours

concerning all types of instruments), 6. Music as a

measure of harmony which deals with: consonance

and dissonance scales and key relationships, use of

scales and keys such as tonic and dominant, chord

including its function, chord quality including

notation and quality, 7. Forms or sequences in music

which describe: forms as organizing principles /

structures, hierarchies of formal units such as tones

and intervals, motives, melodies, phrases, periods,

sections, works that use both singular and combined

parts, musical principles such as unity and variation,

repetition, contrast and variation, binary forms,

combined and straightforward forms of repetition,

variations in forms including continuous forms of

variation, and combination forms, 8. Songs: a unity

between music and text that describes things such as

elements of vocal music such as a rhythmic, romantic,

phrase, and Kadens relationships.

All the elements of the music have been studied

by students so that when students take the master

class, they already have enough knowledge to

develop in the master class.

Education at the university level requires a

different learning system and atmosphere. Students

who have gained knowledge from teachers, also need

knowledge from the outside world such as the world

of the internet, then cooperation from students who

have more abilities, and experts who are competent in

their fields. The condition of the learning process will

provide a way of looking at students in developing the

world of education. Improvements in music are also

obtained from various workshop activities and

masterclasses.

Workshop activities carried out before the master

class took place. The selection of the workshop topics

should be interesting with a supported mentor who is

very competent so that students are interested in

following. It is not only the students who are required

to follow the activities, but also the educators so that

existing science can be more developed in accordance

with the progress of the era. The success of the

workshop is dependent on the event packaging and

the spread of posters in various places, including the

sophistication of today's online world.

Figure 3: Workshop in the Creation.

The presentation session of the Speaker (mentor)

is limited in a few minutes, then followed by a

question and answer session. In this session, students

are expected to be active to inquire according to

topics discussed. Student activity indicates that they

are following the focus of the event. Not all

workshops continue in the Master Class, depending

on what topics they cover.

The Master Class requires special preparations,

such as room preparation, instruments to be used by

mentors and students and recital places to be used.

The Master Class is approximately two to three hours,

depending on the schedule so that the mentor does not

burden. Before the event begins, the educators of the

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day have searched or record students who will follow

the Master Class, as well as the search for recital

materials to be played.

Figure 4: Mentor is practising techniques to students.

Master Class is an excellent medium to share

music in the practice of musical instruments. The

result of the Master Class can be immediately seen

whether the student is seriously following or not. So

it can be concluded that the student success,

depending on the seriousness in following the Master

Class from start to finish as an active participant is not

a non-active.

Sounding, listening, and resounding are strings in

sub-musicology in the exciting thesis of Prof.

Nakagawa, because the sounding elements also have

other elements. These elements include musical

elements or the dimension of musicality. It also

happens to the masterclass, how a song is played then

gets the input from the mentor who then plays it back.

The continuous interaction process between

educators and students, between students and mentors

in the Master class and cooperation between

educators with competent mentors, can develop

students to become more advanced. Student

enthusiasm for the teaching of more than educators,

but intensively and actively, is expected to improve

the student's progress.

Figure 5: The time of completing the Master Piano class of

IBLA in the music auditorium.

Figure 6: Shared photos After the IBLA concert at the

Concert Hall.

4 CONCLUSIONS

Music workshops are one of the most positive

activities for students beyond formal education.

Educators highly hope students ' participation in the

student's progress. Bringing a speaker or mentor is not

easy because it has to adjust the vacant schedule of

the speaker or mentor and its willingness to be a

speaker or mentor in the instrument game. Hard work

brings a speaker or a well-known biased mentor with

the activation of the student following the activity as

an active participant.

The ability to play musical instruments, and

interpret the work of music obtained by students in

the lecture can be developed one of them through the

master class by a mentor who is very competent in the

field of music Workshop. The author's experimental

method is to compare student deterioration, among

those who follow the master class and who do not

follow the activity, by playing the same musical

work. The result is that students who follow the

Master Class can play good musical work with the

techniques of games that have been learned from the

mentor. Both intonation, expression and the work of

music performed beautifully; it is inversely

proportional to students who do not follow the Master

Class. So the student can interpret the music works

well.

The ability of the students to play musical

instruments varies, so it takes a long process to

become skilled, in addition to understanding the

theory of music, also supported by variation in

learning instrument practice one of them by following

Master Class. Need support or guidance from

educators (lecturers) to better deepen what has been

obtained in the Master Class. Workshops and Class

masters have a positive impact on students.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Dra. Erita Sitorus, M. Hum (Lecture Instrumen

Piano), Faris (Student Prodi D-4 Penyajian Musik)

Finia (Student Prodi Musik), Samsul Bahri (Student

Prodi D-4 Penyajian Musik)

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