Research-creation in the Works of undergraduate degree in music. A case study

Abstract

In Colombia, thanks to the principle of University Autonomy enshrined in Article 69 of the National Constitution of 1991, universities establish their degrees, programs and subjects, contemplating the provisions envisaged by the Ministry of National Education. One of the aspects to establish within this autonomy are the degree requirements. In the student regulation of the year 2003 of the University El Bosque, it is mandatory to present a project or thesis determined by the Faculty Council and accomplish 100% of the credits of the program, or at least 50% in the case of transfer students. In the Music Degree Programs, these works were carried out from 2004 to 2014 in the academic area called “Artistic Project”. The aim of the present research is to establish the purpose and development of the research-creation projects modality, carried out in that decade, contemplating the creative products in the different emphases offered by the career: Musical Arrangements, Instrumental Performance, Composition, Instrumental Pedagogy and Sound Engineering. The study is a bibliographical, descriptive and mixed-cutting study, in which the elaboration of Specialized Analytical Summaries (SARs) was used as the main technique of data collection. As conclusions it was determined that the research-creation works correspond to three designs: Loop, Orthodox and Inverted and that the Emphasis with greater production related to this type of investigation are Musical Arrangement, Composition and Instrumental Performance.