Degree program

School: Composition School

Department : Department of Theory and Analysis, Composition and Conducting

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

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in 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:
– music composition
– music transcription
– music arrangement

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training 325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/20Fundamentals of organ technique and registration515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/20Medieval Christian chant320/55
26.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1340/35
53.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition - 11630/370
7.50%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition analysis - 1530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Musical forms, languages and systems - 1530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 1420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/03Acoustics320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Systems and languages of audio programming and music applications - 1520/105
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Free-Choice Activities4/100
0.00%
Mandatory
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/07Music dramaturgy424/76
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2340/35
53.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition - 21630/370
7.50%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition analysis - 2530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Musical forms, languages and systems - 2530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 2420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/03Aesthetics of music425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Systems and languages of audio programming and music applications - 2520/105
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities4/100
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign lanugage320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 3340/35
53.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition - 31630/370
7.50%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition analysis - 3530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Musical forms, languages and systems - 3530/95
24.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/05History of electroacoustic music215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/04Electroacoustics620/130
13.33%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Systems and languages of audio programming and music applications - 3520/105
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Free-Choice Activities10/250
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam