Clarinet Bachelor’s Degree – Study Plans and Course Structure

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Section A – General Data Management

School	CLARINET SCHOOL
Department	DEPARTMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGES
A1 – Name of the course of study	First Level Academic Diploma Course in CLARINET – CODI/09

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	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Theories and Techniques of Harmony 1	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading	Piano Practice – and Reading 1	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/06 – Theory, rhythm and musical perception	Ear training	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Performance Practices and Repertoire 1	15	30/345 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Fundamentals of instrument history and technology	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 1	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/03 – Chamber music	Chamber Music 1	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	Wind ensemble music 1	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Related	Related and supplementary activities	CODI/15 – Saxophone	Performance practices and repertoires – elements of saxophone 1	6	18/132 14%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Further training activities	Further training activities	COCM/03 – Strategy, progect, organization and management of show	Management of cultural and entertainment events and/or products	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/03 – Musical acoustics	Musical acoustics	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Foreign language	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	Lingua straniera comunitaria – Lingua inglese I	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Second year cfa: 60
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/04 – History of Music	History and Historiography of Music 2	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Theories and Techniques of Harmony 2	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Analysis of compositional forms	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading	Piano Practice – and Reading 2	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Treaties and methods	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Performance practices and repertoires 2	15	30/345 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 2	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/03 – Chamber music	Chamber Music 2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	Wind ensemble music 2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Related	Related and supplementary activities	CODI/15 – Saxophone	Performance practices and repertoires – elements of saxophone 2	6	18/132 14%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
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 – English Language II	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Third year cfa: 60
Base	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/01 – Choral Exercises	Choral training	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Fundamentals of composition	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Extemporaneous reading techniques – orchestral excerpts	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet	Performance practices and repertoires 3	15	35/340 10%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 3	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Related	Related and supplementary activities	COME/04 – Electroacoustics	Technologies and techniques of audio recording and recording	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6		Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/05 – Musical informatics	Music Informatics	6	18/132 14%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities	2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory		Examination
Final exam	Final exam			9		Obligatory	Individual	Examination

Constitution

Activity	Total CFAs	Subject area	SAD	Total CFAs	CFA first year	CFA second year	CFA third year
Basic Activity	33	Musicological disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	CODM/04 – History of music COMI/01 – Choral exercises COTP/01 – Harmony theory and analysis COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading COTP/06 – Theory, rhythm and musical perception	6 3 12 6 6	3 0 3 3 6	3 0 6 3 0	0 3 3 0 0
Core activities	75	Interpretive disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines	CODI/09 – Clarinet COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises COMI/03 – Chamber music COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	54 9 6 6	18 3 3 3	18 3 3 3	18 3 0 0
Related and Integrative Activities	15	Related and supplementary activities Related and supplementary activities	CODI/15 – Saxophone COME/04 – Electroacoustics	12 3	6 0	6 0	0 3
Student’s own choice	18	Student’s own choice	–	18	0	6	12
Further training activities	18	Further training activities Further training activities Further training activities Further training activities	COCM/03 – Strategy, design, organization and management of the performing arts COME/03 – Musical acoustics COME/05 – Computer Music XXX – Other non-frontal training activities	3 3 6 6	3 3 0 0	0 0 0 3	0 0 6 3
Knowledge of a foreign language	12	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	12	6	6	0
Final exam	9	Final exam	–	9	0	0	9
Total	180				60	60	60

Section C

C1 – Learning objectives
At the end of the studies relating to the first level Academic Diploma, students must have acquired specific technical and cultural skills such as to allow them to concretely realize their artistic idea. To this end, particular emphasis will be given to the study of the most representative repertoire – including the ensemble repertoire and the related performance practices, also with the aim of developing the student’s ability to interact within differently composed musical groups. These goals are also to be achieved by fostering the development of perceptual hearing and memorization skills and by the acquisition of specific knowledge related to the organizational, compositional and analytical models of music and their interactions. Specific care should be devoted to the acquisition of appropriate postural and emotional control techniques. By the end of the Three-Year BA program, students should have acquired a thorough knowledge of the general stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects as well as those related to their specific address. It is also an educational objective of the course to acquire skills in music information technology 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 the possibility of employment in the following areas: – Solo instrumentalist – Instrumentalist in chamber groups – Instrumentalist in chamber orchestral formations – Instrumentalist in symphonic orchestral formations – Instrumentalist in orchestral formations for musical theater.
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

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General Statement

The sector concerns the acquisition of technical skills and musical, cultural and interpretative skills related to the instrument, and related ones, necessary to face, with full awareness of the related performance practices, the different repertoires of the various eras up to the present day. Those executive and interpretative aspects relating to the use of the instrument in solo, ensemble and orchestral concert activity are also explored.

For the purpose of a complete training of the instrumentalist, disciplines related to the history and technology of the instrument, as well as methodological knowledge related to the teaching of the instrument,
are also included in the field. It also includes the in-depth study of related treatises, the repertoire with reference to different historical periods, and methodologies related to improvisation on the instrument, as well as techniques of reading and extemporaneous accompaniment.

Training Objectives.

The three-year 1st level course replaces, integrates and transforms the upper period of the School’s previgent training course in force on the date of approval of Law 508/99, linking with the basic training activity of music studies and modifying the terminal part of it consistently with an articulation of the courses that allows the achievement of a degree not inferior to that of the previgent.
The three-year high school related to this School aims to ensure critical awareness by ensuring adequate mastery of methodologies and techniques within a path aimed at the acquisition of specific disciplinary and professional skills, which will allow access to the world of work with an adequate preparation to carry out with competence and professionalism most of the activities pertaining to the studies completed, in line with European standards.

The three-year course transforms the basic and characterizing teachings of the traditional course, expanding and updating them, and represents a way of integrating the educational offerings, with the addition of multiple theoretical-practical and laboratory disciplines.
The three-year course provides for: attendance, examinations and the awarding of the title reserved for enrolled students only; replacement of examinations and barriers, including previous ones, provided for in the old system with other examinations or forms of evaluation consistent with a unified articulation of the three-year period, which improves the traditional level of preparation; the introduction of a system of credits and educational debts modeled on those provided for in the university system; and the holding of a final exam at the end of all examinations.

At the end of the studies relating to the First Level Academic Diploma in BASSO TUBA, students must have acquired the knowledge of the techniques and 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 repertoire – 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 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 should be devoted to the acquisition of appropriate postural and emotional control techniques. At the end of the three-year course, students must have acquired an in-depth knowledge of the stylistic, historical, aesthetic, general 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 educational objective of the course is also the acquisition of adequate skills in the field of computer music as well as those related to a second community language.

Professional profile and 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. Music education teacher.
The course offers the student employment opportunities in the following areas:

– Solo Instrumentalist
– Instrumentalist in chamber groups
– Instrumentalist in chamber orchestral formations
– Instrumentalist in symphonic orchestral formations
– Instrumentalist in orchestral formations for musical theater – Instrumentalist in wind orchestral formations.

Academic Credits
Academic training credits are adopted in compliance with Table A of Ministerial Decree no. 124/09. 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) Presentation of at least 3 studies taken from the following repertoire:
V. BLAZHEVICH, 70 studies /or 88 flat Tuba vol.1 and 2 (ed. Robert King) H.W. TYRRELL, Advanced studies /or Bb Bass (ed. Boosey & Hawkes) C. K0PPRASH, 60 studies far tuba

Presentation of one or more pieces for instrument and piano, or for instrument and orchestra (piano rid.) or for instrument only chosen by the candidate, of a minimum duration of 15 minutes (including single movements) taken from the fundamental repertoire. In the case of several pieces, one can be for solo instrument.
3) Extemporaneous reading of a short passage assigned by the commission.

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

SECOND TEST.

1) The candidate should demonstrate mastery in the use of notation codes, knowledge of the basic elements of music theory, and the practice of fundamental skills related to listening and rhythmic and sung reading.

2) Assessment through oral interview of the basic musical skills of Elements of Harmony and analysis and History of Music. MUSICAL, GENERAL AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW

Notes: The Commission has the right, for the purposes of evaluation, to select a part of the programme submitted and to listen again and/or to interrupt the implementation.
Aspirants who already have the relevant licenses obtained at the Institutions of Higher Music Education referred to in Law 508/99 are exempted from test no. 4.

First year

Analysis Methodologies

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility test.

Exam program:
Discussion of a written paper concerning the analysis of a work belonging to the solo repertoire, with piano or orchestra of the instrument studied, to be agreed with the teacher during the lessons. In this paper, to be delivered to the Secretariat at least five days before the exam, the student must make direct reference to the methodologies and topics covered by the teacher during the lessons. The student will also be required to respond orally on the entire program carried out in class.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Performance Practices and Repertoires (for Clarinet and Piano) I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam.
Exam program:
Performance of a concert program, agreed with the teacher, of at least 25 minutes including a sonata from the Baroque to the Classical period.

Performance practices and repertoires (Solo and for clarinet and orchestra) I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 12 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam.

Exam program:
Performance, preferably from memory, of a concert program of the solo repertoire, agreed with the teacher, of at least 30 minutes including works from the classical and romantic periods, as well as at least one movement of a concerto for clarinet and orchestra taken from the aforementioned periods.

Chamber Music I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 20 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam.

Exam program:
Performance of a program approved by the teacher lasting not less than 15 minutes, including a minimum of two compositions from different historical periods. The program may include transcriptions only and exclusively in the absence of original repertoire.
The execution of the program can be integrated through a multimedia thesis (production of an audio or audiovisual recording) agreed with the Professor and delivered to the Teaching Office within ten days before the exam. This supplement must be considered optional, in addition to the minutes provided for the exam.
The candidate, for the formation of the chamber group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

Ensemble music for winds I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 20 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Eligibility check.

Study program:
From the wind literature of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern and Contemporary periods, compositions, originals or arrangements, useful for an adequate training course of the student, will be identified. In the presence of particular needs, the choice will be adapted to the various needs with the use of less frequented pieces and with the introduction of mixed ensembles, homogeneous groups, small instrumental groups to deal with the most significant literature for each instrument. The study program will be agreed between teachers and students especially on the basis of possible staff. For educational needs, pieces that also include other instruments besides winds such as piano, organ, percussion, etc., can also be included in the program.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Orchestral formation I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Laboratory – Form of assessment: Eligibility check.

Study program:
Study of works for orchestra taken from the Baroque to the Contemporary repertoire as well as instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic and professional skills in the orchestral field.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Techniques of expression and body awareness

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

Exam syllabus:

The exams will be carried out with the presentation, individual or collective, of a creation/improvisation of a vocal/musical movement which will then have to be argued from the mental genesis to its realization and motivate it in expressive details taking into account rhythm, movement and thought. The presentation may also be illustrated by a paper on the topics developed.

Student’s Elective Subject I

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Form of verification: Eligibility check or Exam.

Subject and/or activity chosen by the student II

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Form of verification: Eligibility check and/or Exam.
The activities will be evaluated according to art. 13 of the Didactic Regulations of the 2nd level Academic Diploma Courses and related evaluation table

(5h of activity/1 CFA)

EU Foreign Language I (English Language I)

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 25 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Program:
The study program will be established by the teacher following an accurate student placement test and will be preparatory to the acquisition of the B1 level of English.
The form of final assessment will be established by the teacher and will cover the following language skills: Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing.

Second year

Musical Semiography

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Assessment of suitability.

Exam program:
Written test:
Resolution of ancient and modern particular musical semiographic signs, appropriately described, also with traditional musical graphic examples in a maximum time of 30 minutes.
Oral exam:
Disquisition on the history of semiography from its origins to the present day, with particular reference to the development of instrumental musical writing. The test will be related to the instrument characterizing the course chosen by the candidate.

Performance practices and repertoires (Solo and for clarinet and orchestra) II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 12 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Prerequisites: Performance practices and repertoires (Solo and for Clarinet and orchestra I)

Exam program:
Performance preferably from memory of a concert program of the solo repertoire, agreed with the teacher, of at least 40 minutes including works from the late Romantic period to the contemporary as well as at least one movement of a concerto for clarinet and orchestra taken from the aforementioned periods.

Performance Practices and Repertoires (for Clarinet and Piano) II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Individual lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Prerequisites: Performance practices and repertoires (for clarinet and piano I)

Exam program:
Performance of a concert program, agreed with the teacher, of at least 35 minutes including a sonata from the romantic to the contemporary period.

Chamber Music II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 20 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Prerequisites: Chamber Music I

Exam program:
Performance of a program approved by the teacher lasting not less than 15 minutes, including a minimum of two compositions from different historical periods, which is different from the one presented for the exam of “Chamber Music I”. The program may include transcriptions only and exclusively in the absence of original repertoire.
The execution of the program can be integrated through a multimedia thesis (production of an audio or audiovisual recording) agreed with the Professor and delivered to the Teaching Office within ten days before the exam.
This supplement must be considered optional, in addition to the minutes provided for the exam.
The candidate, for the formation of the chamber group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

Wind ensemble music II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 20 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Prerequisites: Ensemble music for winds I

Study Programme:
A review of the literature on wind instruments from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern and Contemporary periods will be conducted to identify compositions, originals or arrangements that are useful for an adequate training of the student. In the event of specific requirements, the selection will be tailored to meet the individual needs of the student, with the incorporation of less frequently performed pieces and the introduction of mixed ensembles, homogeneous groups, and small instrumental groups to address the most significant repertoire for each instrument. The study programme will be collaboratively developed between teachers and students, with particular consideration given to the potential for participation in ensembles.

For educational needs, pieces that also include other instruments besides winds such as piano, organ, percussion, etc., can also be included in the program.

Exam syllabus:

Test 1) Performance of an important composition of the repertoire for wind ensemble. Alternatively, at least two significant pieces or tempos from different styles and historical periods.

Test 2) Concertation and performance of a time of an ensemble composition of medium difficulty chosen and assigned by the commission 24 hours before the exam. Alternatively, concertation of a particularly demanding and significant composition addressed in the study program.

Test 3) Hints of formal analysis of the scores addressed and discussion on the problems of the compositions performed.

Orchestral Formation II

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Laboratory – Form of verification: Verification of suitability. Prerequisites: Orchestral formation I

Exam syllabus:

Study of works for orchestra taken from the Baroque to the Contemporary repertoire as well as instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic and professional skills in the orchestral field.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Music Informatics

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.
At the end of the scheduled teaching hours, the teacher will assess the student’s aptitude by verifying, for each student, attendance, the completion of the required theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, and the achievement of the set teaching objectives.

Subject and/or activity chosen by the student III

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Form of verification: Eligibility check or Exam.
The activities will be evaluated according to art. 13 of the Didactic Regulations of the 2nd level Academic Diploma Courses and related evaluation table

(5h of activity/1 CFA)

EU Foreign Language II (English Language II)

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 25 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Prerequisites: EU Foreign Language I (English Language I)

Study program:
Review of the grammatical structures of the first year;
The study program will be established by the teacher, will include the revision of the grammatical structures of the first year and will be preparatory to the acquisition of the B2 level of English.

Exam program:
Students will be tested on their skills and ability to take part in different types of interaction with the teacher with particular regard to the musical discipline.
The final exam form will be established by the teacher and will cover the following language skills: Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing It will also understand the main points of a specific written question with various exercises (Quizlet: written questions, terms to be combined, multiple choice questions and true/false questions) of both Classical and Jazz Musical Terminology, after acquiring knowledge of the Glossary of Terminology and specialized musical definitions.

Final exam

Course year: 2 – Credits: 9 – Hours of lessons: – – Form of assessment: Exam
Exam program:
Free concert program, not coinciding with another program performed entirely in previous exams, of about 30 minutes, as a soloist with instrumental or orchestral accompaniment

Subjects chosen by the student

History of costume and scenography

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Test:
Presentation of a written paper on one or more topics covered during the course and concerning the history of entertainment, styles, costume, staging, furniture and theatrical make-up with particular reference to Opera and other forms of musical performance. The test must reveal the deepening of the notions acquired.

EU foreign language: German language

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Test:
Written tests and/or questions and/or oral interview, or on the basis of appropriate certification presented, that the level of knowledge of the language acquired by the candidate is appropriate for the year.

Music pedagogy

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Program:

The formation of personality and the role of the school curriculum in the musical didactic-educational project. The general methodological approach and its declination in the field of music. Music pedagogy in historical and modern methodologies. Emotional communication in music. The “Music” discipline in the National Indications of 2012 currently in force.
Ongoing verification: written test.

Final exam: Final oral discussion on the topics covered in the mid-term test. The marks obtained in the ongoing tests contribute to the final grade.

Music Psychology

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam.

Program:
Emotional perception. Learning and Mental Structures: The Construction of the “Musical Vocabulary”. “Natural” listening and grouping mechanisms. Attention, memory, learning in music.
Ongoing test: written test.
Final examination: Final oral discussion on the topics covered in the mid-term test. The marks obtained in the ongoing tests contribute to the final grade.

Methodology of historical-musical investigation

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Exam. Ongoing verification: Open-ended questionnaire on the topics under study.

Final exam:
Oral interview on the topics studied and covered in the midterm test. The marks obtained in the ongoing tests contribute to the final grade.

Practice of ornamentation

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility test.

Verification:
Present a short composition of your choice, taken from the instrumental baroque repertoire with reference to the candidate’s basic instrument, in particular a piece from Suites, Sonatas, Pieces, which presents a varied wealth of embellishments.
Extemporaneously perform a piece already adorned with embellishments, chosen by the teacher, for instrument (keyboards in general, bow, breath, pluck, etc.). To quibble about the ornamental stylistic diversity of French, German and Italian Baroque composers.

Fundamentals of composition

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Program:
The composition of simple and figurative Chorales, as well as short pieces in ternary form and/or sonata-form for chamber ensembles to be agreed with the teacher at the beginning of the lessons, is aimed at developing compositional skills useful for a greater understanding of the artistic articulation of tonal language.

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

Reading the score

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Program:
Performing on the piano in extemporaneous a piece written in the ancient keys, transporting a piece to the piano a tone above or a tone below, performing and intoning an ancient aria at first sight. The aforementioned pieces and the ancient aria will be assigned by the teacher.

Te:
At the end of the scheduled teaching hours, the teacher will express the judgment of suitability also on the basis of the verification, for each student, of attendance, of the performance of the theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, required, of the achievement of the set educational objectives.

Conducting instrumental and vocal groups

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Verification:
Practical test – Demonstrate that you have learned the basic conducting technique and gestures – in relation to tempo, agogic, phrasing, breathing and crowns – by conducting the main simple and composed measures with the help of a chamber ensemble (instrumental and/or vocal) and/or a collaborating pianist.

Theory test – Discuss the topics covered during the course: historical elements on orchestral conducting; the relationship between the soloist and the conductor in the work of analysis and concertation of the score; the figure of the solo conductor in the concert repertoire; Notes on concertation in ensemble music.

Processing, transcription and arrangement

Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Program:
At the beginning of the lessons, the transcription will be agreed with the teacher, to be carried out with a guided work in class, of two pieces (one for solo instrument to be transcribed for chamber ensemble and the other for chamber ensemble to be reduced for solo instrument) that are of general interest to the group of attending students.

Extemporaneous reading techniques (Orchestral excerpts)

(reserved for orchestral instrument schools)
Course year: 1 or 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: Eligibility check.

Program:
excerpts from the orchestral repertoire

All active collective or group subjects included in the curricular plans of the Two-Year Regulations of all Schools can also be chosen.

Educational Regulations