THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNER AND PERFORMER

  • Florian Pertzborn CITAR: Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts, Portuguese Catholic University | Porto ESMAE / IPP: Superior School of Music, Porto Polytechnic Institute, Portugal OSPCM - Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7559/citarj.v3i1.28
Keywords: Double bass, Skill, Practice, Pre-professional Learning, Expert Performance

Abstract

This study investigates the field of higher education and expertise development for learning and performing the double bass. The aim is to draw a picture of how the double bass is currently learned and performed by the learning student, the supervising professor and the performer working in a symphony orchestra, to find out whether if there were any significant differences between the three groups in their approaches to practice and performance. Results indicated that the achievement of expertise on the double bass is multifaceted and implies the development of multiple tasks and skills which soon have to be fostered and experienced in the field of learning and performing. Significant differences between the three groups were detected in the area of demography, experiences, knowledge, and their approaches to practice. Recommendations and implications for further investigation indicate that a wider perspective of learning, practice, self-evaluation in combination of the usage of technology for practice support and feedback should be taken into account for enhancing performance ability for the double bass.

Author Biography

Florian Pertzborn, CITAR: Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts, Portuguese Catholic University | Porto ESMAE / IPP: Superior School of Music, Porto Polytechnic Institute, Portugal OSPCM - Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Florian Pertzborn is Co – Principal Double Bassist with the Concerthouse Orchestra OSPCM - Casa da Música, professor of Double Bass at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts ESMAE/IPP and Associate Researcher at the CITAR - Catholic University of Porto. He graduated from the University of Music Würzburg, obtained his Master degree from the University of Sheffield and concluded his PhD at the Catholic University of Porto. He recently was visiting professor at the Norwegian Academy Oslo, the University of Berlin, the Pennstate University and at the Conservatoire National Superior de Paris. His research in performance science has been published with the International Society of Performance Science, Schott International, Orpheus - London, PerMusi - São Paulo and the Forum IPP.

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Published
2011-12-20
Issue
Vol 3 No 1 (2011): Number 3 - 2011
Section
Articles

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