Al termine degli studi relativi al Diploma Accademico di secondo livello in Strumenti a percussione, gli studenti devono aver acquisito le conoscenze delle tecniche e le competenze specifiche tali da consentire loro di realizzare concretamente la propria idea artistica. A tal fine sarà dato particolare rilievo allo studio del repertorio più rappresentativo dello strumento – incluso quello d’insieme – e delle relative prassi esecutive, anche con la finalità di sviluppare la capacità dello studente di interagire all’interno di gruppi musicali diversamente composti. Tali obiettivi dovranno essere raggiunti anche favorendo lo sviluppo della capacità percettiva dell’udito e di memorizzazione e con l’acquisizione di specifiche conoscenze relative ai modelli organizzativi, compositivi ed analitici della musica ed alla loro interazione.
Specifica cura dovrà essere dedicata all’acquisizione di adeguate tecniche di controllo posturale ed emozionale. Al termine del Biennio gli studenti devono aver acquisito una conoscenza approfondita degli aspetti stilistici, storici estetici generali e relativi al proprio specifico indirizzo. Inoltre, con riferimento alla specificità dei singoli corsi, lo studente dovrà possedere adeguate competenze riferite all’ambito dell’improvvisazione. È obiettivo formativo del corso anche l’acquisizione di adeguate competenze nel campo dell’informatica musicale nonché quelle relative ad una seconda lingua comunitaria.
Le competenze sviluppate nel percorso formativo prescelto consentiranno di accedere al mondo del lavoro con una preparazione in linea con gli standard europei, offrendo prospettive occupazionali in vari campi, quali, ad esempio:
– Concertista solista e/o camerista
– Professore d’orchestra
– Assistente musicale in vari contesti
– Collaboratore presso case discografiche ed editori musicali
– Didatta
– Operatore culturale in ambito musicale
1/A) Performance of a music program chosen by the candidate, around 30 minutes. The program should include high-level difficulty pieces and organized as per below:
• Snare drum – one music piece
• Vibraphone – one music piece with 4-mallet techinque, pedal and dampening
• Marimba – one music piece with 2 or 4-mallet techinque
• Xilophone – one music piece with 2-mallet techinque (alternatively, performace of an orchestra extract among the below list)
• Timpani – one music piece with multiple tuning changes
• Set Up – one music piece
• Orchestra extract (among the below list)
• Major and minor scales and related arpeggios (on at least two octaves)
1/B) Candidates without a specific percussion degree and graduated in other subjects, should perform a 20 minutes free music program and undergo practice tests chosen by the commission, in order to assest candidate music skills’ pertinence to the selected study plan.
2) Sight-reading of a medium-level difficulty music piece chosen by the commission.
The commission reserves the right to interrupt the audition at any moment.
Motivational interview.
RECOMMENDED MUSIC PIECE FOR ENTRANCE EXAM
The candidate should choose among the following or among others of equal or superior technical and musical difficulty level. The latter shall be published and internationally recognized.
SNARE DRUM
Firth: The Solo Snare Drummer
Cirone: Portait in Rhytm
Delecluse 12 Etudes pour Casse Claire: n 1
Mortensen: March Cadenza
Cangelosi: Meditation N. 1
Gerassimez: Asventuras for snare drum
Cambpell: Psychle for Snare drum
A Màsson: Kim for solo snare drum
N.J. Zivkovic: Pezzo da concerto N. 1
Siterre: Plein Peau
Masson: Prim
Reidhammer: The Callenge (one movement)
VIBRAPHONE SOLO
Friedman from “Vibraphone technique dampening and pedaling”: chosen by the candidate n. 24/25/26/27
Friedman from “Mirrof from Anoyher”: chosen by the candidate
Friedman: Almost Blue
Friedman: Texas Hoedown
Wiener “Six Solos vol 1 e/o 2”
Molenhof: Music of the Day – all the etudes
C. Jobim: Chega de Saudade (no more blues) – arranged by Gary Burton
Glentworth: Blues for Gilbert
J. Zivkovic: Suomineito
Burton: from the 6 Solos for vibe “The Sunset Bell”
VIBRAPHONE AND ORCHESTRA (piano reduction):
Sejournée: Concerto pour vibraphone et Orchestre (piano reduction)
Rosauro: Concerto for vibraphone and Orchestra (piano reduction)
Doughtrey: Concerto for vibraphone and wind ensemble (piano reduction)
Carlo Willems Geert Callaert: Jazz Suite (vibes and piano)
Mongo Santamaria Arranged by Burton & Ozone: Afro Blue (for vibes and piano)
Burton & M. Ozone: Times Like These (vibes and piano)
MARIMBA SOLO
J.S. Bach: One Suite for cello
Stout: Two Mexican Dance (one chosen by the candidate)
Smadbect: Rhythm Song
Abe: Ancient Valse
Abe: “Prism”
Abe: “Michi”
Debussy: Arabesque – arr. For marimba 5 octaves By Naoko Takada
Debussy: “Children’s Corner” or “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” – trasc. By L.H. Stevens
Tanaka, from “Two mouvements for marimba”: N. 2
N.J. Zivkovic: Ilijas
Sammut: “Libertango” or “Sugaria” – for solo marimba, 3 perc., string orch., 1 double bass – piano reduction
Psatthas: One Study Summary – for marimba, junk percussion and digital Audio
Sciarrino: Il Legno e la Parola
MARIMBA AND ORCHESTRA (piano reduction):
One Concerto movement for marimba and orchestra among the following:
Rosauro: Concerto for marimba and orchestra d’archi
Koppel: Concerto for marimba and orchestra
Sejourne: Concerto for marimba and string orchestra
Ewazen: Concerto for marimba and orchestra
Milhaud: Concerto por marimba, vibraphone et orchestra
XILOPHONE and GLOCKENSPIEL
E. Green: RagTime (chose by the candidate)
Mayuzumi: Concertino per xilofono e orchestra (piano reduction)
Schostakovich: Il Bullone
Stravinskji: The Firebird; Les Noces
W.A. Mozart: Il Flauto Magico (glockenspiel)
TIMPANI – one orchestra extract from the below list and one chosen by the candidate among the following:
Vic Firth “The Solo Timpanist”: studio III, pag 9
Delecluse: “Vingt Etudes pour timpani”: n 8
Carter “Eight Pieces for four timpani”: March
Tharichen: Konzer fur pauken und Orchester – piano reduction
Simphonies and orchestra extracts: Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovskji, Stravinskji (The Rite of Spring)
SET-UP – one piece chosen by the candidate among the following:
Milhaud: Creation du Monde (finale)
Stravinskji: Hystoire du Soldat “Marche Triomphale du Diable”
Cirone: Portraits for multiple percussion – 50 solos n. 32 (pag 34/35)
Cambpell: Tork
Boccadoro: Power Station
Cangelosi: Bad Touch for Solo performer and playback
Xenakis: Rebonds (one movement)
Xenaxis: Psappha
Per Norgard: I Ching (one movement)
Volans: She who sleep with a small blanket
Battistelli: Comme un Opéra Fabuleux; Uno e trino; Anima (one piece chosen by the candidate)
Jolivet: Concerto per percussion and Orchestra – piano reduction (I° mov)
ETUDES and ORCHESTRA EXTRACTS – (all shall be performed)
R. Korsakov Snare drum: Sheherazade (Snare drum)
J. Chaikovskji “Sinf n. IV” (Finale) (G. Cassa and cymbals)
Bizet: Carmen atto IV “Entr’acte” (Tambourine)
Stravinskji Xilophone: “Firebird”