Degree program

School: Mandolin School

Department : Department of Plucked and Bowed String Instruments

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

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Mandolin, 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

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 - 1225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 1315/60
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/03Performance practice and repertoires - 11830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/03Chamber music - 1825/175
12.50%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/03Literature of the instrument - A314/61
18.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early instruments - 1625/125
16.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125
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 ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Theories and techniques of harmony530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 2415/85
15.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/03Performance practice and repertoires - 21830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/03Chamber music - 2825/175
12.50%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early instruments - 2625/125
16.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Free-Choice Activities4/100
0.00%
Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Repertoire analysis530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 3415/85
15.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Rhythmic patterns in contemporary music225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/03Performance practice and repertoires - 31830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/03Tablatures and their transcription for Mandolin318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/02Improvisation on the instrument412/88
12.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques330/45
40.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live music entertainment law and legislation320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities9/225
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination9/225
0.00%
MandatoryExam