Bass Tuba Bachelor’s Degree – Study Plans and Educational Structure

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Section A – General Data Management

School	Basso Tuba SCHOOL
Department	DEPARTMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGES
A1 – Name of the course of study	First Level Academic Diploma Course in BASSO TUBA – CODI/08

Section B – Study Plan Management

Type of activity	Subject area	Industry (Group)	Teaching	CFA	Lessons/Study Hours	Optional/Required	Lesson	Profit Verification
First year CFA: 60
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/04 – History of Music	History and Historiography of Music 1	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Theories and Techniques of Harmony 1	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading	Pratica e lettura pianistica 1	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/06 – Theory, rhythm and musical perception	Ear training	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Performance Practices and Repertoire 1	15	30/345 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Fundamentals of instrument history and technology	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Prassi esecutive e repertori 1 (altri strumenti della famiglia)	6	12/138 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 1	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/03 – Chamber music	Chamber Music 1	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	Wind ensemble music 1	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Further training activities	Further training activities	COCM/03 – Strategy, progect, organization and management of show	Organizzazione dello spettacolo musicale	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/03 – Musical acoustics	Musical acoustics	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Foreign language	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	Community foreign language 2	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Second year cfa: 60
Base	Musicological disciplines	CODM/04 – History of Music	History and Historiography of Music 2	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Analysis of compositional forms	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Theories and Techniques of Harmony 2	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading	Pratica e lettura pianistica 2	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Performance practices and repertoires 2	15	30/345 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Treaties and methods	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Prassi esecutive e repertori 2 (altri strumenti della famiglia)	6	12/138 9%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 2	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/03 – Chamber music	Chamber Music 2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	Wind ensemble music 2	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6	30/120 25%	Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities		3		Obligatory
Foreign language	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	Community Foreign Language – English Language 2	6	36/114 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Third year cfa: 60
Base	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/01 – Choral Exercises	Choral Training	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Suitability
Base	Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	COTP/01 – Harmony Theory and Analysis	Fundamentals of composition	3	18/57 32%	Obligatory	Theoretical-practical/collective	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Tecniche di lettura estemporanea (passi d’orchestra)	3	15/60 25%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Examination
Featuring	Interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Basso tuba	Performance practices and repertoires 3	15	35/340 10%	Obligatory	Individual	Examination
Featuring	Ensemble interpretative disciplines	COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises	Orchestral training 3	3	30/45 67%	Obligatory	Laboratory	Suitability
Related	Related and supplementary activities	COME/04 – Electroacoustics	Technologies and techniques of audio recording and recording	3	10/65 15%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Student Choice	Student’s own choice			6	30/120 25%	Obligatory
Further training activities	Further training activities	COME/05 – Musical informatics	Informatica musicale ed altre attività formative	12	36/264 14%	Obligatory	Ensemble/Group	Suitability
Further training activities	Further training activities	XXX – Other training activities		3		Obligatory
Final exam	Final exam			9		Obligatory	Individual	Examination

Constitution

Activity	Total CFAs	Subject area	SAD	Total CFAs	CFA first year	CFA second year	CFA third year
Basic Activity	33	Musicological disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines Theoretical-analytical-practical disciplines	CODM/04 – History of music COMI/01 – Choral exercises COTP/01 – Harmony theory and analysis COTP/03 – Piano Practice and Reading COTP/06 – Theory, rhythm and musical perception	6 3 12 6 6	3 0 3 3 6	3 0 6 3 0	0 3 3 0 0
Core activities	87	Interpretive disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines Overall interpretative disciplines	CODI/08 – Bass tuba COMI/02 – Orchestral exercises COMI/03 – Chamber music COMI/04 – Ensemble music for wind instruments	66 9 6 6	24 3 3 3	24 3 3 3	18 3 0 0
Related and Integrative Activities	3	Related and supplementary activities	COME/04 – Electroacoustics	3	0	0	3
Student’s own choice	18	Student’s own choice	–	18	0	6	12
Further training activities	18	Further training activities Further training activities Further training activities Further training activities	COCM/03 – Strategy, design, organization and management of the performing arts COME/03 – Musical acoustics COME/05 – Computer Music XXX – Other non-frontal training activities	3 3 6 6	3 3 0 0	0 0 0 3	0 0 6 3
Knowledge of a foreign language	12	Knowledge of a foreign language	CODL/02 – Community Foreign Language	12	6	6	0
Final exam	9	Final exam	–	9	0	0	9
Total	180				60	60	60

Section C

C1 – Learning objectives
At the end of the studies relating to the first level Academic Diploma, students must have acquired specific technical and cultural skills such as to allow them to concretely realize their artistic idea. To this end, particular emphasis will be given to the study of the most representative repertoire – including the ensemble repertoire and the related performance practices, also with the aim of developing the student’s ability to interact within differently composed musical groups. These goals are also to be achieved by fostering the development of perceptual hearing and memorization skills and by the acquisition of specific knowledge related to the organizational, compositional and analytical models of music and their interactions. Specific care should be devoted to the acquisition of appropriate postural and emotional control techniques. By the end of the Three-Year BA program, students should have acquired a thorough knowledge of the general stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects as well as those related to their specific address. It is also an educational objective of the course to acquire skills in music information technology as well as those related to a second community language
C2 – Final exam
The final exam has the function of highlighting the candidate’s peculiarities that emerged during the three-year period. It can concern any of the subject areas of the School attended, provided that the discipline is active in the current academic year; The program will be at the candidate’s free choice and must not coincide with another program performed entirely in previous exams.
C3 – Employment prospects
Access to Level II, advanced and specialized courses. Concert Employment in public administration (title equivalent to Level I degree). Teacher of music disciplines in non-professional schools. Teacher of music disciplines in professional schools. Teacher of music education. The course offers the student the opportunity to work in the following areas: – Solo instrumentalist – Instrumentalist in chamber groups – Instrumentalist in chamber orchestral formations – Instrumentalist in symphonic orchestral formations – Instrumentalist in orchestral formations for musical theater
C4 – Knowledge and understanding
Graduates acquire technical skills and musical, cultural, interpretive, harmonic and improvisational skills related to the instrument or singing, necessary to address, with full awareness of related performance practices, the different repertoires of the various styles of new languages in jazz.
C5 – Applying knowledge and understanding
Graduates should be able to delve into the performance and interpretive aspects of vocal performance and apply them in solo and ensemble concert activity.
C6 – Making judgements
Graduates must have the ability to integrate knowledge as well as to make judgments based on the information in their possession.
C7 – Communication skills
Graduates must be able to communicate their knowledge clearly to specialist and nonspecialist interlocutors.
C8 – Learning skills
Graduates must have developed those learning skills that enable them to study independently as well.

Curriculum for the Bachelor’s Degree

Basso tuba school – CODI/08

General Statement

The sector concerns the acquisition of technical skills and musical, cultural and interpretative skills related to the instrument, and related ones, necessary to face, with full awareness of the related performance practices, the different repertoires of the various eras up to the present day. Those executive and interpretative aspects relating to the use of the instrument in solo, ensemble and orchestral concert activity are also explored.

For the purpose of a complete training of the instrumentalist, disciplines related to the history and technology of the instrument, as well as methodological knowledge related to the teaching of the instrument,
are also included in the field. It also includes the in-depth study of related treatises, the repertoire with reference to different historical periods, and methodologies related to improvisation on the instrument, as well as techniques of reading and extemporaneous accompaniment.

Training Objectives.

Il triennio di 1° livello sostituisce, integra e trasforma il periodo superiore del percorso formativo previgente della Scuola in vigore alla data di approvazione della Legge 508/99, raccordandosi con l’attività formativa di base degli studi musicali e modificandone la parte terminale coerentemente con un’articolazione dei corsi che consenta il conseguimento di un titolo non inferiore a quello del previgente.
Il triennio superiore relativo a questa Scuola ha l’obiettivo di assicurare la consapevolezza critica garantendo un’adeguata padronanza di metodologie e tecniche entro un percorso rivolto all’acquisizione di specifiche competenze disciplinari e professionali, che consentano di accedere al mondo del lavoro con una preparazione adeguata a svolgere con competenza e professionalità la maggior parte delle attività attinenti agli studi compiuti, in linea con gli standard europei.

The three-year course transforms the basic and characterizing teachings of the traditional course, expanding and updating them, and represents a way of integrating the educational offerings, with the addition of multiple theoretical-practical and laboratory disciplines.
The three-year course provides for: attendance, examinations and the awarding of the title reserved for enrolled students only; replacement of examinations and barriers, including previous ones, provided for in the old system with other examinations or forms of evaluation consistent with a unified articulation of the three-year period, which improves the traditional level of preparation; the introduction of a system of credits and educational debts modeled on those provided for in the university system; and the holding of a final exam at the end of all examinations.

At the end of the studies relating to the First Level Academic Diploma in BASSO TUBA, students must have acquired the knowledge of the techniques and specific skills that allow them to concretely realize their artistic idea. To this end, particular emphasis will be given to the study of the most representative repertoire of the instrument – including the ensemble repertoire – and of the related performance practices, also with the aim of developing the student’s ability to interact within differently composed musical groups. These objectives must also be achieved by promoting the development of perceptual hearing and memorization skills and by acquiring specific knowledge related to the organizational, compositional and analytical models of music and their interaction.

Specific care should be devoted to the acquisition of appropriate postural and emotional control techniques. At the end of the three-year course, students must have acquired an in-depth knowledge of the stylistic, historical, aesthetic, general aspects and related to their specific address.
In addition, with reference to the specificity of the individual courses, the student must possess adequate skills related to the field of improvisation. The educational objective of the course is also the acquisition of adequate skills in the field of computer music as well as those related to a second community language.

Professional profile and employment prospects

Access to Level II, advanced and specialized courses. Concert Employment in public administration (title equivalent to Level I degree). Teacher of music disciplines in non-professional schools. Teacher of music disciplines in professional schools. Music education teacher.
The course offers the student employment opportunities in the following areas:

– Strumentista solista
– Strumentista in gruppi da camera
– Strumentista in formazioni orchestrali da camera
– Strumentista in formazioni orchestrali sinfoniche
– Strumentista in formazioni orchestrali per il teatro musicale
– Strumentista in formazioni orchestrali a fiato.

Crediti Formativi Accademici

I crediti formativi accademici sono adottati nel rispetto della tab A del D.M. n. 124/09. In relazione alle esigenze complessive di miglior funzionamento l’Istituto ha facoltà di scambiare le annualità di alcuni insegnamenti del presente piano di studio, nel rispetto della coerenza del percorso formativo, delle propedeuticità e dell’ammontare annuo dei crediti.

Esame di ammissione

The first test tends to test the candidate’s instrumental/vocal skills and musical maturity, the second test the candidate’s theoretical knowledge and basic musical culture.

FIRST TEST.

1) Presentazione di almeno 3 studi tratti dal seguente repertorio:

V. BLAZHEVICH, 70 studies /or 88 flat Tuba vol.1 e 2 (ed. Robert King) H.W. TYRRELL, Advanced studies /or Bb Bass (ed. Boosey & Hawkes) C. K0PPRASH, 60 studies far tuba

Presentation of one or more pieces for instrument and piano, or for instrument and orchestra (piano rid.) or for instrument only chosen by the candidate, of a minimum duration of 15 minutes (including single movements) taken from the fundamental repertoire. In the case of several pieces, one can be for solo instrument.
3) Extemporaneous reading of a short passage assigned by the commission.

The committee reserves the right to discontinue the test at any time.

SECOND TEST.

1) The candidate should demonstrate mastery in the use of notation codes, knowledge of the basic elements of music theory, and the practice of fundamental skills related to listening and rhythmic and sung reading.

2) Accertamento tramite colloquio orale delle competenze musicali di base di Elementi di Armonia e analisi e di Storia della musica.

COLLOQUIO DI CARATTERE MUSICALE, GENERALE E MOTIVAZIONALE

Notes: The Commission has the right, for the purposes of evaluation, to select a part of the programme submitted and to listen again and/or to interrupt the implementation.
Aspirants who already have the relevant licenses obtained at the Institutions of Higher Music Education referred to in Law 508/99 are exempted from test no. 4.

First year

Storia e storiografia della musica 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test.

Program:
Elements of ethnomusicology. Symbology of music. Oriental and Mediterranean civilizations and music in the Greco-Roman classical age. Ecclesiastical monody and Gregorian chant in the first millennium of the Christian era. Theory and notation. Guido d’Arezzo. The tropture and the liturgical drama. Lauda is a sacred representation. Troubadours, troubadours, Minnesänger and profane monody. Polyphony from its origins to the feudal and communal age. French and Italian polyphony in the fourteenth century. Schools in Europe from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century. Religious reforms and music. The great masters from beyond the mountains and Italian from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the age of patronage. The music press. The genres of secular and sacred polyphonic music in the sixteenth century. The madrigal. The theorists of the Renaissance. Monodic singing and concerted style. From intermediates to melodrama.
Basic historiographical-musical concepts related to different historical periods: their study and application to the problems of various periods of music history in view of the aesthetic evaluation of individual compositions of the past. Aspects of transcription of the musical text, interpretation, performance practice and organological notes. In-depth study of particular aspects of the discipline through guided listening, analysis, readings and video projections. Knowledge of bibliographic tools and bio-bibliographical encyclopedic repertoires pertaining to the periods covered.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Teorie e tecniche dell’armonia 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: eligibility check

Verification program:
Written harmonization for four voices of a short bass assigned by the commission containing modulations to the neighboring tones, sevenths and passing notes. Duration of the test: 2 hours.

Pratica e lettura pianistica 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 10 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test*

Verification schedule:
Execution of: a) a major and relative minor scale by right motion to an octave chosen by the Commission from three presented by the candidate;

b) two studies chosen by the Commission from four by at least two different authors (Beyer, Pozzoli, Czerny, etc.); c) one piece chosen by the Commission from among three by at least two different authors from Bach to his contemporaries.

Ear training

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam program:
During the course and during the exam, some of the elements listed below will be covered, chosen and agreed between students and teachers based on the specific needs of the school attended.

1) In-depth study of the spoken reading of complex rhythmic figurations.

2) In-depth study of the septiclavium with particular attention to the keys related to the instrument, the vocal register and the transport.

3) Updating on contemporary graphy, with reference to the disciplines characterizing the students’ course of study.

4) Rhythmic reading and possibly sight-sung reading of significant passages taken from the specific repertoire of the disciplines characterizing the students’ course of study.

5) Difficult melodic dictation in one voice, modulating to all nearby tones.

6) Harmonic dictation: a) for two voices in polyphonic style b) with triads

7) Sung reading of melodies of medium difficulty following dynamic, agogic and phrasing cues.

8) Extemporaneous analytical recognition, after a short listening, of the main connotative elements (trend, metric, main themes, instrumentation, etc.) of a vocal or instrumental piece taken from the repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the historical twentieth century

9) Approfondimento di teoria generale.

Prassi esecutiva e repertori 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 15 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam syllabus:

Esecuzione di un brano per Basso tuba e Pianoforte a scelta del candidato tra i seguenti:

C. Weeks: Triptych per Tuba e Pianoforte;
A. Franckenpohl: Concertino per Tuba e Archi (riduzione per Pianoforte);
N. Troje-Miller: Sonatina classica per Tuba e pianoforte.

Esecuzione di uno studio (estratto a sorte tra quelli sottoelencati) per ciascuno dei seguenti metodi:

V. Blazhevich: 70 Studi per Tuba – n° 6, 7, 11, 17;
M. Bordogni: 43 Studi per Tuba – n° 3, 5, 8, 14;
B. Grigoriev: 78 Studi per Tuba – n° 29,32, 49, 59.

3. Sight-reading.

Fundamentals of instrument history and technology

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Lesson hours: 10 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: exam taken before the Commission

Program:
History and technology of the Bass tuba, as well as the acoustic, mechanical and executive aspects. History of instrumental literature and performance practice. Analysis and listening to the repertoire. Treatises and iconographic sources. Bibliographic tools.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Prassi esecutive e repertori 1 (altri strumenti della famiglia)

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 12 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken before the Commission

Exam program:
Performance with one of the related instruments of the brass family of one or more pieces chosen by the candidate for a total duration of not less than 15 minutes.

Formazione orchestrale 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Laboratory – Form of assessment: eligibility test*

Program:
Knowledge of works for orchestra taken from the Baroque to the classical repertoire as well as of the instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic and professional skills in the orchestral field.
To show that they have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble musical practice. To be able to recognize the meanings of musical interpretation, through the codification of the conducting technique, in the phases of musical concertation and performance. Demonstrate that you have acquired rhythmic awareness, ability to listen to other parts while performing, pitch control. Recognize the timbre contributions of instruments other than one’s own. Understanding of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and formal developments of a composition.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Musica da camera 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission

Exam syllabus:

Performance of a program approved by the teacher with a duration of not less than 10 minutes, including one or more pieces from the chamber music repertoire as long as they are from different historical periods. The execution of the program can be integrated by means of a multimedia thesis (production of an audio or audiovisual recording) agreed with the teacher and delivered to the Teaching Office within ten days before the exam. This supplement must be considered optional, in addition to the minutes provided for the exam.
The candidate, for the formation of the chamber music group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

Musica d’insieme per fiati 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission

Exam syllabus:

1) Concertation of a piece of ensemble music for wind instruments, in the performance of which the candidate will participate,

drawn from the Baroque to the Classical period. The score will be assigned the day before the exam through the Teaching Office and the candidate must present himself using students from within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

2) Performance of another piece agreed with the teacher with an ensemble established during the year.

Organization of the musical show

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 10 – Group lessons – Form of assessment: eligibility test*

Program:
Examples of production of a show: from the soloist to the opera to the new languages; Public and Private: funding, partnerships and collaborations; The FUS (Single Fund for the Performing Arts); The Lyric Symphonic Foundations and other Bodies and Institutions; Public Entertainment in Sicily: Names, Places, Festivals and Institutions.
The course provides collaboration, promotion and assistance for a production of the ISSM “Arturo Toscanini”.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Musical acoustics

Course year: 1 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam syllabus:

– Il suono sinusoidale
– Ampiezza, intensità e decibel
– Periodo, frequenza e fase
– I suoni complessi: spettri armonici e non armonici, rumore
– Inviluppo di ampiezza
– Inviluppo spettrale
– Tremolo e vibrato
– Modi di produzione degli strumenti musicali
– Propagazione delle onde sonore nell’aria
– Cenni di acustica ambientale
– Fisiologia del sistema uditivo
– Stimolazione multipla: battimenti, suoni di combinazione
– Percezione dell’intensità: discriminazione, curve isofoniche, mascheramento
– Percezione dell’altezza: discriminazione, intervalli, scale musicali, altezza tonale e altezza spettrale
– Percezione del timbro: l’influenza dei diversi parametri
– Organizzazione percettiva di strutture temporali

Prova scritta: compilazione di un questionario a risposta multipla sugli argomenti trattati. (Durata della prova: 2 ore).

Lingua inglese 1

Course year: 1 – Credits: 6 – Lesson hours: 36 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test*

Verification schedule:
Verification, through tests and/or written questions and/or oral interviews, or on the basis of appropriate certification presented, that the level of knowledge of the language acquired by the candidate is equivalent to that internationally called PET (Preliminary English Test).

Second year

Storia e storiografia della musica 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: History and historiography of music I

Exam program: The exam is aimed at verifying the learning of the program carried out. In particular: The work of the seventeenth century. Theory and aesthetics of music in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The work of the eighteenth century. Sacred, instrumental and chamber music of the Baroque age. The Classical Period. The Romantic Period. National schools. Crisis and search for new languages between the end of the nineteenth century and the First World War. The musical theatre of the twentieth century. Musical currents between the two wars.

The exam will focus on the discussion of a monographic thesis agreed and developed in agreement with the teacher and presented at least 10 days before the exam.

Analysis of compositional forms

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Theories and techniques of harmony II.

Exam program:
1 – Written analysis – on a possible series of questions proposed by the examining committee – of a composition belonging to the musical literature of the period ranging from Baroque to Romanticism of approximately equal length to a sonata tempo. The piece can be in any of the typical forms of the aforementioned period and must have characteristics that allow relevant observations regarding the musical processes that underlie its form. The analysis must include considerations regarding everything that, within the piece in question, can be identified as a generator of “musical meaning and/or form”. The paper can be carried out mainly in a schematic form that contemplates the possible use of annotations on the score. Total duration of the test: 4 (four) hours after providing the score and listening to the piece in question.
2 – Interview which, taking its cue from the realization of the first exam, will also address the entire subject covered during the course, with particular reference to:

– The dances in the Suites and their construction principles-
– The escape
– The phraseological articulation of the Classical period
– The principle of binary symmetry
– The principle of ternary symmetry
– Cyclicity: the Rondo
– The minuet in its evolution
– The sonata forms: the sonata allegro, the rondo-sonata, the mixed forms
– Contrapuntal forms
– Music and verbal text: the Lied
– Insights into the role of the other operational classes of Music Analysis (melody, texture, rhythm) in the processes of generation of musical form.

Teorie e tecniche dell’armonia 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the commission. Prerequisites: Theories and techniques of harmony I

Exam syllabus:

1 – Written realization, in the form of a simple or figurative Choral, of a modulation to a close tone with a return to the starting tone proposed by the Commission. The modulation will be inscribed within a double period and the written will be intended to demonstrate the mastery of the essential theoretical notions of classical tonal harmony (in particular of the main cadential formulas, of the principles that regulate the use of secondary dominants and modal variants especially of subdominant harmony, modulations to neighboring tones with return to the starting tone). Total duration of the test: 3 hours.

2 – Extemporaneous implementation, in writing and on a proposal from the Commission, of a modulation to a distant tone.

3 – Interview that, taking a cue from the previous exams, will address in depth all the subject covered during the course with particular reference to the Functional Theory of Classical Tonal Harmony.

Pratica e lettura pianistica 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 10 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken before the Commission. Prerequisites: Piano Practice and Reading I

Exam program:
1) Execution of two studies, drawn from six by at least two different authors, chosen by the candidate from among the main texts:

Bartok (Mikrokosmos), Bertini, Beyer, Clementi, Czerny, Duvernoy, Kunz, Lebert-Stark, Pozzoli (Studî e canoni), Rossomandi (Antologia pianistica) or others.
2) Performance of three pieces by different authors, from Bach to contemporaries.

Note: the program should preferably be chosen in harmony with the style and repertoire of the main instrument studied by the candidate.

Prassi esecutive e repertori 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 15 – Lesson hours: 30 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Performance practice and repertoires I

Exam program:
1. Performance of a piece for Bass, Tuba and Piano of the candidate’s choice among the following:

– M. E. Hogg: Sonatina for Tuba and Piano;
– D. Haddad: Suite for Tuba and Piano;
– B. Hummel: Drei bagatellen for Tuba and Piano.

2. Esecuzione di uno Studio (estratto a sorte tra quelli sottoelencati) per ciascuno dei seguenti metodi:

– C. Kopprasch: 60 Studi per Tuba – n° 14, 23, 27, 32;
– M. Bordogni, 43 Bel canto studies n.10,13,25,28
– S. Vasiliev: 24 Studi per Tuba – n° 10, 12, 17, 21:

3. Sight-reading.

Treaties and methods

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 10 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam program:
Discussion of a short thesis elaborated by the candidate in which the bibliographic knowledge of treatises and methods from the Baroque to the present day is demonstrated. A text in particular chosen by the candidate will be given the character of a monographic investigation, whose contents must be highlighted, proposing reflections on their validity from a technical, historiographical and didactic point of view.

Prassi esecutive e repertori 2 (altri strumenti della famiglia)

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 12 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Performance practices and repertoires (Other instruments of the I family)

Exam program: Performance with a similar instrument of the brass family, of one or more pieces chosen by the student with a total duration of not less than 20 minutes

Formazione orchestrale 2

Course year: 2– Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons 30 – Laboratory – Form of verification: verification of suitability*

Program:
Knowledge of orchestral works taken from the Romantic to the Late Romantic repertoire as well as of the instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic and professional skills in the orchestral field.
To show that they have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble musical practice. To be able to recognize the meanings of musical interpretation, through the codification of the conducting technique, in the phases of musical concertation and performance. Demonstrate that you have acquired rhythmic awareness, ability to listen to other parts while performing, pitch control. Recognize the timbre contributions of instruments other than one’s own. Understanding of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and formal developments of a composition.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Musica da camera 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission Prerequisites: Chamber music I

Exam program:
Performance of a program approved by the teacher, lasting not less than 15 minutes and including one or more pieces of the chamber music repertoire as long as they are from different historical periods, which is different from the one presented for the exam of “Chamber Music I”. The execution of the program can be integrated by means of a multimedia thesis (production of an audio or audiovisual recording) agreed with the teacher and delivered to the Teaching Office within ten days before the exam. This supplement must be considered optional, in addition to the minutes provided for the exam. The candidate, for the formation of the chamber music group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

Musica d’insieme per fiati 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission Prerequisites: Ensemble music for winds I

1) Concertation of a piece of ensemble music for wind instruments, in the performance of which the candidate will participate,
drawn from the romantic period to the contemporary one. The score will be assigned the day before the exam through the Teaching Office and the candidate must present himself using students from within the Institute who are also attending other classes and, in case of impossibility, also any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

2) Performance of another piece agreed with the teacher with an ensemble established during the year.

Materia a scelta dello studente 1

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours: 30 – Assessment form: aptitude test* and/or exam (depending on the subject)

Other educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student I (Concerts, seminars, workshops, etc.)

Course year: 2 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: evaluation by the Commission in charge

Declaration for verifications:
The “educational activities, including external ones, chosen by the student” consist of the set of activities carried out by the student during the time frame of the training course, i.e. by 31 October of the academic year of reference, provided that they are relevant and documented to it.
By way of example, “educational activities, including external ones chosen by the student”, include external performances, attendance at courses not included in the student’s study plan, participation in competitions, master-classes, seminars, internships, the publication of essays, the recording of performances, and active participation in training, research or artistic production projects.
The evaluation of the elective educational activities carried out by students is carried out by a special Commission, at the end of the candidate’s course of study, on the basis of the documentation and qualifications presented by the candidate.

Lingua inglese 2

Course year: 2 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 36 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: verification of suitability* Prerequisites: English I

Verification schedule:
Verification, through tests and/or written questions and/or oral interview, or on the basis of appropriate certification presented (English language exams or verifications taken at university-level institutions), of the candidate’s acquisition of an in-depth knowledge of the language, which allows the student to independently integrate his/her knowledge of musical vocabulary and terminology, or
the acquisition of the level internationally called PET (Preliminary English Test) integrated with a good knowledge of musical vocabulary and terminology.

Third year

Choral training

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Laboratory – Form of assessment: verification of suitability*

Program:
Study of polyphonic compositions for 3 and 4 voices taken from the sacred and profane repertoire of the twentieth century and contemporary. Textual analysis and study of vocal technique. Exercises for the correct intonation of melodic and harmonic intervals, consonants and dissonants. Refinement of harmonic sensitivity and development of auditory skills through choral practice. At the end of the scheduled teaching hours, the teacher will express the judgment of suitability based on the verification, for each student, of attendance, of the performance of the theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, required, of the achievement of the set educational objectives.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Fundamentals of composition

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Lesson hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission Prerequisites: Theories and techniques of harmony II.

Exam program:
Discussion of two short papers carried out during the course to be written, one for piano, in small sonata-form (first movement of sonatina) or in the form of binary dance, and one for solo instrument (or voice, as vocalization or with literary text) and piano, in ternary form A-B-A’. The papers must be delivered to the teaching secretariat at least fifteen days before the date set for the exam.

Tecniche di lettura estemporanea (passi d’orchestra)

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Exam program:

Sight performance of a piece of medium difficulty assigned by the Commission.

Prassi esecutiva e repertori 3

Course year: 3 – Credits: 15 – Hours of lessons: 35 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission. Prerequisites: Performance practice and repertoires II

Exam program:
1. Performance of a piece for Bass, Tuba and Piano of the candidate’s choice among the following:

– A. Lebedjew: Concerto No. 1 for Tuba and Orchestra (reduction for Piano);
– P. Hindemith: Sonata for Tuba and Piano;
– R. Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (reduction for Piano).

2. Esecuzione di brano per Basso tuba “Solo” a scelta del candidato tra i seguenti:

– V. Persichetti: Serenata n° 12 per Tuba Solo;
– M. Arnold: Fantasy for Tuba;
– W. S. Hartley: Suite per Tuba Solo.

3. Esecuzione di uno Studio (estratto a sorte tra quelli sottoelencati) per ciascuno dei seguenti metodi:

– C. Kopprasch: 60 Studi per Tuba – n° 45, 55, 57;
– D. Uber: Studi da concerto – n° 1, 7, 21, 25;
4. Lettura a prima vista.

Formazione orchestrale 3

Course year: 3– Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Laboratory – Form of verification: verification of suitability*

Program:
Knowledge of works for orchestra taken from the modern to contemporary repertoire as well as instrumental technique and performance practice for the acquisition of artistic and professional skills in the orchestral field. Demonstrate that the students have developed harmonic sensitivity and auditory skills through ensemble music practice. Demonstrate an understanding of the various meanings associated with musical interpretation, as well as the codification of conducting technique, in the context of the stages of musical collaboration and performance. Illustrate an ability to perceive and respond to rhythmic patterns, an aptitude for listening to other musical parts while performing, and the capacity to maintain accurate intonation. Recognize the timbre contributions of instruments other than one’s own. Understanding of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and formal developments of a composition.
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

Technologies and techniques of audio recording and recording

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 10 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test.

Verification program:
Discussion on a short thesis developed by the candidate in which the knowledge of the history of audio recording and recording techniques, the classification and description of the main types of microphones, the analysis and use of frequency response graphs and acoustics of the various recording environments, the basic notions on Hard-disk recording systems, the classification and description of the main stereo recording techniques and the various types of loudspeakers, analog and digital audio, the analysis of polar patterns.

Materia a scelta dello studente 2

Anno di corso: 3 – Crediti: 6 – Ore di lezione: 30 – Forma di verifica: verifica d’idoneità* e/o esame (dipende dalla materia)

Computer music and other educational activities

Anno di corso: 3 – Crediti: 12 – Ore complessive di lezione: 36 – Lezioni di gruppo – Forma di verifica: verifica d’idoneità*

Informatica musicale (Obbligatoria)

Course year: 3 – Credits: 6 – Lesson hours: 18 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: eligibility test*

Verification schedule:
Verification, through multimedia support, of the skills acquired in the fields of music word processing and programming for audio and music applications.

Altre attività formative anche esterne a scelta dello studente II (Concerti, seminari, laboratori, ecc.)

Course year: 3 – Credits: 3 – Form of assessment: evaluation by the Commission in charge

Final exam

Course year: 3 – Credits: 9 – Individual lesson – Form of verification: exam taken in front of the Commission.

Exam program:
The final examination has the function of highlighting the peculiarities of the candidate that emerged during the three-year period. It can concern any
of the subject areas of the school attended, provided that the discipline is active in the current academic year; The program will be free
choice of the candidate and must not coincide with another program carried out entirely in previous exams.
The student is admitted to take the final exam after having accrued all the other credits of his/her educational path.
If the final exam concerns a theoretical or theoretical-technical subject, the paper (written thesis, multimedia support, etc.) must be delivered to the Academic Secretariat at least 20 days before the exam, in four copies.
The final exam committee is made up of an odd number of members (at least five). The Commission is chaired by the Director or his delegate, and must include the teacher of the subject area chosen for the final examination and at least one reference professor of the school attended.
The final grade is expressed in one hundred and ten, with possible honors.
The final grade cannot be less than the weighted average, related to one hundred and tenths, of the marks obtained in the entire course, with the following distribution:

a) basic training activities 10%
b) characterizing training activities 70%
c) related or supplementary training activities 10%
d) educational activities chosen by the student 10%

The weighted average of the marks may be supplemented by the Commission for a score not exceeding 10/110. In order to be awarded, honours must be unanimously accepted by the Commission.
The verification of knowledge of a foreign EU language does not affect the final grade.

*At the end of the scheduled teaching hours, the teacher will express the judgment of suitability based on the verification, for each student, of the attendance, of the performance of the theoretical and/or practical work, both collective and individual, of the achievement of the objectives set by the Course.

Among the activities activated annually, in addition to Musical Informatics, the following may also be included:

Analysis of musical literature for wind instruments

Course year: 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test*

Verification schedule:
Written paper in which the candidate will present the analysis of two short compositions for wind instruments agreed with the teacher. The analysis, which can also be carried out in a predominantly schematic form, will in any case be aimed at highlighting how much, in the compositions, constitutes the form and substantiates the characteristics of the relative musical writing.

Excerpts from the orchestral repertoire

Course year: 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test*

Verification schedule:
Performance of orchestral excerpts, agreed with the teacher, taken from the classical, romantic and twentieth-century repertoire.

Vocal ensemble music

Course year: 2 or 3 – Credits: 3 – Hours of lessons: 15 – Group lesson – Form of verification: eligibility test*

test programme:
Performance of a program approved by the teacher lasting not less than 10 minutes, including one or more pieces of repertoire as long as they are composed of two compositions from different historical periods. The candidate, for the formation of the chamber group, must make use of students within the Institute who also attend other classes and, in case of impossibility, also of any external collaborators of his trust and at his own expense.

Elements of percussion instruments

Course year: 2 or 3 – Credits: 6 – Hours of lessons: 30 – Group lesson – Form of assessment: Eligibility check*

Program:
– Rhythmic reading applied with percussion instruments or Body Percussion – Stick Grip, Stick control;
– Study and knowledge of the instruments used in the symphony orchestra;
–Drum
–Timpani
– Bass drum or bass drum
– Pair plates and suspended plate
– Basque tambourine
–Triangle
– Toms and Floor toms
– Gong,Tam Tam
– Percussion keyboards
The form of verification will be established by the teacher.

It is also possible to choose any disciplinary field already activated belonging to all the Classical, Jazz and Pop-rock Schools, as long as it is not included among the Characterizing Subjects.

Recognition in CFA (academic training credits), determined pursuant to and in the manner set out in art. 16 of the Didactic Regulations of the 1st level three-year course, of qualifications of the previous system already acquired

Ear training

recognized upon certification of the achievement of
License of THEORY, SOLFEGGIO AND MUSICAL DICTATION

Enforcement Practices and Repertoires I

recognized upon attestation of the achievement of Lower Completion of BASS TUBA

Piano Practice and Reading I

recognized upon certification of the achievement of
Lower completion of SCORE READING
License of COMPLEMENTARY ORGAN AND GREGORIAN CHANT License of COMPLEMENTARY PIANO
Lower Accomplishment of PIANO
Lower Completion of ORGAN AND ORGAN COMPOSITION

Piano Practice and Reading II

recognized upon certification of the achievement of

Lower completion of SCORE READING
License of COMPLEMENTARY ORGAN AND GREGORIAN CHANT License of COMPLEMENTARY PIANO
Lower Accomplishment of PIANO
Lower Completion of ORGAN AND ORGAN COMPOSITION

Chamber Music I

recognized on certification of the achievement of obligations two-year attendance fulfilled in CHAMBER MUSIC

Chamber Music II

recognized upon certification of the achievement of obligations of three-year attendance fulfilled in CHAMBER MUSIC

Ensemble music for winds I

recognized upon certification of the achievement of obligations annual attendance fulfilled of ENSEMBLE MUSIC FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS

Wind ensemble music II

recognized on certificate of fulfilment of obligations two-year attendance in ENSEMBLE MUSIC FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS

History and historiography of music I

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a Licentiate in MUSICAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

History and historiography of music II

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a Licentiate in MUSICAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

Theories and techniques of harmony

recognized upon certification of the achievement of
Two-year license of COMPLEMENTARY HARMONY Lower Fulfillment of COMPOSITION
Diploma in ORGAN AND ORGAN COMPOSITION

Analysis of compositional forms

recognized upon certification of the achievement of a two-year License of COMPLEMENTARY HARMONY Average completion of COMPOSITION

Fundamentals of composition

recognized upon certification of the achievement of Lower Completion of COMPOSITION
Diploma in ORGAN AND ORGAN COMPOSITION

Orchestral training I

recognition upon certificate of fulfilment of attendance obligations in ORCHESTRAL EXERCISES

Choral training

recognized upon certification of fulfilment of attendance obligations in CHORAL EXERCISES

Educational Regulations