BRASS BAND CONDUCTING

Duration of study:

– 2 years for graduates of Higher music education, full-time studies

60 credits required for each year. They are recruited from compulsory (70%), optional (20%) and optional (10%) disciplines.

At the discretion of the department in which the student studies his special subject, he may be awarded an additional 2 credits per year for outstanding performances in the field of musical art and science.

Admission: The conditions for admission to the specialty are published in the Master’s candidate directories for the relevant academic year, available on the NAM website.

Disciplines studied:

compulsory: piano brass band conducting, brass band conducting, solfege, harmony, music history, musical folklore, piano, instrumental knowledge, foreign language, polyphony, symphonic orchestration, score reading, musical analysis, musical aesthetics, history of Bulgarian music;

– electives: pedagogy, philosophy, course choir, piano choir conducting, choral studies, music psychology, vocal training and choral difficulties, pedagogical psychology, composition, organ, choral repertoire and literature, critical annals of concert performance, musical acoustics, old Bulgarian music,

music management, church music, piano teaching methodology, history of jazz, improvisation, stylistics and conductor interpretation, piano II, opera dramaturgy, ethics, musical philosophy;

– optional: intellectual property and copyright, introduction to specialized music software, foreign language I and II, sports, history of art

Method of graduation: graduation concert and Master’s thesis defense.

Opportunities for professional realization:

-to conduct brass bands and ensembles; music for motion pictures and television films; to radio and television productions; to dramatic, puppet and other performances; to choreographic productions and dances;

– to teach conducting, orchestral and ensemble playing, orchestration for brass band;

– to train personnel in the field of musical art;

– to lead organizationally and methodically musical collectives, organizations and institutes;

– to conduct scientific research in the field of conducting art.

Work in professional and non-professional compositions, collectives and ensembles; music education institutes; editions, etc. in the positions: brass band conductor, artistic director, teacher, editor, specialist, Methodist.