Degree program

School: Organ School

Department : Department of Keyboard and Percussion Instruments

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

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Organ, 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

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 - 1225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04History of music notation212/38
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Performance practice and repertoires - 11730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques - 1520/105
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Improvisation on the instrument - 1515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Fundamentals of instrument history and technology320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesEnsemble performanceCOMI/03Chamber music315/60
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Literature of the instrument - A320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities9225
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 - 2
225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/15Performance practice and repertoires - Harpsichord and Historical keyboards312/63
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01
Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2440/60
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Performance practice and repertoires - 21730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques - 2520/105
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Improvisation on the instrument - 2515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Fundamentals of instrument history and technology320/55
26.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Literature of the instrument - B320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early music instruments - 1515/110
12.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Further ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05 Computer music318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Further ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities4/100
0.00%
Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 3 225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music semiography225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/15Basso continuo practice on the instruments312/63
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Performance practice and repertoires - 31730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitesCompositionCODC/01 Composition techniques - 3520/105
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/19Improvisation on the instrument - 3515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/20Medieval Christian chant530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early music instruments - 2520/105
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/05 Tuning and temperament312/63
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/200
0.00%
MandatoryExam