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Conducting Curriculum

Curriculum for the Conducting speciality (graduates of 2014 and onwards)

Subjects1st year2nd year3rd year4th yearTotal
ECTS
hrsECTS
hrsECTS
hrsECTShrsECTShrs
Culture, thinking and history (Core Classes)
Introduction to Music in Western Culture, History of Western Music and Introduction to Music in World Cultures
 6
 90
 3
 45
  
  
  
  
 9
135
Professional Development  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
 3
45
Aesthetics of Music I and II
  
  
  
  
 4
 60
  
  
 4
60
Language and Techniques of Music (Core Classes)
Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics
  
  
 3
22,5  
  
  
  
 3
22,5
Methodologies of Music Analysis
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
45
General Ear Training
 3
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
45
Fundamentals of Composition
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
45
Additional Instrumental Training (Mandatory Classes)
Piano 1 to 6 4 15
4
15
4
15
  
  
 12
45
Voice 1 to 6 / Orchestra Instrument 1 to 64154154151245
Applied Phonetics for Voice I230230
Improvisation and Accompaniment I and II230230460
Piano Reduction Techniques I, II and III44544544512135
Ensemble Music (Mandatory Classes)
Choir 1
 2
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 2
45
Performance Ensembles 1 to 3222,52  
22,5  
2  
22,5  
  
  
 6
67,5
Composition and Instrumentation (Mandatory Classes)
Instrumentation and Orchestration I, II, III and IV3
45
3
45
3
45
345
 12
180
Composition Techniques I and II 345 3
45 6
90
Specific Ear Training
 2
45
  
  
 2
45
Theory and History (Mandatory Classes)
Music Analysis I and II  
  
 3
 45
 3
 45
  
  
 6
90
Analysis of Twentieth and Twenty First Century Music  
  
  
  
  3
  45
 3
45
Catalan Composers of the Twentieth and Twenty First Centuries  
  
  
  
 345  
 3
45
Conducting Techniques (Mandatory Classes)
Choral Conducting for Conducting Majors 1 to 6  
12		52,5  
12
52,5  
12
52,5
36
157,5
Orchestral Conducting for Conducting Majors 1 to 61252,5 1252,5 1252,5 36157,5
Choral Conducting for Conducting Majors / Orchestral Conducting for Conducting 7 and 82452,5 2452,5
Sources for Historically Informed Performance I y II222,5222,5445
Music Technology (Mandatory Classes)
Fundamentals of Music Technology 2  
22,5  
  
  
  
 2
22,5
Music Notation Softwares  
  
2  
30  
  
  
 2
30
Audio Recording Techniques I  
  
  
2		22,5  
  
 2
22,5
Electives
Elective Credits  
  
  
  
3  
45  
9
135
 12
180
Final Term Project (TFG)
Introduction to Research  
  
  
  
2
30
  
  
 2
30
Final Term Project  
  
  
  
  
  
 8
 15
 8
15
TOTAL60
52560
51060
52560
472,5 240
2032,5