Degree program

School: Wind Band Instrumentation School

Department : Department of Theory and Analysis, Composition and Conducting

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Wind Orchestra Instrumentation

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Wind Orchestra Instrumentation, 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:
– wind orchestra composition
– wind orchestra transcription and arrangement
– wind orchestra conducting

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 1225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivityMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1525/100
20.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 1420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivityEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra composition - 11330/295
9.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityConductingCOID/03Wind orchestra conducting - 1620/130
13.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra transcription and arrangement - 1620/130
13.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra instrumentation - 1620/130
13.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra music composition analysis - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities7/175 Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
27.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivityMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2525/100
20.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music semiography225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivityEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 2420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra composition - 21330/295
9.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra instrumentation - 2630/120
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityConductingCOID/03Wind orchestra conducting - 2620/130
13.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra transcription and arrangement - 2620/130
13.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra music composition analysis - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivityTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 3225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra composition - 31330/295
9.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra instrumentation - 3630/120
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityConductingCOID/03Wind orchestra conducting - 3520/105
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivityCompositionCODC/06Wind orchestra transcription and arrangement - 3830/170
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/05History of electroacoustic music425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/04Electroacoustics530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Programming systems and languages for audio and music applications318/57
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Free-Choice Activities6/150Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam