Secondary Orchestra Conducting I


Type: Compulsory (OB)

Area: Conducting technique

ECTS: 3

Classroom hours: 45
Other contact hours: 10
Time for directed work (non face-to-face): 5
Hours for self-study and independent learning: 60

Department: Classical and montemporary music

Competences developed in the course

Transversal competences:

CT2: Collect meaningful information, analyse it, synthesise it and manage it appropriately.

CT3: Solve problems and make decisions that respond to the objectives of the work being carried out.

CT7: Use communication skills and constructive criticism in teamwork.

CT8: Develop ideas and arguments in a reasoned and critical manner.

CT10: Lead and manage working groups.

CT13: Seek excellence and quality in professional activity.

General competences:

CG1: Know the theoretical principles of music and have adequately developed skills for the recognition, understanding and memorisation of musical material.

CG2: Demonstrate appropriate skills for musical reading, improvisation, creation and recreation.

CG3: Produce and correctly interpret the graphic notation of musical texts.

CG4: Recognise musical materials through the development of auditory skills and know how to apply this ability to professional practice.

CG7: Demonstrate the ability to interact musically in different types of participatory musical projects.

CG8: Apply the most appropriate working methods to overcome challenges arising in personal study and collective musical practice.

CG9: Know the specific characteristics of their main instrument in relation to its construction and acoustics, historical development and mutual influences with other disciplines.

CG10: Argue and verbally express points of view on diverse musical concepts.

CG18: Communicate in written and verbal form the content and objectives of professional activity to specialised audiences, using appropriate technical and general vocabulary.

CG19: Know the pedagogical and educational implications of music at different levels.

CG20: Know the classification and acoustic, historical and anthropological characteristics of musical instruments.

CG23: Value musical creation as the act of giving sound form to a rich and complex structural thought.

CG24: Develop capacities for lifelong self-training throughout professional life.

CG25: Know and be able to use study and research methodologies that enable continuous development and innovation of musical activity throughout a professional career.

Specific competences:

CO1: Know the main repertoires of the Western tradition and other musical traditions, and acquire the ability to fully appreciate the expressive, syntactic and sonic aspects of the corresponding works.

CO2: Acquire the necessary training to recognise and evaluate different types of musical and sound structures both aurally and intellectually.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

  1. Acquire skills specific to orchestral conducting in order to apply them in diverse contexts and to complement aspects of one’s own specialisation.

Contents

Reflection on the function, purpose and particular characteristics of orchestral conducting. Gesture language and body expression in relation to sound. Basic conducting technique. Study of the repertoire context. Analysis of orchestral repertoire and its application to interpretation. Repertoire study techniques and reading of orchestral scores (clef reading, piano reduction of string and wind formats, reading of different transpositions, etc.). Communication, expressive and rehearsal techniques specific to orchestral conducting.

Teaching methodology

The teaching-learning methodology in classes involves joint and collective work sessions. Independent work involves the study and preparation of the works to be worked on in class.

Assessment systems

The assessment system is based on continuous assessment, grounded in diagnostic assessment and specified through summative assessment leading to the final grade. Continuous assessment is carried out through different assessment records derived from specific activities such as participation and class work, analyses and/or readings outside class, and the completion of specific conducting tests.