OPERA-SYMPHONY 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: conducting an orchestra from a piano, conducting an orchestra, solfege, harmony, history of music, musical folklore, piano, instrumental knowledge, foreign language, polyphony, symphonic orchestration, reading scores, 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, composition, organ, pedagogical psychology, brass orchestration, choral repertoire and literature, critical analysis of concert performances, musical acoustics, old Bulgarian music, music management, church music, piano teaching methodology, history of jazz, 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 musical stage, symphonic, cantata-oratorio, chamber works; music for motion pictures and television films; radio and television productions; to dramatic, puppet and other performances; to choreographic productions and dances;

-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;

– to teach conducting, orchestral playing and reading scores.

Work in philharmonics, opera, operetta, puppet and other theaters; in professional and non-professional compositions, collectives and ensembles; in sound recording film and radio and television studios in the positions of opera-symphonic conductor, artistic director, teacher, editor, specialist, Methodist.