Duration of study:
– 1 academic year, full-time study, for bachelors main subjecting in “Classical Singing”;
– 2 academic years, full-time study, for bachelors, graduates of other specialties.
To obtain a Master’s degree, 60 credits are required for each academic year. They are recruited from compulsory (70%), optional (20%) and optional (10%) disciplines.
At the decision of the department in which the student studies his special subject, he may be awarded an additional 2 credits per year for bright and prestigious artistic performances.
Admission: The conditions for admission to the specialty are published in the Master’s candidate directories for the relevant academic year, available on the NMA website.
Disciplines studied:
– compulsory: classical singing, acting, opera singing with a conductor, chamber singing, vocal technique, educational musical theater. art history, work with an accompanist, musical aesthetics, fencing, make-up;
– optional: history of art, work with an accompanist, musical aesthetics, fencing, make-up, implementation of research projects, Bulgarian language, Italian language;
– optional: German language, English language, French language, Russian language, sports, sports dances.
Method of graduation:
– state exam – solo concert or central part in a musical-stage performance;- Master’s thesis defense.
Opportunities for professional realization:
– professional qualification “opera singer”;
– artist-soloist in opera and operetta theater;
– artist-soloist in a music institute;
– concert artist-soloist;
– an artist in various singing formations.
– vocal pedagogue in various educational institutions, schools and studios;
– teacher of classical singing in Higher schools