MUSICOLOGY

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: special subject, solfege, harmony, history of music, musical folklore, piano, foreign language, philosophy, instrumental science, polyphony, symphonic orchestration, score reading, introduction to musicology, scientific information in musicology, music analysis, music theory systems, history of Bulgarian music, music criticism, musicology practice;

– electives: pedagogy, piano choir conducting, course choir, choral studies, music psychology, vocal training and choral difficulties, wind orchestration, pedagogical psychology, composition, organ, musical acoustics, musical management, church music, piano teaching methodology, history of jazz, piano II, opera dramaturgy, choral repertoire and literature, musical philosophy;

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

Method of graduation: Master’s thesis defense.

Opportunities for professional realization:

-research in the widest range of contemporary musicology;

– promotional and educational activity;

– critical and journalistic activity;

– pedagogues of musicology subjects in secondary and Higher education music pedagogical institutes or in the faculties, departments, specialized classes in other Higher and secondary educational institutions;

Work as editors and producers in publishing musicological, popular or educational literature on music, music periodicals; specialists for the implementation of music radio and television broadcasts, in film production, in the release of CDs and cassettes with music recordings, the organization of concerts and performances, in research institutes of art studies, Higher and secondary educational institutions of music, philharmonics, musical theaters and other musical performance institutions; in recording, film, radio and television studios, editorial offices of publishing houses, periodicals related to the art of music.