Percussion instruments Course – Propaedeutic

Established pursuant to Ministerial Decree 382/2018, these are statutory courses aimed at the acquisition of the skills necessary for students to gain access, after passing the entrance examination, to the Level I Academic Diploma Courses (Three-year course). The duration of the Propaedeutic Courses will not exceed three years.

At the end of the propaedeutic course, at the student’s request, a certificate will be issued attesting to the study programme carried out, the achievement of the training objectives, the tests passed and the duration of the course itself.

Propaedeutic system

The transition from one year to the next occurs automatically.

Propaedeutic Admission

SNARE DRUM:

one etude chosen by the commission out of two presented, including application of single and double strokes, double and press roll, paradiddle. Application of the main dynamic signs (from pianissimo to fortissimo), preferably taken from:

– B. Forestiere: Technique and Dynamics

– M. Goldemberg: Modern School for the Snare Drummer

– J. Delecluse: Method de Caisse Claire

– R. Hochrainer: Ubungen fur Kleine Trommel

 

TIMPANI:

one etude chosen by the commission out of two submitted, for two timpani including the techniques of damping, crossing, receding, rolling, preferably taken from:

– S. Goodman: Modern Method for Timpani

– A. Friese-A. Lepak: Timpani Method

– A. Buonomo: Timpani

 

MARIMBA or XILOFONO:

one etude chosen by the commission out of two presented with 2 or 4 sticks preferably taken from:

– N. Zivkovich: Funny Marimba 1

– R.Wiener: Elementary Marimba Pieces 1

– L. Morleo: 120 Progressive Four Mallet Studies

– T. Brown: Simple Solos for Mallet

– M. Goldemberg: Modern School for Xilophone, Marimba and Vibraphone

– N. Zivkovich: Funny Xilophone 1

 

VIBRAPHONE:

an etude chosen by the commission on two presented 2 or 4 sticks including the use of pedal and damping preferably taken from:

– N. Zivkovich: Funny Vibraphone 1

– E. Sejourne: 19 Etudes musicales de Vibraphone

 

DRUMS:

Performance of a etude preferably taken from:

– G. Chafee: Time Functioning Patterns;

– G. Chester: The New Breed;

– D. Agostini: Syncopated Solfeggio No. 2 (Etudes for drum scores)

Major and minor scales in all keys with relevant arpeggios.

Reading at first sight of short sections of simple pieces presented by the examination commission.

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The detailed timetable for the admission examinations will be published in a separate notice.

Enrolment

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Enrolment in years following the first

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Lessons

The Academic Year begins on 1 November of each year and ends on 31 October of the following year. The academic calendar is issued by the Director, by resolution of the Academic Council, normally by 31 May.

Each training activity may entail different methods of conduct and interaction between students and lecturers. In particular, there may be individual face-to-face lessons, collective face-to-face lessons, practice lectures, laboratories, practical, distance and intensive activities, training courses, seminars, projects, artistic productions, reports and production of texts and hypertexts, including multimedia, guided or autonomous individual study activities, tutoring, self-assessment and other activities.

Examinations

All propaedeutic course examinations take place in the summer and autumn session.

Students wishing to take the Level I admission examinations must take the examinations in the summer session only.

The examinations envisaged for the propaedeutic course that are essential for admission to Level I are:

  • the final examination of the school of reference only following an application for admission (ATTENTION! The application cannot be made from the current ISIDATA profile of Propaedeutics);
  • the certification exam of Rhythmic Theory and Musical Perception;
  • the Elements of Harmony certification exam

All further disciplines require aptitude (they are not essential for access to Level I but only for the acquisition of the final Propaedeutic Certificate).

The Propaedeutic Certificate is acquired only after taking all the examinations and aptitudes envisaged in one’s course of study.

Students who register for the admission test for Level I courses are exempt from booking examinations. The marks obtained from the proficiency tests taken in the admission exam will be evaluated both for admission to the 1st Level and simultaneously reported as a final evaluation in the Propaedeutic course, provided that the attendance obligations are met.

The examination is considered passed if the candidate achieves a mark of at least 60 hundredths.

Students who wish to acquire the Propaedeutic certificate and do not intend to continue their studies with admission to Level I must book the examinations provided for in these regulations by the dates indicated by the teaching secretariat. Students who receive a negative result in the summer session may reapply in the autumn session for a re-examination.

The exams envisaged for the propaedeutic course that are fundamental for access to Level I are

– the final exam of the school of reference

– the certification exam of Rhythmic Theory and Musical Perception;

– the Elements of Harmony certification exam.

All further disciplines require eligibility.

The Propaedeutic Certificate is acquired only after taking all the examinations and aptitudes envisaged in one’s course of study.