Course code

KUM6064.FK

old course code

KUM6064

Course title in Estonian

Töö kooliorkestriga I

Course title in English

Work with School Orchestra I

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Acquiring basic know-how and skill to work with school orchestras. Introducing and explaining the terminology and professional language necessary to work as a conductor, obtaining elementary conducting tools.

Brief description of the course

Types of school orchestras. Different methodologies for teaching a school orchestra. Working with beginners. Preparing and carrying out an orchestra rehearsal. A conductor as an artistic director, organiser and pedagogue. Concepts of score, instrument groups, transposition, facture of a musical work, tessitura, etc. In individual lessons auftakt, measures of 2, 3, 4, 6 beats, bringing in and cutting off the instruments in the orchestra. Conducting easier pieces to the accompaniment of the piano.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
The student:
- is familiar with different methodologies of teaching a school orchestra;
- is familiar with scores, transposition, playing the voices of single instruments on the piano;
- is able to conduct musical compositions of various characters to the accompaniment of the piano.

Teacher

prof Andres Avarand, lekt Valdo Rüütelmaa

The course is a prerequisite

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