COURSE DESCRIPTION 1. Information on the academic program 1.1. Higher education institution Spiru Haret University 1.2. Faculty Arts 1.3. Department Arts 1.4. Field Music 1.5. Study cycle Undergraduate 1.6. Program / Qualification Musical pedagogy 2.Date about discipline 2.1. Name of subject Theory of instruments and orchestration 2.2. Subject code Muz2420 2.3. Course organizer Conf.univ.dr. Viorel Cretu 2.4.Seminar organizer 2.5. Year of study II 3.5.Semester 2 3. Estimated time (hours per semester) of teaching / learning activities 3.1 Number of hours per week 1 of which: 1 seminar / 0 3.4 Total hours of curriculum current 14 of which: current 14 laboratory seminar / hours laboratory time Distribution of teaching / learning time hours Study of textbook, syllabus, bibliography and course notes 9 Further study in library, on electronic platforms, fieldwork 2 Preparation of seminars / labs, home assignments, papers, 1 portfolio, essays Tutoring 1 Examinations 1 Other... 3.7 Total hours of individual study 3.9 Total hours per semester 14 3.10 Number of credits 2 0 4. Prerequisites (where applicable) 4.1 curriculumrelated harmony, counterpoint, music history, etc. according to the year Students must master previously general knowledge of music theory, of 4.2 competencerelated study. Students must have average reading skills of not very complicated musical scores, they must master the main musical keys and know general elements of the symphonic orchestra. 5.1. of the course Lectures should be conducted in rooms with audio-visual material: computer, CDs, projectors and classic materials (drawings, books, solfeggio collections etc.). 5.2. to conduct seminar / laboratory
5. Competences acquired during / after the course Professional skills Knowledge 1. Specialized knowledge in the area studied (theoretical knowledge, understanding, explaining, interpreting data about the symphonic orchestra, understood as musical and social reality). 2. Knowledge of the symphonic orchestra instruments (nontransposables, half-transposables, transposables, ambitus, expressiveness, special effects, nontraditional effects etc.). Knowledge of important chamber and symphonic literature moments in which the main instruments evolve in a clear, transparent orchestration, likely to highlight theor main timbral characteristics. Skills 3. The ability to combine various vocal and instrumental timbres. 4. Ability to use each instrument of the symphonic orchestra in order to achieve timbre-specific effects according to their register and according to the way in which the musical sound is generated (special effects). 5. Ability to transpose a score in G and F keys for different soli and instrumental ensembles. Transversal competences 6. Ability to make a simple musical arrangement for various instruments. Transversal competences as role skill issues 1. Skills integration in a complex landscape of contemporary media: the student will begin to know and understand the universality of the principles of orchestration (music recording studio, theater and musical illustration, television, making of a specific type of ambient music, etc.). 2. competent student personality development as a professional musician: the student will begin to look to theoretical knowledge as part of various situations based on labor market needs in its field (film music, theater, television, music illustration, etc.). 3. on interdisciplinary skills: use of modern sound production and processing (computer software for generating and processing different sounds). 4. other dimensions of interdisciplinarity: Integrating music entertainment complex, inter-arts (media theater, dance, cinematic and so on).
7. Course objectives (as resulting from the matrix of specific competences) 7.1 The overall objective of discipline 1. Specialized knowledge about symphonic orchestra instruments and their sound possibilities. 2.The possibility to implement the first evidence of theory and orchestration instruments (simple and complex transpositions, arrangements, vocal and instrumental adjustments and so on). 3. Educating students for the purpose of looking at the elements learned as being applicable to modern demands of the labor market in their fields (referring to film music, theater, TV, music artwork, background music, etc.). 7.2 The specific objectives 4.Forming specific attitudes on contemporary ethics of the musician (he is both teacher-performer-composer). 1. Knowledge of the various features of the instruments of the symphonic orchestra as a whole and reaching a maximum range of timbers and functionalities; 2. Elaborating simple musical transpositions and medium musical transpositions according to difficulty and complexity; 3. Understanding first notions about musical arrangements; 4. Ability to work with people from other areas to achieve cultural events of complex, interdisciplinary facets. 8. Contents 8.1 Course Teaching methods Comments Course.15 - Exposure and conversation Horn in F. Description. special effects. Role characteristic symphonic ensemble. Role and characteristics in the - Demonstration and example; - Presentation, explanatory methods - Interaction with students - Questioning and creative problem solving, Presentations will be made, where appropriate, with the help of multimedia exposure and / or computer. Course.16 - Exercises. Trumpet. Description. special effects. Role characteristic symphonic ensemble. Role and characteristics in the
Course.17 Trombone. Description. special effects. Role characteristic symphonic ensemble. Role characteristic Role and characteristics in the Course.18 Tuba. Description. Ambitus. Role and characteristics in the Course.19 Percussion instruments. Description and classification. Their importance in the symphonic orchestra. Course.20 Harp. Description. Ambitus. Role and characteristics in the Course.21 String instruments. Description and classification. Their importance in the orchestra and characteristic role in the Course.22 Violin. Description. Ambitus. Expression. Specific colour and special effects. Role in the Course.23 Viola. Description. Ambitus. Registers. Color. Notation.Role in the Course.24
Cello. Description. Ambitus. Specifics and special effects. Role in the symphonic ensemble. Course.25 Bass. Description. Ambitus. Role in the symphonic ensemble. Course.26 Bassoon. Description. special effects. Role in the Course.27 Review. Family of string instruments. Course.28 Major orchestral groups - first notions of orchestration. 8.2 Seminar / laboratory Teaching methods Comments Bibliography, mandatory Creţu, Viorel - Teoria instrumentelor şi elemente de orchestraţie, Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine, Bucureşti 2007 p. 39-77 Bibliography, further reading Casella, Alfredo şi Mortari,Virgilio Tehnica orchestrei contemporane, Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor, Bucureşti, 1965 N. Rimski-Korsakov - Principii de orchestraţie Bucureşti, Editura Muzicală, 1959, vol. I, pp.28-68 Bibliography, optional Paşcanu, Alexandru - Despre instrumentele muzicale, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1980 Dănceanu, Liviu - Cartea cu instrumente, Bucureşti, Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine, 2003
9. Course s relevance to the epistemic community, professional associations, and representative employers in fields significant for the program Proposal for an organization, possibly in May, of a meeting with representatives and stakeholders from various positions (channels) in the radio and television business, with theater and film producers - that meeting may be part of broader manifestations. This presentation will seek opportunities that can open collaboration of (future) graduates with the above mentioned type of institutions. Organizer Faculty of Arts USH. Participants: teachers and students from the Faculty of Arts of USH. Activity 10.1 Assessment criteria 10.4 Course Mastering the knowledge taught, engaging in discussion with pertinent questions, comments, etc.. 10. Assessment 10.2 Methods of assessment Two assessments with a subject chosen from a predetermined set of topics discussed previously and selected after discussions with students. 10.3 Weight in the final grade 10% 10.5 Seminar / laboratory 10.6 Minimum Performance Standard Assimilation of the knowledge and a clear opening in terms of interdisciplinarity as it was outlined above. Date: 01.10.2013 Course organizer s signature, Conf.univ.dr. Viorel Cretu Date of Dept. approval Head of Dept. signature 01.10. 2013 conf.univ.dr. Georgeta Pinghiriac