Regular Music Courses
Musical Formation Courses
From september 4th enrollment is open for the regular music Courses. These courses aim at preparing the students to form qualified ensemble music groups for live performances. From january 2008, the best ensemble music groups can perform in the local clubs that have an agreement with Siena jazz.
The courses are also open to beginners who want to undertake a correct study of their instrument and who show a strong interest in improvisation and its use in all types of modern music.
Previously formed groups are also accepted for enrollment (four element minimum) that want to enrich their musical experience. The project is articulated in a series of courses based on the most modern concepts of jazz music didactics. These courses prepare the students for thematic improvisation with studies in instrument, ensemble music, theory (music theory, ear training, rhythm, harmony), arrangement and a series of complementary material like, Jazz History, Laboratory in music practice, Computer music, and others which will be programmed during the academic year.
These courses are divided into four types:
1. Instrument Course
• - one lesson per week in Instrument (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) in groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and Improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 100,00.
The first payment is Euro 100,00 (first month fee) + Euro 100,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 200,00.
2. Instrument and Ensemble Music Course
•one lesson per week in Instrument (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Ensemble music (1 hour and half) for the formation of groups of 5-7 students;
• one lesson per week ofTheory (1 hour) in groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 150,00.
The first payment is Euro 150,00 (first month fee) + Euro 150,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 300,00.
3. Ensemble Music Course
• one lesson per week of Ensemble music (1 hour and half) for the formation of groups of 5-7 students;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students;
•one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
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The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 75,00.
The first payment is Euro 75,00 (first month fee) + Euro 75,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 150,00.
4. Course in Musical Arrangement
• one lesson per week of Arrangemet (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 100,00.
The first payment is Euro 100,00 (first month fee) + Euro 100,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 200,00.
Costs of added optional courses:
These courses will be activate on request of the students when the minimum number is reached.
Jazz History
euro 20,00 monthly
Computer music
euro 20,00 monthly
Lab in music practice
euro 20,00 monthly
Specialized english language
euro 20,00 monthly
Certificate of partecipation
Each year, and only for those who have attended at least 80% of the lessons, an official certificate of attendance for the Course will be delivered. This special certificate is reserved for the most deserving students and attests to the year’s program, listino each course with the relative teacher and the signature of the President of the Foundation. For all students who have terminated the course, the secretary will deliver an ordinary certificate of attendance.
Vacations and Final exibition
Vacations: Christmas-from and including 21/12/07 to 5/1/08. Spring break- from and including 20/3/08 to 26/3/08. Lessons will also be suspended on: 1/11/07, 8/12/07, 25/4/08, 1/5/08, 2/6/2008.
The Final exibition for Ensemble Music Courses and Singing Courses will be held on 3, 4,5 and 6 June 2008.
Basic courses
Lessons in Instrument are held weekly for one hour with two students of the same level. They aim at developing a professional interest in music but can also be frequented by students who do not consider music as their profession.The teacher guides the student in his psycho-physical formation regarding music in its most ample sense.
Lessons in music Theory and Ear training are based on the acquisition of keys for reading, listening to and analyzing the language of music. They concentrate on notions of theory, ear training and reading, emphasizing rhythmic reading. Theory leassons meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-12 students. The lessons also aim at preparing the student for the solfege exam at the State Conservatories or Institutes recognized by the State.
Ensemble music lessons meet weekly for one and a half hours in groups of 5-7 students. The teacher proposes music, prepares the repertory and plays with the students in a properly equipped rehearsal room.
Lessons in Harmony and improvisation techniques meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-12 students. These lessons deal with techniques for studying, listening to and reading examples of music and the rhythmical, melodic and harmonic analysis of excersizes and musical progressions. This course lasts three years and is open to those who have already frequented two years of musical theory.
Lessons in Arrangement are structured like the instrument lessons, two students for one hour weekly. The course deals with harmonization of two, three, four and five voices, “tight” voicing, etc., extentions and the instrument’s practical registers, construction of a arrangement for a Big band, score analysis of grest arrangers like Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Thad Jones and others.
Lessons in the History of Jazzmeet weekly for one hour. All lessons are collective and deal with guided listening to famous musicians and various styles of music in different time periods. Each lesson is dedicated to a key moment in jazz history and aims at stimulating the student to ulterior research.
The computer music lessons meet weekly in groups of 6-10 students for one hour. For students with insufficient computer skills a brief introductory course will be offered that demonstrates the Window system and digital format utilyzed for research material (wav, aiff, mp3, pdf, jpeg e tiff). Those with computer skills will begin with the second phase of the course based on the basic software utlized in musical training, like Ear Master, Band in a Box and in musical video composition, like Overture and Finale (basic level). The course on Finale (advanced level) will be activated with at least 4 enrollments.
The interdisciplinary Laboratory for ethno-musical study and research meets weekly for two and a half hours. It is a special course that has dealt, in the past years ,with afro-brasilian music and culture giving life to small percussion-instrumental group called “Labirinto”. Admittance into the laboratory is established through an interview in which musical and cultural requirements will be considered by the teacher.
The lessons for Musical Practice meet weekliy for one hour in groups of 6-10 students. These lessons deal with techniques of studying, listening to and reading examples of music with rhythmic, melodic and harmonic analysis of exercizes and musical progressions. The course utilizes computer and multimedial resources.
The lessons in specialized english language meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-10 students. The Course in basic english language concentrates on music related vocabulary in order to facilitate the comprehension of international manuals and videos and to favor the collaboration with european collegues.
The Siena jazz Big band course consists of a continuation of the “GOP” project. The GOP was the first permanent orchestral formation in the Siena jazz Foundation. Founded in october 1994, varying from 18-22 elements, its scope was to establish, in Siena, a large musical formation that could perform music from the afro-american tradition. Participation is through audition with the band director, Klaus Lessmann. The Siena jazz Big Band rehearses each tuesday evening from 9pm to 11:30pm. The Orchestra has performed in numerous occasions with great success and continues its journey through the vast territory of the jazz tradition.
Student’s public performances, for those accepted into courses of ensemble music, will be organized once monthly from dicembre to may. The groups formed during the courses,if sufficently prepared, will perform in a final concert at the Rozzi Theater at the end of the courses. All groups performing at the Theater, if they have regularly attended their course and at the decision of each teacher, will record some pieces in a Cd as testimonial to their work. Each group of Ensemble Music will however have the opportunity to record some of the pieces that they have studied during the lessons..
This is a group of students under twenty-one whose goal is to study a repertory of modern rhythms that touches on contemporary music, a true “cross over” orchestra. This formation represents the young students in the Siena Jazz Foundation in Tuscany and Italy, performing in recitals and concerts.
Admissions are therefore for young musicians under 21, at their first approach with music, enrolled in the regular courses for musical formation, either with or without scholarship.
Rehearsals are two hours weekly and the orchestra is formed by three sections:
Rhythmin section
Positions open:
n. 2 drummers and/or percussionista
n. 2 bass players
n. 2 guitarists
n. 2 pianists
Wind section
At the directors discretion:
tenor sax
contralto sax
clarinets
Brass section
At the directors discretion:
trumpet
flugelhorn
horn
trombone
Musical Formation Courses
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Type of course and Montly fee
Content of the courses
General course regulations
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From september 4th enrollment is open for the regular music Courses. These courses aim at preparing the students to form qualified ensemble music groups for live performances. From january 2008, the best ensemble music groups can perform in the local clubs that have an agreement with Siena jazz.
The courses are also open to beginners who want to undertake a correct study of their instrument and who show a strong interest in improvisation and its use in all types of modern music.
Previously formed groups are also accepted for enrollment (four element minimum) that want to enrich their musical experience. The project is articulated in a series of courses based on the most modern concepts of jazz music didactics. These courses prepare the students for thematic improvisation with studies in instrument, ensemble music, theory (music theory, ear training, rhythm, harmony), arrangement and a series of complementary material like, Jazz History, Laboratory in music practice, Computer music, and others which will be programmed during the academic year.
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These courses are divided into four types:
1. Instrument Course
• - one lesson per week in Instrument (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) in groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and Improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 100,00.
The first payment is Euro 100,00 (first month fee) + Euro 100,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 200,00.
2. Instrument and Ensemble Music Course
•one lesson per week in Instrument (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Ensemble music (1 hour and half) for the formation of groups of 5-7 students;
• one lesson per week ofTheory (1 hour) in groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 150,00.
The first payment is Euro 150,00 (first month fee) + Euro 150,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 300,00.
3. Ensemble Music Course
• one lesson per week of Ensemble music (1 hour and half) for the formation of groups of 5-7 students;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students;
•one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
nts.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 75,00.
The first payment is Euro 75,00 (first month fee) + Euro 75,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 150,00.
4. Course in Musical Arrangement
• one lesson per week of Arrangemet (1 hour) with 2 students chosen by the teacher;
• one lesson per week of Theory (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students;
• one lesson per week of Harmony and improvisation techniques (1 hour) for groups of 6-10 students.
The Harmony lessons are open to students who have passed a test demostrating a fair knowledge of the basic elements of theory, corresponding to the second year program of Theory. The first year of Harmony is therefore contemporary to the last of Theory so, for just that year, the cost will be increased by 20,00 Euro.
Monthly fee: Euro 100,00.
The first payment is Euro 100,00 (first month fee) + Euro 100,00 as security deposit, for a total ef Euro 200,00.
Costs of added optional courses:
These courses will be activate on request of the students when the minimum number is reached.
Jazz History
euro 20,00 monthly
Computer music
euro 20,00 monthly
Lab in music practice
euro 20,00 monthly
Specialized english language
euro 20,00 monthly
Certificate of partecipation
Each year, and only for those who have attended at least 80% of the lessons, an official certificate of attendance for the Course will be delivered. This special certificate is reserved for the most deserving students and attests to the year’s program, listino each course with the relative teacher and the signature of the President of the Foundation. For all students who have terminated the course, the secretary will deliver an ordinary certificate of attendance.
Vacations and Final exibition
Vacations: Christmas-from and including 21/12/07 to 5/1/08. Spring break- from and including 20/3/08 to 26/3/08. Lessons will also be suspended on: 1/11/07, 8/12/07, 25/4/08, 1/5/08, 2/6/2008.
The Final exibition for Ensemble Music Courses and Singing Courses will be held on 3, 4,5 and 6 June 2008.
| Content of the courses |
Lessons in Instrument are held weekly for one hour with two students of the same level. They aim at developing a professional interest in music but can also be frequented by students who do not consider music as their profession.The teacher guides the student in his psycho-physical formation regarding music in its most ample sense.
Lessons in music Theory and Ear training are based on the acquisition of keys for reading, listening to and analyzing the language of music. They concentrate on notions of theory, ear training and reading, emphasizing rhythmic reading. Theory leassons meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-12 students. The lessons also aim at preparing the student for the solfege exam at the State Conservatories or Institutes recognized by the State.
Ensemble music lessons meet weekly for one and a half hours in groups of 5-7 students. The teacher proposes music, prepares the repertory and plays with the students in a properly equipped rehearsal room.
Lessons in Harmony and improvisation techniques meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-12 students. These lessons deal with techniques for studying, listening to and reading examples of music and the rhythmical, melodic and harmonic analysis of excersizes and musical progressions. This course lasts three years and is open to those who have already frequented two years of musical theory.
Lessons in Arrangement are structured like the instrument lessons, two students for one hour weekly. The course deals with harmonization of two, three, four and five voices, “tight” voicing, etc., extentions and the instrument’s practical registers, construction of a arrangement for a Big band, score analysis of grest arrangers like Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Thad Jones and others.
Extra optional courses
The computer music lessons meet weekly in groups of 6-10 students for one hour. For students with insufficient computer skills a brief introductory course will be offered that demonstrates the Window system and digital format utilyzed for research material (wav, aiff, mp3, pdf, jpeg e tiff). Those with computer skills will begin with the second phase of the course based on the basic software utlized in musical training, like Ear Master, Band in a Box and in musical video composition, like Overture and Finale (basic level). The course on Finale (advanced level) will be activated with at least 4 enrollments.
The interdisciplinary Laboratory for ethno-musical study and research meets weekly for two and a half hours. It is a special course that has dealt, in the past years ,with afro-brasilian music and culture giving life to small percussion-instrumental group called “Labirinto”. Admittance into the laboratory is established through an interview in which musical and cultural requirements will be considered by the teacher.
The lessons for Musical Practice meet weekliy for one hour in groups of 6-10 students. These lessons deal with techniques of studying, listening to and reading examples of music with rhythmic, melodic and harmonic analysis of exercizes and musical progressions. The course utilizes computer and multimedial resources.
The lessons in specialized english language meet weekly for one hour in groups of 6-10 students. The Course in basic english language concentrates on music related vocabulary in order to facilitate the comprehension of international manuals and videos and to favor the collaboration with european collegues.
The Siena jazz Big band course consists of a continuation of the “GOP” project. The GOP was the first permanent orchestral formation in the Siena jazz Foundation. Founded in october 1994, varying from 18-22 elements, its scope was to establish, in Siena, a large musical formation that could perform music from the afro-american tradition. Participation is through audition with the band director, Klaus Lessmann. The Siena jazz Big Band rehearses each tuesday evening from 9pm to 11:30pm. The Orchestra has performed in numerous occasions with great success and continues its journey through the vast territory of the jazz tradition.
Student’s public performances, for those accepted into courses of ensemble music, will be organized once monthly from dicembre to may. The groups formed during the courses,if sufficently prepared, will perform in a final concert at the Rozzi Theater at the end of the courses. All groups performing at the Theater, if they have regularly attended their course and at the decision of each teacher, will record some pieces in a Cd as testimonial to their work. Each group of Ensemble Music will however have the opportunity to record some of the pieces that they have studied during the lessons..
Rhythmic juvenile Orchestra “Under 21”
Admissions are therefore for young musicians under 21, at their first approach with music, enrolled in the regular courses for musical formation, either with or without scholarship.
Rehearsals are two hours weekly and the orchestra is formed by three sections:
Rhythmin section
Positions open:
n. 2 drummers and/or percussionista
n. 2 bass players
n. 2 guitarists
n. 2 pianists
Wind section
At the directors discretion:
tenor sax
contralto sax
clarinets
Brass section
At the directors discretion:
trumpet
flugelhorn
horn
trombone
