Teaching Workshop: from Text to Performance
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
In the spirit of the so-called "applied musicology", the lab provides a practical viewpoint for the students' historical-theoretical knowledge, gained over the university years. On the basis of a specific musicological project (which differs every year), students will develop professional potentialities that are requested from the job market in areas such as media entertainement and performative arts, and will also solidify their cultural capital for the realm of the humanities.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the lab, students will be able to transform their own historical-theoretical knowledge into practical skills, aiming at an informed use of digital technologies and at becoming familiar with a variety of media. In the context of a performative/organizational project to be fulfilled throughout the lav, this class positions itself in the realm of "practice-led research" and the Digital Humanities.
Lesson period: Second semester
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
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Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
In the case of a new health emergency, the lessons will take place both online and on site. The students will find all the instructions on how to access the classroom or the online lessons, any potential variations to the program and/or to the reference materials (bibliography etc.) on the website for classroom resources «Ariel». In case it would not possible taking the exam as shown in the Syllabus, the exam will be conducted electronically using the procedure that will be communicated on the Ariel website at the end of the course.
Course syllabus
For the academic year 2020/21, the lab focuses on a collaborative research project centered on an opera production: Giuseppe Verdi's Aroldo. Participants will engage in several different activities, including a new edition or revision of the score, a participation in the process of organizing the performance, etc.
Prerequisites for admission
By taking advantage of the variety of skills brought by each participant, the lab does not have any prerequisites for admission.
Teaching methods
The lab employs a variety of teaching formats, including frontal lectures, seminars, visiting professors, and practical support activities required by the annual performative project at the core of the lab.
Teaching Resources
Readings and other resources vary each year and are not formalized into a standard bibliography. Students will be provided with all the materials and the technological devices needed for the accomplishment of the lab's goals.
Assessment methods and Criteria
No assessement verification, other than active participation to the lab's various activities.
(2)
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
In the event that the health emergency should protract, classes will take place in live presence, while being streamed online.
Course syllabus
The seminar intends to map the process that led to the rediscovery of the 16th-century entertainment song, with specific regards to MS. Basevi 2441. The course will explore the musical practice of the time, its complex written transmission, modern editorial attempts and aspects relevant to both edition and performance. Students will have a chance to privilege one or more of the approaches that inform the seminar (philological study of mensural notation, the problems of the modern performance of early music based on both the discussion of recordings and performative options that may be proposed by the participants).
Prerequisites for admission
Knowledge of rudiments of music theory
Teaching methods
Lecture; also editorial lab, critical discussion on the existing recordings, assessment of performance practice.
Teaching Resources
Provided during the course
Assessment methods and Criteria
Seminar papers with oral presentation of the materials studied.
Professor(s)