Course:

Licenciatura em Música

Profile(s):

Composição, Direcção e Formação Musical

Branch(es):

Direcção de Orquestra de Sopros

Contact Hours per Semester:

30

Scientific area:

MUS

Curricular year:

2

Semesterly/Yearly:

Semestral

Option:

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ECTS:

5

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)

Acquisition ofknowledge ofconducting techniquesofawind orchestra,namely the gesture control in patterns of regular and irregular sub-division.Controltheindependencebetween both hands / arms,withdifferentarticulations ineachone. Development ofrehearsaltechniques already learned, depending on the requirement of each work.

Syllabus:

Implementation and monitoring of binary, ternary, and quaternary and its multiple patterns of regular and irregular division. Implementation and monitoring of the possible subdivisions of the previous patterns. Control of patterns in non-legato and legato articulations. Implementation and monitoring of 'entries' with different articulations in each of the patterns.

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);