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Section A – General Data Management

School	JAZZ SCHOOL
Department	DEPARTMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGES
A1 – Name of the course of study	First Level Academic Diploma Course in Popular Music
A5 – Course	COMP/05 – Pop Rock Singing

Section B – Study Plan Management

Type of activity	Subject area	Industry (Group)	Teaching	CFA	Lessons/Study Hours	Optional/Required	Lesson	Profit Verification
First year CFA: 60
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/04 – History of Music	History and Historiography of Music 1	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/06 – History of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	History of popular music I	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/06 – Theory, rhythm and musical perception	Music Theory and Ear Training	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Compositional disciplines	CODC/07 – Composition and arrangement Pop Rock	Rock and Pop Harmony I	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/09 – Pop rock ensemble music	ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES AND POPROCK REPERTOIRES I (music pop-rock ensemble)	6	30/60	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/08 – Musical improvisation technique	Musical Improvisation Techniques 1	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	COMP/05 – Pop rock singing	Performance practices and repertoires I (pop singing rock)	9	27/198 14%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/04 – Electroacoustics	Technologies and techniques of audio recording and recording	6	18/132 14%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities	1	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory		Examination
Foreign language	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	Community foreign language 2	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Second year cfa: 60
Base	Disciplines of electronic music and of the technologies of the sound	COME/05 – Musical informatics	Musical Informatics I	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/06 – History of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	History of popular music II	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Interpretative disciplines of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	COMJ/10 – Electronic keyboards	Performance practices and repertoires I (keyboards electronic devices)	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Individual	Suitability
Featuring	Compositional disciplines	CODC/07 – Composition and arrangement Pop Rock	ROCK and POP HARMONY II	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/09 – Pop rock ensemble music	PERFORMANCE PRACTICES AND POP ROCK REPERTOIRES II (pop-rock ensemble music)	6	30/120 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/08 – Musical improvisation technique	Musical Improvisation Techniques 2	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	COMP/05 – Pop rock singing	Performance practices and repertoires II (Pop-rock singing)	9	27/198 14%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Related	Related and supplementary activities	COME/04 – Electroacoustics	Technologies and techniques of recovery and audio recording II	6	18/114 32%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities	2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory		Examination
Foreign language	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	Community Foreign Language – English Language 2	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Third year cfa: 60
Base	Interpretative disciplines of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	COMJ/10 – Electronic keyboards	Performance practices and repertoires II (keyboards electronic devices)	6	20/130 15%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Compositional disciplines	CODC/07 – Composition and arrangement Pop Rock	POP ROCK COMPOSITIONS TECHNIQUES	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/09 – Pop rock ensemble music	PERFORMANCE PRACTICES AND POP ROCK REPERTOIRES II (pop-rock ensemble music)	6	30/120 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/08 – Musical improvisation technique	Musical Improvisation Techniques 3	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines of jazz, improvised and audio-tactile music	COMP/05 – Pop rock singing	Performance practices and repertoires III (Pop-rock singing)	12	35/265 13%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Related	Related and supplementary activities	COCM/03 – Strategy, progect, organization and management of show	Management of Cultural events and/or products and performance	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/05 – Musical informatics	Music Informatics	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities	3	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory		Examination
Final exam	Final exam			9		Obligatory

Section C

C1 – Learning objectives
After completing the degree programme, graduates of First Level will have developed technical skills and specific knowledge to such an extent that they will be able to plan and develop their own artistic ideas. To reach these goals, as well as to get the ability to interact within mixed musical groups, students will master the most representative repertoire – including ensemble repertoire and piano accompaniment – and the related performance practices . These objectives must also be achieved by promoting the development of perceptual hearing and memorization skills and by acquiring specific knowledge related to the organizational, compositional and analytical models of music and their interaction. Specific care must be dedicated to the acquisition of adequate postural and emotional control techniques. At the end of the three-year course, students must have acquired an in-depth knowledge of stylistic, historical, aesthetic, general aspects and related to their specific specialization. Furthermore, with reference to the specificity of the individual courses, the student must possess adequate skills related to the field of improvisation. The educational objective of the course is also the acquisition of adequate skills in the field of music informatics as well as those related to a second community language
C2 – Final exam
The final exam has the function of highlighting the candidate’s peculiarities that emerged during the three-year period. It can concern any of the subject areas of the School attended, provided that the discipline is active in the current academic year; The program will be at the candidate’s free choice and must not coincide with another program performed entirely in previous exams.
C3 – Employment prospects
Access to Level II, advanced and specialized courses. Concert Employment in public administration (title equivalent to Level I degree). Teacher of music disciplines in non-professional schools. Teacher of music disciplines in professional schools. Teacher of music education. The course offers the student employment opportunities in the following areas: – Jazz and popular solo instrumentalist – Instrumentalist in jazz and popular ensembles – Instrumentalist in jazz and popular orchestral ensembles.
C4 – Knowledge and understanding
Graduates acquire technical skills and musical, cultural, interpretive, harmonic and improvisational skills related to the instrument or singing, necessary to address, with full awareness of related performance practices, the different repertoires of the various styles of new languages in jazz.
C5 – Applying knowledge and understanding
Graduates should be able to delve into the performance and interpretive aspects of vocal performance and apply them in solo and ensemble concert activity.
C6 – Making judgements
Graduates must have the ability to integrate knowledge as well as to make judgments based on the information in their possession.
C7 – Communication skills
Graduates must be able to communicate their knowledge clearly to specialist and nonspecialist interlocutors.
C8 – Learning skills
Graduates must have developed those learning skills that enable them to study independently as well.

Curriculum for the Bachelor’s Degree

Pop Rock Singing School – COMP/05

General Statement

This area is concerned with the acquisition of the technical skills and the musical, cultural and interpretive competencies related to the instrument and its surroundings, necessary to deal with the various repertoires of the different periods up to the present day, with full awareness of the performance practices involved. Those executive and interpretative aspects relating to the use of the instrument in solo concert activity, ensemble and with
orchestra.
In order to provide the instrumentalist with a complete education, disciplines relating to the history and technology of the instrumentalist are also included in the sector.
as well as methodological knowledge related to the teaching of the instrument itself.
There will also be an in-depth study of the relative treatises, the repertoire with reference to individual historical periods and the methodologies referred to
improvisation on the instrument as well as extemporaneous reading and accompaniment techniques.

At the end of the studies related to the First Level Academic Diploma in Popular Music, students must have acquired knowledge of the techniques
and the specific skills that allow them to concretely realize their artistic idea. To this end, particular emphasis will be given to the study
of the most representative repertoire of the instrument – including the ensemble – and of the related performance practices, also with the aim of developing the
student’s ability to interact within differently composed musical groups. These objectives will also have to be achieved by promoting the
development of the perceptual capacity of hearing and memorization and with the acquisition of specific knowledge relating to organizational models,
compositional and analytical aspects of music and their interaction. Specific care must be dedicated to the acquisition of adequate control techniques
postural and emotional. At the end of the three-year course, students must have acquired an in-depth knowledge of stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects
and related to their specific address. In addition, with reference to the specificity of the individual courses, the student must possess adequate
skills related to the field of improvisation. The training objective of the course is also the acquisition of adequate skills in the field
and those relating to a second Community language.

Academic Credits
Academic training credits are adopted in compliance with Ministerial Decree no. 124/09 – table A. In relation to the overall needs for better functioning, the Institute has the right to exchange the years of some courses of this study plan, in compliance with the consistency of the training course, the prerequisites and the annual amount of credits.

Entrance Examination

The first test tends to test the candidate’s instrumental/vocal skills and musical maturity, the second test the candidate’s theoretical knowledge and basic musical culture.

FIRST TEST.

1) Performance of 2 pieces taken from the list below, one of which is chosen by the candidate, one chosen by the commission (with accompaniment
bass/double bass, drums and any other instruments or using musical bases on digital support).

TRACK LIST:
Your Song – Elton John
Black horse and a cherry tree – KT Tunstall
If I’nt got you – Alicia Keys
Purple Rain – Prince
Grace – Jeff Buckley
Superstition – Stevie wonder
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
2) Performance of a standard (1 Pop Ballad) chosen by the candidate for solo instrument
3) Performance of a piece at first sight. For harmonic instruments: with melody and theme songs to harmonize. For monodic instruments: reading
of the melody and possible interpretation of the theme songs
4) Assessment of technical skills (scales, arpeggios, etc.)

Singers must present songs in both Italian and English.

The committee reserves the right to discontinue the test at any time.

SECOND TEST
1) The candidate must demonstrate mastery in the use of notation codes, in the knowledge of the fundamental elements of music theory
and in the exercise of fundamental skills related to listening and rhythmic and sung reading.
2) The candidate must be able to recognize intervals (within the octave), major and minor scales, modal scales, chords (triads and quadriads in
key position)
3) Assessment through oral interview of the basic musical skills of Elements of History of Popular Music.

MUSICAL, GENERAL AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW
Note: The Commission has the right, for the purposes of evaluation, to select a part of the program presented as well as to listen to and/or interrupt
enforcement.
Aspirants already in possession of the relevant licenses obtained at the Institutions of Higher Musical Education of
referred to in Law 508/99.

Didactic system of the First Level Academic Diploma Course

Pop Rock Singing School – COMP/05

First year

Music Theory and Ear Training

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Exam Program: Some of the elements listed below will be covered during the course and in the examination, selected and agreed upon by the students and teachers according to the specific needs of the school attended.

1) In-depth study of the spoken reading of complex rhythmic figurations.

2) In-depth study of the septiclavium with particular attention to the keys related to the instrument, the vocal register and the transport.

3) Updating on contemporary graphy, with reference to the disciplines characterizing the students’ course of study.

4) Rhythmic reading and possibly sung at first sight of significant passages taken from the specific repertoire of the disciplines characterizing the students’ course of study.

5) Difficult melodic dictation in one voice, modulating to all nearby tones.

6) Harmonic dictation: a) for two voices in polyphonic style b) with triads and inversions

7) Sung reading of melodies of medium difficulty following dynamic, agogic and phrasing cues.

Extemporaneous analytical recognition, after a short listening, of the main connotative elements (trend, metrics, main themes, instrumentation, etc.) of a vocal or instrumental piece taken from the repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the historical twentieth century 9) In-depth study of general theory.

History and Historiography of Music

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability.

Assessment program: Elements of ethnomusicology. Symbology of music. Oriental and Mediterranean civilizations and music in the Greco-Roman classical age. Ecclesiastical monody and Gregorian chant in the first millennium of the Christian era. Theory and notation. Guido d’Arezzo. The tropture and the liturgical drama. Lauda is a sacred representation. Troubadours, troubadours, Minnesänger and profane monody. Polyphony from its origins to the feudal and communal age. French and Italian polyphony in the fourteenth century. Schools in Europe from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century. Religious reforms and music. The great masters from beyond the mountains and Italian from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the age of patronage. The music press. The genres of secular and sacred polyphonic music in the sixteenth century. The madrigal. The theorists of the Renaissance. Monodic singing and concerted style. From intermediates to melodrama.

Basic historiographical-musical concepts related to different historical periods: their study and application to the problems of various periods of the history of music in view of the aesthetic evaluation of individual compositions of the past. Aspects of transcription of the musical text, interpretation, performance practice and organological notes. In-depth study of particular aspects of the discipline through guided listening, analysis, readings and video projections. Knowledge of bibliographic tools and bio-bibliographical encyclopedic repertoires related to the periods covered.

History of Popular Music I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability.

Program of study: The program includes a so-called “general part” based on the lineaments of the history of popular music in diachronic sequence and by geographical areas. To this will be added, from time to time, a “monographic” in-depth course chosen from various topics. (a) General part:

Elements of Popular Music History I. The minstrel show and the birth of Tin Pan Alley. From the phonograph to the turntable: the first repertoires on record. The Neapolitan song. Aristide Bruant and the first decades of French song. Origins of flamenco, fado, tango. Ragtime, blues, jazz.

Music from the Eastern Mediterranean. The Kabarett. Sound cinema. Songs and film music. The Golden Age of the Musical and the “American Classics”. Crooners: America’s voices at the microphone. From rhythm & blues to rock ‘n’ roll. The post-war period in Italy. The Sanremo Festival. New poets: the French chansonniers and bossa nova. b) Monographic part:

What is Popular Music? Terminological and methodological issues and definitions of the object of study.

Analysis of the song-form.

Progressive Rock: outlines of history and analysis.

The relationship between minimalism and Popular Music.

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Enforcement Practices and Repertoires I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 9 – Hours: 27 – Individual lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Exam program:
Compared to the program carried out during the academic year of reference:

Performance of two songs up tempo or medium, one of the candidate’s choice and one of the candidate’s choice
commission between the six pieces presented and agreed with the teacher. One or both songs must
be performed with improvisation on the whole or part of the structure
Performance of a ballad, chosen by the candidate from the six pieces presented and agreed with the
teacher. The ballad must be performed with a variation of the theme
Performance of a historical solo among those studied during the year, chosen by the candidate
Performance of a sung solfeggio taken from “25 Solfeggi” by Francesco Paolo Tosti, chosen by the
commission
Performance of a rhythmic study from Bob Stoloff’s “Scat”, chosen by the committee
Intonation of a major scale with triplets, quatrains or quintlets, by semitones, at the choice of
commission
Intonation of a major or minor triad with inversions, by semitones, at the choice of the commission
Presentation of a topic of artistic vocology, chosen by the candidate

Please note:
To take the exam it is necessary to submit to the commission well-written scores (melody, lyrics and chords) in their own key and in the number of
copies necessary for any accompanying musicians; The exam can also be carried out through the use of mp3 bases to be delivered at least
one week before the exam.

Rock & Pop Harmony I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability.

Program of Study:

• Major and minor scales.

•Intervals.

• Triads: major, minor, diminished, surplus in ground state and in revolt.

• Tetrads: major, minor, dominant, semi-diminished in the ground state and in the inversion.

• Symbology of chords.

• Major Scale Harmony: Hierarchies and relationships between major scale chords.

• Minor scale harmony: hierarchies and relationships between minor scale chords.

• Cadences and main harmonic movements in major and minor keys.

• Chord extensions: 9th, 11th, 13th.

Verification test :

• Written test on the topics covered.

Pop-Rock Performance Practices I (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability.

Assessment program: Presentation of a list of six pieces taken from the repertoire studied. Two of the six tracks must contain simple elements of arrangement by the same candidate (intro, coda, structural setting, etc.). The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Musical Improvisation Techniques I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability.

Assessment program: Discussion of the basic rhythmic, melodic and harmonic techniques related to musical improvisation.

Extemporaneous application of the above techniques improvised with one’s own instrument and with relative written test on an easy piece assigned by the teacher.

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Technologies and Techniques of Audio Recording and Recording I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission.

Examination Program: Discussion of a short paper prepared by the candidate demonstrating knowledge of the history of audio filming and recording techniques, classification and description of the major types of microphones, analysis and use of frequency response graphs and acoustics of various filming environments, basics of hard disk recording systems, classification and description of the major stereo filming techniques and various types of loudspeakers, analog and digital audio, and analysis of polar diagrams.

Student’s Elective Subject I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Form of assessment: aptitude test* and/or exam (depending on the subject)

Vocal jazz/pop-rock ensemble music

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability*

Program verification: Performance of a program approved by the Lecturer lasting not less than 10 minutes, including one or more pieces from the repertoire, provided they are of different styles. The candidate, for the formation of the ensemble group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators trusted by him and at his own expense.

Elements of percussion instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Assessment of suitability*

Program:

– Rhythmic reading applied with percussion instruments or Body Percussion – Stick Control;

– Study and knowledge of the instruments used in the Symphony Orchestra; –Drum

–Timpani

– Kick drum or bass drum

– Pair cymbals and Wall-hung cymbal

– Basque Tambourine – Triangle

– Toms and Floor toms

– Gong,Tam Tam

– Percussion keyboards

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 15 – Group lessons – Assessment form: Assessment *

Assessment program: Written paper in which the candidate will present the analysis of two short compositions for jazz/pop-rock instruments agreed with the teacher. The analysis, which can also be carried out in a predominantly schematic form, will in any case be aimed at highlighting how much the form and substantiation of the relative musical writing constitutes in the compositions.

Choral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Study of polyphonic compositions for 3 and 4 voices taken from the sacred and profane repertoire of the twentieth century and contemporary. Textual analysis and study of vocal technique. Exercises for the correct intonation of melodic and harmonic intervals, consonants and dissonants. Refinement of harmonic sensitivity and development of auditory skills through choral practice. At the end of the teaching hours, the teacher will express the judgment of suitability based on the verification, for each student, of the attendance, of the performance of the theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, of the achievement of the set educational objectives.

Orchestral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Program verification: Knowledge of orchestral works from modern to contemporary repertoire as well as instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic-professional skills in the orchestral field.

Demonstrate that the students have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble music practice.

Demonstrate an understanding of the various meanings associated with musical interpretation, as well as the codification of conducting technique, in the context of the stages of musical collaboration and performance. Illustrate an ability to perceive and respond to rhythmic patterns, an aptitude for listening to other musical parts while performing, and the capacity to maintain accurate intonation. The ability to discern the timbral contributions of instruments other than one’s own. An understanding of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and formal developments in a composition.

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

Declaratory for verification: The “educational activities, including external activities of the student’s choice,” consist of all the activities carried out by the student within the time frame of the educational pathway, i.e. by October 31 of the academic year of reference, provided they are relevant and documented to it.

By way of example, “educational activities, including external ones chosen by the student”, include external performances, attendance at courses not included in the student’s study plan, participation in competitions, master-classes, seminars, internships, the publication of essays, the recording of performances, and active participation in training, research or artistic production projects.

The evaluation of the elective educational activities carried out by students is carried out by a special Commission, at the end of the candidate’s course of study, on the basis of the documentation and qualifications presented by the candidate.

English Language I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Exam program: Verification, through tests and/or written questions and/or oral interview, or on the basis of a suitable certification presented, that the level of knowledge of the language acquired by the candidate is equivalent to that internationally called PET (Preliminary English Test).

Second year

Musical Informatics I

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 18 – Group lessons – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of the Commission.

Program of Study:

– Fundamentals of acoustics and psychoacoustics.

– Analog and digital audio, resolution and sample rate, main compressed and uncompressed audio formats.

– Basic equipment functionality for recording, recording, and audio processing. – Fundamentals of the MIDI protocol and how to interface it.

Examination Program: Discussion on a paper agreed with the lecturer and prepared by the student on multimedia support, where he/she gives evidence of having acquired knowledge of the topics covered in the Course.

History of Popular Music II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: History of Popular Music I

a) General Part: Elements of the History of Popular Music II. In the USA after rock ‘n’ roll: the Bob Dylan phenomenon and the era of bands. The Italy of the boom and the beat. The Woodstock Nation is the “other America.” Political song and songwriter circa ’68. The phenomenon of the Beatles. Psychedelia, experimentation and progressive rock. Urban and post-colonial music: punk and reggae. Brazilian Folk Music and tropicalism. From disco music to the new wave of the 80s. The phenomenon of singer-songwriters in Italy. The compact disc, the samplers, the video clips: experimental music, commercial innovations. The phenomenon of world music. The fragmentation of recent years: indie rock, post rock, techno, rave and music on the net. b) Monographic part:

Formal and lyrical aspects in Nick Drake’s songbook.

Fabrizio De André: an analytical journey through musical and poetic themes.

The final exam will consist of a discussion of a paper on a topic agreed upon with the teacher and a face-to-face questioning, by the committee, on the entire program carried out during the year.

Performance Practices I (Electronic Keyboards)

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 10 – Individual lesson – Assessment form : aptitude test*

Program of Study:

• Scales (classical scales, fingerings, keyboard exercises in various rhythmic figurations).

• Arpeggios (triads, tetrads, chord inversions of progressive difficulty).

• Rhythmic exercises (metronome exercises, upbeat rhythm practice, articulations, accents and syncopations), rhythmic coordination exercises between the two hands. • Postural technique: Elements of piano technique, correct setting of the hand, support, articulation, weight relief, levers, daily practice on the instrument.

• Rhythmic studies on modern styles and keyboard techniques.

• Right-hand and left-hand technique on the unweighted keyboard.

• History of Synthesizers I.

• Keyboard Comping I (how chords are formed): blues-jazz-pop-rock-contemporary harmony on the keyboard in instrumental settings from solo, duo, trio. Tight positions with exercises of progressive difficulty.

• Keyboard Comping II: the most important styles, keyboard accompaniment techniques, choice of tones and related techniques.

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Performance Practices and Repertoires II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 9 – Hours: 27 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Performance Practices and Repertoires I

Exam program:
Compared to the program carried out during the academic year of reference:

Performance of two songs up tempo or medium, one of the candidate’s choice and one of the candidate’s choice
commission between the six pieces presented and agreed with the teacher. One or both songs must
be performed with improvisation on the whole or part of the structure
Performance of a ballad, chosen by the candidate from the six pieces presented and agreed with the
teacher. The piece must be performed with a variation of the theme
Performance of a historical solo among those studied during the year, chosen by the candidate
Performance of a sung solfeggio taken from “25 Solfeggi” by Francesco Paolo Tosti, chosen by the
commission
Performance of a rhythmic study from Bob Stoloff’s “Scat”, chosen by the committee
Intonation of a minor scale with triplets, for semitones, chosen by the commission
Intonation of a major or minor quadriad with inversions, by semitones, at the choice of the
commission
Presentation of a topic of artistic vocology, chosen by the candidate

Please note:
To take the exam it is necessary to present to the commission well-written scores (melody, lyrics and chords) in their own key and in the number of copies necessary for any accompanying musicians; The exam can also be carried out through the use of mp3 bases to be delivered at least
one week before the exam.

Rock & Pop Harmony II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission. Prerequisites: Rock and pop harmony I

Program:

• Progression II-V-I major and minor.

• Harmonic bonding, movements of the parts.

• Functions of the dominant, distinction between altered and unaltered dominant.

• Harmonization of basses or harmonic progressions given to narrow 3-voice parts.

• Harmonize an eight-bar melody.

• Harmonization of basses or harmonic progressions given to narrow parts for 4 voices.

• Harmonization of basses or harmonic progressions given to 3-voice side parts.

• Harmonization of basses or harmonic progressions given to 4-voice side parts.

• The modes of the major and minor scale: functional and aesthetic classification of the modes.

Exam syllabus:

– Written test and interview in front of the Commission.

– Harmonize an eight-bar melody.

Pop-Rock Performance Practice II (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Prerequisites: Pop-rock performance practices I

Exam syllabus:

– Presentation of a list of six pieces from the repertoire studied. Two of the six pieces presented must contain simple elements of arrangement by the candidate himself (intro, coda, structural setting, background, ensemble, etc.).

– Performance and interpretation of two pieces contained in the above list.

– The candidate will perform a piece of his/her choice and a piece of the commission’s choice.

Musical Improvisation Techniques II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Musical Improvisation Techniques I

Exam syllabus:

Performance of a piece chosen by the candidate among those studied during the Academic Year.

Performance of a piece chosen by the commission among those studied during the academic year.

Execution of a single historical, modern and/or contemporary one agreed in advance with the teacher and transcribed by the candidate.

The exam requires the performance on the instrument, in sync with the original audio track and the extemporaneous analysis. (The candidate may choose to perform the pieces in solo form or with the help of any accompanists)

Technologies and Techniques of Audio Recording and Recording II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission. Prerequisites: Technologies and techniques of audio recording and recording I

Examination program: Discussion on a short thesis prepared by the candidate, describing the preparation, techniques adopted and practical performance of a short audio recording made by the same and attached on digital media, demonstrating that he/she has acquired and is able to put into practice what was studied in the first year.

Student’s Elective Subject II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Form of assessment: aptitude test* and/or exam (depending on the subject)

Jazz vocal ensemble music

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of competence*

Elements of percussion instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Assessment of suitability*

Program:

– Rhythmic reading applied with percussion instruments or Body Percussion

– Stick control handle;

– Study and knowledge of the instruments used in the Symphony Orchestra; –Drum

–Timpani

– Kick drum or bass drum

– Pair cymbals and Wall-hung cymbal

– Basque Tambourine – Triangle

– Toms and Floor toms – Gong,Tam Tam

– Percussion keyboards

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 15 – Group lessons – Assessment form: Assessment *

Choral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Orchestral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Demonstrate that the students have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble music practice.

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

Declaration for verifications:

The “educational activities, including external ones chosen by the student”, consist of all the activities carried out by the student during the course of time, i.e. by 31 October of the academic year of reference, as long as they are relevant and documented.

English Language II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: English Language I

Program Verification: Verification, by means of tests and/or written questions and/or oral interview, or on the basis of an appropriate certificate presented (examinations or tests of English taken at university level institutions), that the candidate has acquired a thorough knowledge of the language, enabling the student to independently integrate his or her knowledge of musical vocabulary and terminology, or the acquisition of the internationally called PET (Preliminary English Test) level, integrated with a good knowledge of musical vocabulary and terminology.

Third year

Performance Practices II (Electronic Keyboards)

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 20 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Prerequisites: Enforcement Practices I

Program of Study:

• Scales (classical scales, modern scales, fingerings, polytonality keyboard exercises) • Arpeggios (formation of triads, tetrads, quartals of progressive difficulty).

• Rhythmic studies on modern styles and keyboard techniques (funky, pop, blues, rock,).

• Historical instruments and keyboard techniques.

• Keyboard Comping I (how chords are formed): blues-pop-rock-jazz-dance harmony contemporary with the keyboard in instrumental settings from solo, duo, trio, quartet, band. (Late positions, upper structures with exercises of progressive difficulty).

• Keyboard Comping II: The most important styles, keyboard accompaniment techniques.

• MIDI and AUDIO technologies

• Elements of composition and arrangement on the keyboard • History of synthesizers II.

• Audio hardware

Exam syllabus:

– Performance of a 2-octave scale among four presented by the candidate; – Sight reading of a chord grid with or without melody;

– Performance of two pieces of high difficulty chosen by the candidate among those studied during the year with interpretation of the theme, accompaniment and improvisation.

– Interview with the commission on the topics covered during the course.

Musical Informatics II

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lessons – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of the Commission.

Prerequisites:Musical Informatics I

Program of Study:

– Main software for music editing, their functions and fields of use, with particular reference to hard disk recording.

– Manipulation of the MIDI and audio signal, knowledge and use of processing techniques through the use of equalizers, compressors, delays, modulations, reverbs and various plug-ins.

– Processing of a simple multi-track MIDI base taken from the network, with optimization and replacement of sounds, panning, equalization, use of plug-ins and mixing of the various tracks plus audio recording of your instrument or voice.

Exam program: short discussion on the topics covered in the course, with presentation on multimedia support of the work done on the MIDI base. The above elaboration and presentation can also be done in groups, each with the contribution of their own personal instrument/voice.

Enforcement Practices and Repertoires III

Course year: 3 – Credits: 12 – Hours: 35 – Individual lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission. Prerequisites: Performance Practices and Repertoires II

Exam program:
Compared to the program carried out during the academic year of reference:

Performance of two songs up tempo or medium, one of the candidate’s choice and one of the candidate’s choice
commission between the six pieces presented and agreed with the teacher. One or both songs must
be performed with improvisation on the whole or part of the structure
Performance of a ballad, chosen by the candidate from the six pieces presented and agreed with the
teacher. The piece must be performed with a variation of the theme
Performance of a historical solo among those studied during the year, chosen by the candidate
Performance of a sung solfeggio taken from “25 Solfeggi” by Francesco Paolo Tosti, chosen by the
commission
Performance of a study from “Blues Scatitudes” by Bob Stoloff, chosen by the committee
Intonation of a blues scale with blue notes or major/minor pentatonic scale with triplets, for
semitones, to be chosen by the commission
Improvisation on blues or rhythm’ changes, chosen by the committee
Execution of an extemporaneous melodic line on a given harmonic structure, in the form
song, at the candidate’s choice
Presentation of a topic of artistic vocology, chosen by the candidate

Pop-rock compositional techniques

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam: The candidate will have to produce a composition in the structure of a pop song, or compose a free song or arrange a pop song, as long as it includes the use of an electric band with possible expansion for orchestra.

Pop-rock Performance Practice III (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Prerequisites: Pop-rock Performance Practices II

Exam syllabus:

– Performance and interpretation of two pieces contained in the above list.

– The candidate will perform a piece of his/her choice and a piece of the commission’s choice.

Musical Improvisation Techniques III

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam taken in front of the Commission.

Prerequisites: Musical Improvisation Techniques II

Exam syllabus:

Performance of a piece chosen by the candidate among those required by the program with improvisation.

Performance of a piece chosen by the commission among those obligatory in the program with improvisation.

Execution of a single historical, modern and/or contemporary one agreed in advance with the teacher and transcribed by the candidate.

Management of events and/or cultural products and live performances

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Assessment form: Assessment of suitability.

Program of Study:

• Public and Private: funding, partnerships and collaborations

•Associations

• Certificates, Attestations and Artistic Titles

• The S.I.A.E.: purposes, obligations, exemptions and safeguards.

• The E. N.P.A.L.S: purposes, obligations, exemptions and safeguards.

• Examples of production of a show: soloist, orchestra, opera and new languages

The course includes collaboration, promotion and assistance for a production of the ISSM “Arturo Toscanini”. The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Student’s Elective Subject III

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Form of assessment: aptitude test* and/or exam (depending on the subject)

Jazz vocal ensemble music

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: assessment of competence*

Elements of percussion instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Assessment of suitability*

Program:

– Rhythmic reading applied with percussion instruments or Body Percussion

– Stick control handle;

– Study and knowledge of the instruments used in the Symphony Orchestra;

–Drum

–Timpani

– Kick drum or bass drum

– Pair cymbals and Wall-hung cymbal

– Basque tambourine

–Triangle

– Toms and Floor toms

– Gong,Tam Tam

– Percussion keyboards

The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Course year: 1, 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours: 15 – Group lessons – Assessment form: Assessment *

Choral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Orchestral Training Workshop

Course year 1, 2 or 3 – 3 credits – Hours: 30 – Laboratory – Assessment *

Demonstrate that the students have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble music practice.

The ability to discern the timbral contributions of instruments other than one’s own. An understanding of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and formal developments in a composition.

It is also allowed to choose any disciplinary field already activated belonging to all the Classical, Jazz and Pop-rock Schools, as long as it is not among the Characterizing Subjects.

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student III

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

A declaratory statement for verification: The term “educational activities, including external activities of the student’s choice” encompasses all activities undertaken by the student within the specified timeframe of the educational pathway, which in this case is the academic year in question. These activities must be relevant and documented in order to be considered.

Final exam

Course year: 3 – Credits: 9 – Individual lesson – Assessment form: Exam taken in front of a Commission.

Examination Program: The purpose of the final examination is to highlight the candidate’s characteristics that have developed during the three-year period. It can concern any of the subject areas of the School attended, provided that the discipline is active in the current academic year; The program will be at the candidate’s free choice and must not coincide with another program performed entirely in previous exams.

The student, who will have to identify one or more supervisors, is admitted to take the final exam after having accrued all the other credits of his/her training course.

If the final exam concerns a theoretical or theoretical-technical subject, the paper (written thesis, multi-media support, etc.) must be delivered to the Academic Secretariat at least 20 days before the exam, in a number of four copies.

The final exam committee is made up of an odd number of members (at least five). The Commission is chaired by the Director or his delegate, and must include the supervisor, or supervisors, identified for the final examination and by at least one reference teacher of the School attended.

The final grade is expressed in one hundred and tenths, with possible honors.

To be awarded, honours must be accepted unanimously by the Commission.

The assessment of knowledge of a foreign EU language does not affect the final grade.

*At the end of the scheduled teaching hours, the teacher will express the judgment of suitability based on the verification, for each student, of the attendance, of the performance of the theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, of the achievement of the objectives set by the Course.

Recognition in CFA (academic training credits), determined pursuant to and in the manner set out in art. 16 of the Didactic Regulations of the 1st level three-year course, of qualifications of the previous system already acquired

Theory, rhythm and musical perception

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a License in THEORY, SOLFEGGIO AND MUSICAL DICTATION

History and Historiography of Music I

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a Licentiate in MUSICAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

History and Historiography of Music II

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a Licentiate in MUSICAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

Educational Regulations

Pop rock singing Bachelor’s degree – Study plans and Educational system

Section A – General Data Management

Section B – Study Plan Management

Section C

Curriculum for the Bachelor’s Degree

Pop Rock Singing School – COMP/05

Entrance Examination

Pop Rock Singing School – COMP/05

First year

Music Theory and Ear Training

History and Historiography of Music

History of Popular Music I

Enforcement Practices and Repertoires I

Rock & Pop Harmony I

Pop-Rock Performance Practices I (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Musical Improvisation Techniques I

Technologies and Techniques of Audio Recording and Recording I

Student’s Elective Subject I

Vocal jazz/pop-rock ensemble music

Elements of percussion instruments

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Choral Training Workshop

Orchestral Training Workshop

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

English Language I

Second year

Musical Informatics I

History of Popular Music II

Performance Practices I (Electronic Keyboards)

Performance Practices and Repertoires II

Rock & Pop Harmony II

Pop-Rock Performance Practice II (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Musical Improvisation Techniques II

Technologies and Techniques of Audio Recording and Recording II

Student’s Elective Subject II

Jazz vocal ensemble music

Elements of percussion instruments

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Choral Training Workshop

Orchestral Training Workshop

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

English Language II

Third year

Performance Practices II (Electronic Keyboards)

Musical Informatics II

Enforcement Practices and Repertoires III

Pop-rock compositional techniques

Pop-rock Performance Practice III (Pop-rock Ensemble Music)

Musical Improvisation Techniques III

Management of events and/or cultural products and live performances

Student’s Elective Subject III

Jazz vocal ensemble music

Elements of percussion instruments

Analysis of musical literature for jazz/pop-rock instruments

Choral Training Workshop

Orchestral Training Workshop

Educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student III

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: assessment of suitability* and/or examination and/or evaluation by the Commission in charge

Final exam

Theory, rhythm and musical perception

History and Historiography of Music I

History and Historiography of Music II