Model of the three-year study plan
Subject Area |
Course |
|
Year I |
Year II |
Year III | ||||||
|
Typ. Ins. |
Hours |
CFA |
Val. |
Hours |
CFA |
Val. |
Hours |
CFA |
Val. | ||
|
Music Theory & Perception |
Music Theory |
G |
32 |
4 |
E | ||||||
|
Contemporary Music Rhythm | G |
16 |
4 |
ID |
16 |
4 |
ID | ||||
|
Ear Training |
G |
32 |
4 |
E |
32 |
4 |
E |
32 |
4 |
E | |
|
Harmony & Analysis |
Analysis of Compositional Forms |
G |
16 |
3 |
ID |
16 |
3 |
ID |
16 |
3 |
ID |
|
Music History |
History of Music |
C |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
|
History of Jazz |
History of Jazz |
C |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
|
Complementary piano |
Piano for Jazz Instrumentalists/Singers |
G |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
|
Complementary drums |
Instrument Reading (pianists only) | ||||||||||
|
Main Instrument |
Performance Practice & Repertoire |
I |
16 |
6 |
E |
16 |
6 |
E |
16 |
6 |
E |
|
|
I |
16 |
6 |
E |
16 |
6 |
E |
16 |
6 |
E | |
|
Orchestration & Arrangement |
Techniques of Writing & Arranging for Ensemble |
G |
16 |
2 |
E | ||||||
|
Jazz Composition |
Jazz Composition Techniques |
G |
16 |
3 |
ID |
16 |
3 |
E | |||
|
Jazz Harmony |
G |
32 |
4 |
E |
32 |
4 |
E |
32 |
4 |
E | |
|
|
Jazz Performance Practice & Repertoire |
G |
32 |
4 |
ID |
32 |
4 |
ID |
32 |
4 |
ID |
|
Creative Interaction (small/medium/large ensembles) |
G |
32 |
4 |
ID |
32 |
4 |
ID |
32 |
4 |
ID | |
|
Improvisation |
Improvisation Techniques |
G |
32 |
6 |
E |
32 |
4 |
ID |
32 |
6 |
E |
|
Music Technology |
Music Informatics |
G |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID | |||
|
Computer-Assisted Music Notation & Publishing |
G |
16 |
2 |
ID | |||||||
|
Lingua straniera comunitaria | Foreign Language (English) |
G |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
16 |
2 |
ID |
|
| Italian Language for Foreign Students (alt. to English) | ||||||||||
|
|
Music Pedagogy |
C |
32 |
3 |
ID |
32 |
3 |
ID |
32 |
3 |
ID |
|
Music Didactics |
C | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | |
Big Band Communication | Communication Techniques |
C | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID |
Big Band Music Business | Organization of Musical Performance |
C | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID |
SJU Big Band | Orchestra Lab |
C | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID |
| SJU Stage* | Seminars, Internships, Labs |
C | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID | 32 | 3 | ID |
|
Final Exam |
|
I |
5 |
E | |||||||
|
Total Credits |
|
60 |
60 |
60 | |||||||
TOTAL INSTRUCTION HOURS: 1,168 (Year I: 400h ; Year II: 384h; Year III: 384h)
TOTAL EXAMS: 20 + FINAL EXAM
TOTAL CREDITS: 180 ECTS
Legend:
Type: I = Individual | G = Group | C = Collective
ECTS: European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Exam (E): Committee exam, graded /30, credits awarded upon success
Pass/Fail (ID): Credits awarded upon instructor approval
Elective Courses
Each year, students may choose two electives from the following Siena Jazz offerings:
- Communication Techniques 1
- Communication Techniques 2 (requires Communication Techniques 1)
- Music Pedagogy
- Music Didactics (requires Music Pedagogy)
- Organization of Musical Performance
- Orchestra Laboratory (2nd & 3rd year only)
- SJU Stage* (includes two workshops; 2nd & 3rd year only)