Collegium Musicum
Code
711021067
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
3
Teacher in charge
Jorge Matta
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
After completing the course successfully the student should be able to:
a) Developing quality performance of choral music;
b) Understanding the relationship between music performance and Musicology, namely acknowledging the importance of music analysis, and of historical, social and cultural contexts in music performance;
c) Using critical opinion in the appreciation of musical interpretation.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Vocal technique: basic exercises of respiration, relaxation, vocal range and resonance.
2. Performance of vocal works of diverse stylistic periods. Technical and interpretative group exercises, with focus in the personal and musical capacities of the students. Optional repertoire: vilancicos from teh Cancioneiro de Elvas; Italian and English madrigals; songs or harmonizations of songs by Schubert, Brahms, Lopes-Graça, Eurico Carrapatoso and others. Arrangements of Christmas songs.
3. Introduction to studies in musical interpretation through performance in class, reading and discussion of selected literature, phonograms and attendance of music performances.
Bibliography
Alguns textos escolhidos a partir das seguintes obras / Some chosen excerpts from the following works:
Cook, N. (2007). Music, performance, meaning: Selected Essays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Donnington, R. (1982). The Interpretation of Music. London: Faber.
Harnoncourt, N. (1982). Le Discours Musical. Paris: Galimard.
Rondeleux, L.-J. (1977). Trouver sa voix. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
Rink, J. (1995). The Practice of Performance: Studies in Musical Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rink, J. (2002). Musical performance: a guide to understanding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schechner, R. (2006). Performance Studies: an Introduction. New York: Routledge Ed.
Teaching method
In each class studentes perform exercises of vocal technique and rehearse one or more itms of the repertoire proposed. Structural and interpretative aspects as well as stylistic questions are addressed.
In some classes students discuss previously selected readings, presenting written commentaries; in others students present commented auditions and they are motivated to attend public concerts, whenever possible. Part of the repertoire is devoted to the Christmas concert, open to the participation of the community of the FCSH.
Class attendance is mandatory (75%).
Evaluation method
Final assessment counts with continuous evaluation (50%), two practical exams, in which, in trios and quartets, students sing two items previously rehearsed (34%), and the written commentaries to selected readings (16%).