Degree program

School: Vocal Chamber Music School

Department : Department of Vocal Studies and Theatre Music

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Vocal Chamber Music

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in 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.
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.
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.

Employment prospects

The course provides students with the opportunity to work in the following fields:
– singing for chamber repertoire
– singing in chamber choral ensembles
– singing in symphony choral ensembles

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/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Fundamental techniques for piano accompaniment420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history and historiography425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/24Performance practice and repertoires - 11830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/07Poetry for music processing techniques425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires (vocal techniques) 11120/255
7.27%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitesStage performanceCORS/01Acting325/50
33.33%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities7/175
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language - English325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language - German or French325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training 325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Fundamentals of composition430/70
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicology CODM/04History of music forms and repertoires425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 1420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 1330/45
40.00%
MandatoryWorkshopQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/24Performance practice and repertoires - 21830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/25Vocal repertoire practice418/82
18.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/24Performance practice and repertoires - (single subject course)312/63
16.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Supplementary activitiesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires - (Vocal technique) 2815/185
7.50%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary activitiesLanguagesCODL/02Diction for singing - Diction of foreign languages for singing325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/01Repertoire analysis430/70
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/03Piano practice - 2420/80
20.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/01Vocal ensemble music and choral repertoire - 2330/45
40.00%
MandatoryWorkshopQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/24Performance practice and repertoires - 31830/420
6.67%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/03Performance practice and chamber ensemble repertoire320/55
26.67%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesSolo performanceCODI/23Performance practice and repertoires - (Vocal technique) 3 815/185
7.50%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesLanguagesCODL/02Diction for singing - Diction of foreign languages for singing325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music325/50
33.33%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities5/125
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination9/225
0.00%
MandatoryExam