Degree program

School: Choral Music and Choir Conducting School

Department : Department of Theory and Analysis, Composition and Conducting

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Choir Conducting and Choral Composition

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Choir Conducting and Choral Composition, students will have acquired technical knowledge and specific skills to enable them to bring their own artistic ideas to practical fruition.
To this end, the course will focus on the most representative instrumental repertoire – including ensemble music – and on the related performance practices also for the purpose of developing the student’s ability to interact within different kinds of musical ensembles.
Such goals will also be achieved by fostering the development of aural perception and memorization as well as by acquiring specific knowledge concerning organizational, compositional and analytical music models and their interaction.
Specific care will be devoted to learning adequate postural and emotional control techniques.
At the end of the three-year course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge of both general and specific stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects in relation to their own field of study.
Moreover, in regard to the specific nature of each single course, students will be required to possess appropriate skills relating to improvisation.
A further educational goal is the acquisition of suitable computer music abilities as well as competence in a second EU foreign language.

Employment prospects

The course provides students with the opportunity to work in the following fields:
– choir conducting
– choral ensembles conducting
– chamber choir conducting
– symphony choir conducting
– operatic choir conducting
– chapel choir direction
– stage assistant in opera houses
– choral composition, transcription and arrangement

Teachers

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First level total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 1 225/25
50.00%
Mandatory Collective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choir conducting: performance practice and repertoires - 11427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choral composition - 11427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Vocal ensembles conducting - 1340/35
53.33%
MandatoryWorkshopQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 1420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Fundamentals of vocal technique history 220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/20Medieval Christian chant220/30
40.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities9/225
0.00%
Mandatory
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2 225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/07Poetry for music processing techniques325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choir conducting: performance practice and repertoires - 21427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choral composition - 21427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Vocal ensembles conducting - 2340/35
53.33%
MandatoryWorkshopQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 2420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires - Canto - 1215/35
30.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 3225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music philology325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music semiography225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 3220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choir conducting: performance practice and repertoires - 31427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Choral composition - 31427/323
7.71%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 3420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/01Vocal ensembles conducting - 2340/35
53.33%
MandatoryWorkshopQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires - Canto - 2215/35
30.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Further ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/25Performance practice and repertoires - Piano accompaniment315/60
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities3/75
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam