Educational goals
Students completing required courses for the first level Academic Diploma in Composition will have acquired the technical ability and specific competences that will allow them to express their interpretative personality. To meet this goal, students will study closely the main compositional techniques and idioms that are most representative of various historical periods and specific professional expertise in instrumentation, orchestration, transcription and arrangement, while developing perceptual abilities in aural training and memorization. In addition, students will learn about the various models of music analysis and their evolution. Upon completion of the three-year degree, students will have attained in-depth knowledge of the general stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects related to their specific area of composition. In addition, they will be able to carry out improvisation and will possess adequate skills in the use of computer technology for music. The ability to use a second European Union language will also be obtained.
Employment prospects
The course offers students career openings in the following fields:
– music composition
– music transcription
– music arranging
Entrance Examination Program
Test 1 checks candidate’s skills in the context of composition and/or conducting. Test 2 verifies theory and musical culture knowledge.
TEST 1
Written Tests:
1) Three written examination in seclusion with a maximum of 10 hours duration in a classroom equipped with a piano;:
a. 3 or 4-parts harmonization of an imitation bass chosen by the commission, or composition of a poliphonic music piece on 3 or 4 voices of a music line chosen by the commission.
b. Composition of a piano accompaniment on a vocal or instrumental melody line.
c. Composition of a piano piece on a given music theme.
2) Presentation of at least one original composition for vocal or instrumental ensemble.
Oral Tests:
1) Piano sight-reading of a music piece for multiple instruments chosen by the commission
2) Interview over theoretical fundamentals of music composition
TEST 2 (Score reading)
1) Performance of an Étude, randomly selected on the spot from two presented by the candidate, chosen from the following: LONGO, “Czernyana”, Vol. 3, nos. 1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15.
2) Performance of a three-voice Invention by J. S. Bach, randomly selected on the spot from two presented by the candidate.
3) Performance of a Sonata chosen by the candidate from those by HAYDN, MOZART, CLEMENTI, and BEETHOVEN (op. 49).
4) Sight-reading of a piece chosen by the examination board.
5) Sight-transposition, no more than one tone higher or lower, of an easy piano piece chosen by the examination board.
N. B.: Candidates holding qualifications certifying the completion of equivalent piano tests will only take test no. 5.
Candidates holding qualifications certifying the completion of test no. 5 will also be exempted from it.
Motivational interview.
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