Degree program

School: Bassoon School

Department : Department of Wind Instruments

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Bossoon

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Bassoon, 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:
– solo performance
– ensemble performance
– chamber orchestra performance
– symphonic orchestra performance
– theatre music orchestra performance
– wind orchestra performance

Teachers

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 1225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 1315/60
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Theories and techniques of harmony 530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Performance practice and repertoires - 11730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/03
(1A1)
Chamber music - 1520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/04
(1A1)
Wind instruments ensemble music - 1520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/02Orchestra and orchestral repertoire - 1640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Fundamentals of instrument history and technology212/38
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities7/175
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Fundamentals of composition530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 2315/60
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Performance practice and repertoires - 21730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/03
(2A1)
Chamber music - 2520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/04
(2A1)
Wind instruments ensemble music - 2520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/02Orchestra and orchestral repertoire - 2640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Literature of the instrument - A315/60
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Repertoire analysis530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Rhythmic patterns in contemporary music225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Performance practice and repertoires - 31730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Literature of the instrument - B415/85
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/03
(3A1)
Chamber music - 3520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performance (choose one)COMI/04
(3A1)
Wind instruments ensemble music - 3520/105
16.00%
OptionalGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/02Orchestra and orchestral repertoire - 3640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Methodology of instrumental teaching 215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/12Literature of the instrument - C415/85
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam