Degree program

School: Jazz School

Branches of study: Pop Rock Singing

Department : Department of New Technologies and Music Languages

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

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Popular Music, 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:
– pop and rock solo performance
– pop and rock ensemble performance
– pop and rock orchestra performance

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music - 1318/57
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music theory225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06History of popular music - 1424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/10Performance practice and repertoires (Electronic keyboards) - 1412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesPop-rock, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMP/05Performance practice and repertoires (Pop-rock singing) - 11930/445
7.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/07Pop and rock harmony424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/09Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 1624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 1324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities10Mandatory
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 1 225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06History of popular music - 2424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music - 2318/57
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/10Performance practice and repertoires (Electronic keyboards) - 2412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesPop-rock, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMP/05Performance practice and repertoires (Pop-rock singing) - 21930/445
7.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/07Rock-pop forms, systems, languages424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/09Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 2624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 2324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live music entertainment law and legislation320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
43.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities5Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2 225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04History of musical forms and repertoires320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/10Performance practice and repertoires (Electronic keyboards) - 3412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesPop-rock, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMP/05Performance practice and repertoires (Pop-rock singing) - 31930/445
7.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/07Pop-rock composition techniques424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/09Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 3624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 3324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live performance agreements220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/04Amplification technologies and techniques and audio diffusion systems318/57
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02Diction for singing320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities3Mandatory
Final Examination8MandatoryExam