Project Description
Choral Academy
Courses
COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR CONDUCTORS (Triennial):
First academic year: 10 weekends in the presence, for a total of 75 hours in addition to online and self-administered training activities, for a total of another 80 hours. In addition to these subjects there are 65 hours of choral repertoire and choir conducting with guest teachers, in the form of masterclasses also open to outsiders. The second and third academic years will be very similar to the first.
BASIC COURSE FOR CONDUCTORS (Annual):
10 weekends for those who have never followed anything specific about direction, on the same weekends as the Triennial School for Directors. Those enrolled in the Basic Course will be able to attend the masterclasses as listeners.
EDUCATIONAL COURSE FOR SINGERS (Annual):
Each academic year: at least 10 face-to-face evening meetings, lasting 2.5 hours each, on subjects related to choral literacy (sung reading, vocalism, listening education, monographic seminars). Courses carried out in all the provinces of the Region. The meetings can be carried out in presence, online and in mixed mode (presence and online).
ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNICATION AND CHORAL MANAGEMENT COURSE (ACM) (Annual):
5 online training meetings (lasting 2 hours each) to manage and grow a choral association.
Study Plan
The number of hours of each individual subject is indicated in the attached timetable.
Legend
P: Lesson in presence
O: Online lesson
A: Self-administered lesson
| Corso Base | 1° anno (triennio) | 2° anno (triennio) | 3° anno (triennio) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characterizing Activities | Modalità di Lezione | ||||
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Choral Conducting Technique |
P | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
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Vocality, Diction, Body Awareness |
P |
15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
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Score Reading |
P | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
|
Composition and Choral Arrangement |
O | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
|
Complementary training activities |
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Theory and Perception |
A | 20 | 20 | 20 | – |
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Semiography |
A | – | – | – | 20 |
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History of Choral Music |
A | 10 | 10 | – | – |
|
Introduction to Gregorian Chant |
O | – | 20 | – | – |
|
Music Notation Software |
O | – | – | 20 | – |
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Management and Organization |
O | 10 | 10 | – | – |
|
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135 | 135 | 135 | 115 | |
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Choral and Master Repertoire with Guest Teachers and AERCO Teachers |
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1 – Children, Youth and School Chorality |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
2 – Children, Youth and School Chorality |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
3 – A choir for all (strategies for inclusion) |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
4 – Renaissance and Baroque Polyphony |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
5 – Popular Song |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
6 – Contemporary Repertoire |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
7 – Renaissance and Baroque Polyphony |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
8 – Chorality of the 19th and 20th centuries |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
9 – Choir and Baroque / Classical Orchestra |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
10 – Repertory of the Russian Tradition |
P |
6,5 Udit. |
6,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 |
|
65 |
65 | 65 | 65 | ||
|
TOTAL HOURS |
200 |
220 | 200 | 180 |
Schedule Lessons in attendance
DETAILED TIMETABLE OF LESSONS IN PRESENCE A.S. 2020-2021 – AERCO School of Directors
Theachers: Catharina Scharp (A), Nicoletta Conti (B), Petra Grassi (C), Manolo da Rold (D).
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Vocality, diction, body awareness (10:00 – 13:00) |
Reading the score (10:00 – 13:00) |
Technical Direction (15:00 – 19:30) |
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Saturday 23/10/2021 |
– | 3h (B) |
4 h 30 min. (D) |
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Saturday 06/11/2021 |
3h (A) | – | 4 h 30 min. (D) |
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Saturday 20/11/2021 |
3h (A) | – | 4 h 30 min. (D) |
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Saturday 11/12/2021 |
– | 3h (B) | 4 h 30 min. (C) |
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Saturday 15/01/2022 |
3h (A) | – | 4 h 30 min. (D) |
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Saturday 12/02/2022 |
3h (A) | – | 4 h 30 min. (C) |
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Saturday 26/02/2022 |
– | 3h (B) | 4 h 30 min. (C) |
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Saturday 26/03/2022 |
3h (A) | 4 h 30 min. (C) | |
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Sabato 09/04/2022 |
– | 3h (B) | 4 h 30 min. (C) |
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Saturday 23/04/2022 |
3h (B) | 4 h 30 min. (C e D) | |
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TOTAL HOURS |
15h | 15h | 45h |
|
Masterclass (9:00 – 13:00 | 15:00 – 17:30) |
Ore |
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Sunday 24/10/2021 |
Childhood, Youth and School Chorality (Denis Monte) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 07/11/2021 |
Childhood, Youth and School Chorality (Dario Piumatti) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 21/11/2021 |
A choir for all (strategies for inclusion) – (Alessandro Vanzini) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 12/12/2021 |
Renaissance and Baroque polyphony (Diego Fratelli) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 16/01/2022 |
Popular song (Giacomo Monica) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 15/02/2022 |
Russian repertoire (Alexander Solovyev) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 27/02/2022 |
Renaissance and Baroque polyphony (Roberto Gini) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 27/03/2022 |
Contemporary Repertoire (Stojan Kuret) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 10/04/2022 |
Baroque / Classical Choir and Orchestra (Simon Carrington) |
6 h 30 min |
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Sunday 24/04/2022 |
Choral XIX and XX Century (Stephen Layton) |
6 h 30 min |
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TOTAL HOURS | 65h |
Weekend
TYPES OF WEEKEND (incomplete routes for those who want to attend only some courses):
PROGRAMS 1: WHITE VOICES, YOUTH CHOIRS, SCHOOL CHORALITY: 3 meetings (1 – 2 – 3)
PROGRAMS 2: FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE BAROQUE: 3 meetings (4 – 7 – 9)
PROGRAMS 3: EIGHTH-TWENTIETH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY: 3 meetings (8 – 9 – 10)
PROGRAMS 4: SONG OF ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN TRADITION: 2 meetings (5 – 6)
PROGRAMS 5: ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNICATION AND CHOIR MANAGEMENT (ACM): 5 online meetings of 3 hours each.
Possibility to sign up for a single dating path
Possibility to register, as director, for a single Sunday masterclass.
Exams
END OF MATTER TEST
Following the regular attendance of at least 3 years at the AERCO Choral Academy (ACC), it is possible to request to take the final exam with the release of a Diploma of Merit. Furthermore, at the end of the three-year period, there will be the possibility of attending a year or more of a master’s degree. Within the master, participants will attend the same courses as the three-year school in addition to the opportunity to activate research paths aimed at achieving the master itself.
