The degree program

School: Singing School

Department : Department of Vocal studies and Theatre music

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Renaissance and Baroque Singing

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Renaissance and Baroque Singing, 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 singing performance
– chamber and polyphonic ensemble singing performance
– theatre music singing performance

Theachers

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/06
Ear training - 1225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 1425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/15
Performance practice and repertoires - Harpsichord and historical keyboards - 1415/85
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06
Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Performance practice and repertoires - 11730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Vocal improvisation and ornamentation - 1515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Improvisation techniques320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early music instruments - 1525/100
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesStage performanceCORS/01Theory and technique of stage performance540/85
32.00%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Further ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of istrumental/vocal performance215/35
30.00%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Further ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01
Vocal ensemble music and choir repertoire335/40
46.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography - 2425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Basic ActivitiesDiscipline
interpretative
della musica
antica
COMA/15Performance practice and repertoires - Harpsichord and historical keyboards - 2415/85
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/01Bibliographic research tools and methods425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Performance practice and repertoires - 21730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Vocal improvisation and ornamentation - 2515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/05Renaissance and Baroque singing repertoire practice and repetion425/75
25.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early music instruments - 2525/100
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/07Music literature and texts325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Further ActivitiesStage performanceCORS/01Theory and technique of stage performance - Acting foundation325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities7/175
0.00%
Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/15Performance practice and repertoires - Harpsichord and historical keyboards - 3415/85
15.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Performance practice and repertoires - 31730/395
7.06%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEarly music performanceCOMA/16Vocal improvisation and ornamentation - 3515/110
12.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/05Basso continuo performance practice and repertoire425/75
25.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/07Ensemble music for voices and early music instruments - 3525/100
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesStage performanceCORS/01Acting 430/70
30.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/03Music aesthetic425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective courseExam
Further ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music 318/57
24.00%
MandatoryCollective courseQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination8/220
0.00%
MandatoryExam