Course:

Licenciatura em Música

Profile(s):

Composição, Direcção e Formação Musical

Branch(es):

Direcção de Orquestra de Sopros

Contact Hours per Semester:

22.5

Scientific area:

MUS

Curricular year:

3

Semesterly/Yearly:

Semestral

Option:

[""]

ECTS:

4

Type (1):

TP

Teacher responsible for the Curricular Unit:

Alberto Roque

Time allocation for the C.U.:

30

Other teachers and time allocation for the C.U:

Learning Outcomes (knowledge, aptitudes and skills to be developed by the students)

Demonstrate full control of knowledge ofconducting techniqueofawind orchestra acquired over the previous semesters of this course. Improving theindependencecontrol between both hands / arms,withdifferentarticulations ineachone,alternatingall kinds of metrics previously studied. Perfectingrehearsaltechniques already learned, depending on the requirement of each work.

Syllabus:

Implementation and monitoring of all patterns learned in previous semesters. Implementation and monitoring of all possible subdivisions of the learned patterns. Control of patterns in legato articulation and non-legato and its many variants (eg, sostenuto, marcato, staccatto, etc.). Implementation and monitoring of 'entries' and suspensions (fermatas) with different articulations of all previously learned patterns. Implementation and monitoring of different articulations and their variants between arms / hands, applied to various standards.

Demonstration of the Articulation of the Programme Contents with the Objectives of the C.U.

Since the objective of this C.U. is the acquisition of knowledge and skills so that the student can intervene in a variety of artistic and musical contexts, the syllabus indicated is selected in order to meet the scope of the issues involved.

Teaching and Evaluation Methods:

The teaching methodology is based on systematic and organized presentation of information through questioning, critical analysis and research suggested by the teacher, complemented with its study and discussion applied to the study of works and Conducting exercises, under the guidance and supervision of the teacher in order to ensure knowledge and skills acquisition process, as specified in the C.U. objectives - The evaluation process is based on observation of the quality of the final exam, taking also in consideration the participation in the activities developed during the course, including preparation for class, presentations and other tests or exams, verifying the level of the acquired knowledge and skills as specified in the C.U. objectives

Demonstration of the Articulation of the Teaching Methodologies with the Learning Objectives of the C.U.:

The coherence between the teaching methodologies with the learning objectives is assessed and demonstrated by the very nature of the performance and progress of students in classes, presentations, papers and exams.

Bibliography:

Adler, Samuel. The study of orchestration. New York: W. W. Norton, 1989 (cota: REF-116); Piston, Walter. Orchestration. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1955 (cota: ORQU-7); Westrup, J. Conducting. In Sadie (Ed.), Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of music and musicians. London, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980 (cota: REF- 89); SCHERCHEN, Hermann. Handbook of conducting.New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 (cota: INT.22);