Degree program

School: Orchestra Conducting School

Department : Department of Theory and Analysis, Composition and Conducting

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

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Orchestra Conducting, 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:
– instrumental ensemble conducting
– chamber orchestra conducting
– symphony orchestra conducting
– theatre music orchestra conducting

Teachers

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 - 1 225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Instrumental and vocal ensembles conducting - 11727/398
6.35%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Symphonic and theater music repertoires practice and conducting - 1630/120
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition analysis - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 1520/105
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques - 1420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesCompositionCODI/06Fundamentals of instrument history and technology318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities10/250
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language - English320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
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 ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2 225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music semiography225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Instrumental and vocal ensembles conducting - 21727/398
6.35%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Symphonic and theater music repertoires practice and conducting - 2630/120
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition analysis - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/02Score reading - 2520/105
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques - 2420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/13Fundamentals of instrument history and technology - Flute318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language - French or German320/55
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 philology425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/03Music aesthetic325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Rhythmic patterns in contemporary music225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04History of forms and musical repertoires425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Instrumental and vocal ensembles conducting - 31727/398
6.35%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesConductingCOID/02Symphonic and theater music repertoires practice and conducting - 3630/120
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques - 3420/80
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires - Singing315/60
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/03Chamber music320/55
26.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music218/32
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities2/50
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam