Music in History - Group Presentations
Are you an RCS student
giving a group presentation in the next week or so? Or an RCS lecturer? If you can log on
to the internet, you can stream recordings from our Naxos or Classical
Music Library subscriptions. That might be useful if you're wanting to
play examples of what you're talking about.
Come to think of it,
our streamed recordings could be useful while you're preparing your
presentation, too. Want to compare recordings? Not a problem.
Visit the library website and look for the Electronic Resources page, here. (https://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/libraryandit/databases/)
If
you're on campus, just click the Naxos 'internal', or Classical Music
Library link, and you'll get straight in. If you're using them at home,
there's an external link for Naxos or use the single Classical Music
Library link. Either way, you'll need to login:-
- For Naxos - ask at the library desk for username and password.
- For
Classical Music Library - use a process called 'Shibboleth' - find RCS
from a list of institutions, click on it, then use your usual RCS
login.
Come and ask if you need more info, or use library chat from the catalogue homepage.
We are the ever-helpful Whittaker Library, here to help our community of performing artists with their music, drama, ballet, film and technical production info requirements.
Group or Seminar Presentation Coming Up?
Many staff and students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have embraced the concept of reflective practice - reflecting upon your creative practice, and allowing your reflections to inform future practice. If you have to do a group presentation or seminar about a particular project or placement, maybe it's time for a bit of reflection and inner contemplation before you work out what to say?
If you check the Whittaker Library catalogue, you'll find various books and examples of learning journals. Here are some useful keywords to search under! (Don't miss our Learning Journals e-book, perfect for home study over the Christmas break when you tire of turkey and chocolates!!)
You could also try our Ingenta Connect database, to find useful articles that other people have written about reflective practice journals.
Here's the link:- Ingenta Connect - and you might start by searching Reflective Journal as your keywords. Feel free to experiment! (NB if you're off-campus, you'll need to login. Find the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - RCS staff and students can login once you've clicked on the Conservatoire's link.)
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got!" - it's one of Karen's favourite quotes. So go on - reflect!
