CHOIR 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: choir conducting from score, school choir conducting, orchestra conducting from score, orchestra conducting, solfege, harmony, history of music, musical folklore, piano, instrumental knowledge, course choir, choral studies, vocal preparation and choral difficulties, foreign language , polyphony, symphonic orchestration, reading scores, musical analysis, musical aesthetics, old Bulgarian music, history of Bulgarian music, choral conducting training methodology, stylistics and conducting interpretation;
–electives: pedagogy, philosophy, music psychology, pedagogical psychology, wind orchestration, composition, organ, choral repertoire and literature, critical analysis of concert performance, musical acoustics, music management, church music, piano teaching methodology, jazz history, improvisation , 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 choral, cantata-oratorio, ensemble and chamber works, choirs in operas, operettas and musicals; music for motion pictures and television films; radio and television productions; dramatic, puppet and other performances; choreography and dances;
– to train specialists in the field of choral art;
– to lead organizationally and methodically choral collectives;
– to conduct research work in the field of conducting art.
Work in philharmonics, opera and operetta, puppet and other theaters; professional and non-professional compositions, collectives and ensembles; musical educational institutions; cultural centers and community centers; sound recording film and radio and television studios, editing and – in the positions: choir conductor, artistic director, teacher, editor, specialist, Methodist.