Bachelor's Degree in Music Science and Art. Pathways: a) Classical music, b) Byzantine music, c) Greek Traditional music, d) Contemporary music. Department of Music Science and Art. Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. University of Macedonia.

Description

The Degree of Music Science and Art has four Directions: a) European (Classical) music with 18 individual specialisations: 1) Vocal Music Performance-Monody, 2) Instrumental Music Performance-Piano, 3) Instrumental Music Performance-Guitar, 4) Instrumental Music Performance-Violin 5) Instrumental Music Performance-Viola, 6) Instrumental Music Performance -Violoncello, 7) Instrumental Music Performance-Double Bass, 8) Instrumental Music Performance-Flute, 9) Instrumental Music Performance-Oboe, 10) Instrumental Music Performance-Clarinet, 11) Instrumental Music Performance-Bassoon, 12) Instrumental Music Performance-Saxophone, 13) Instrumental music Performance-Horn 14) Instrumental Music Performance-Trumpet 15) Instrumental Music Performance-Trombone 16) Instrumental Music Performance-Tuba 17) Instrumental Music Performance - Percussion instruments 18) Applied Music Studies, b) Byzantine music with 2 individual specializations: 1) Interpretation and Performance of Chanting 2) Applied Music Studies, c) Traditional (Folk) Greek Music, with 21 individual specialisations: 1) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Folk Song Vocal Performance 2) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Lyre, 3) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Violin, 4) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Clarinet, 5) Interpretation and Performance with traditional Institutions - Kaval, 6) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Ney, 7) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Flute, 8) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments -Zurna, 9) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Bagpipe, 10) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Kanun, 11) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Oud, 12) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Lute, 13) Interpretation and Performance with of traditional instruments - Tambouras,14) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Bouzouki, 15) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Trombone 16) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Cornet, 17) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments -Trumpet, 18) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Drums, 19) Interpretation and Performance with traditional instruments - Santur, 20) Poetry (Art of Composition-Setting in Traditional Music), 21) Applied Music Studies and d) Contemporary music with 4 different specializations: 1) Instrumental Music Performance - Accordion, 2) Composition 3) Orchestra Conducting, 4) Applied Music Studies.

KNOWLEDGE:

- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF REPERTOIRE AND MUSIC MATERIAL: Students know the basic repertoire of their core subject and at least some of the most specialized repertoire. Students must know the main elements and organizational structures of music and understand the interactions between them.
- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAMEWORK: They know about the basic history of music and of the literature related to it. They are aware of the different styles and of the relevant performance traditions.
They understand and are able to make use of the possibilities offered by technology in their field of specialisation.
They have some knowledge of the financial, business, and legal aspects of the musical profession. They are aware of the relations and dependencies between the above and their theoretical and practical studies.
- IMPROVISATION SKILLS: They certain key motifs and procedures related to improvisation.
- PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS: They are familiarized with the basic principles and practices of pedagogics, especially with everything related to musical education.

SKILLS:

- SKILLS IN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION: They are capable of creating and implementing their personal artistic ideas, and they have developed the necessary skills for their expression.
- REPERTOIRE SKILLS: They have studied and, if possible, presented in concerts, a representative repertoire of their main cognitive domain. During this procedure, they must have the experience of executing various suitable styles.
- SKILLS FOR ENSEMBLES: They can perform in musical ensembles, with variety in terms of size and repertoire.
- SKILLS FOR PRACTICING AND TESTING: They have acquired effective practice and testing technique, for improvement through personal study. During this procedure, they must have assimilated good habits of techniques and body posture, which allow them to use their body with the most effective and less harmful way.
- READING COMPETENCIES: They have acquired suitable skills for the dissemination and communication of music structures, materials, and ideas, e.g. competent reading of music text, both with regard to the understanding of music and the easy, first reading.
- ACOUSTIC, CREATIVE AND RECREATION SKILLS: They are competent in recognising by ear, memorizing, and handling music material.
- PHRASAL (VERBAL) SKILLS: They are capable of speaking and/or writing intelligibly about their musical creations.
- COMPETENCES FOR PERFORMING TO AN AUDIENCE: They are capable of dealing with the behavioural and communication requirements of a show.
- IMPROVISATION SKILLS: They are capable of freely articulating their personal music language, starting from their music experiences / skills, using practices of self-observance, music awareness, and ingeniousness, through free improvisation and instant (spontaneous) composition.
- PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS: They can teach the main subject of studies to students of various levels.

GENERAL SKILLS:

- INDEPENDENCE: They are capable of working independently on various subjects: gather, analyse, and interpret information, create ideas and views critically, have incentives and manage problems on their own.
- PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING: They are capable of using effectively in various cases, imagination, intuition, their emotional understanding, the competence of thinking and working creatively when solving a problem, the competence of thinking and acting with a flexible manner, adjusting to new, changing conditions, having the competence of controlling and, when possible, limiting stress and its association with the normal requirements related to the show.
- CRITICAL AWARENESS: They have a developed scientific, social, and moral conscience on issues concerning their work and increased critical competence, which is applied creatively when collaborating with others.
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS: They have acquired effective skills for communication and social interactions, including the skills of working with others in common projects, show skills for group work, organization and negotiation, can integrated with others in a variety of artistic actions, present their work at an accessible form, and have a sufficient knowledge of IT skills.

Further Information

The mission of the Department of Music Science and Art is the following: (i) cultivate and advance the science and art of European (classical), Byzantine, Greek traditional (folk) and modern music, for the creation of complete musicians and artists. Their training aims to combine proper scientific knowledge on the historic, theoretical, practical, and pedagogic themes of instrumental and vocal music, through the preservation, advancement, research and promotion of Greek folk and church music, (ii) provide students with the necessary assets that ensure their proper training for a scientific and professional career in education or in the fields of the cultural life, (iii) organize postgraduate studies that lead to the preparation of scientists with specialized knowledge on individual cognitive domains of the Department, (iv) prepare standard orchestras, choirs, soloists, and other organic and vocal ensembles that will represent responsible Greece and participate in international and domestic musical happenings, while contributing the ecumenical character of Greek music, as such has been formulated since antiquity, the Byzantium, and up to the modern era.
The graduates of the Department of Musical Science and Art are able to cultivate and systematically promote our national musical inheritance in the domains of applied artistic studies, and specifically in the domains of classical music, Byzantine ecclesiastical music, traditional (Greek) music, and modern music.

Relation To Employment

The degree is necessary in order to teach music in the primary and secondary education, as well as the various specialisations in the music schools of the country. In addition, depending on the specialisation, it allows hiring in Orchestras (state, Municipal), in private or public music schools, in artistic organisations, in research centres, institutes, organisations, theatres and museums, in radio-TV news and communication stations, owned by the state or private, in Conservatories, in Byzantine Music Schools, and in Temples.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who have completed at least the secondary education (level 4).
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 7 or 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.