MASTER’S DEGREE OF ARTS IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND RESEARCH

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Presentation of the Master’s Degree
Master’s Degree Registration
General information of the Master’s Degree
Teaching
Quality Assurance System of the Master’s Degree

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Presentation of the Master 24-25

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Master’s Registration

  • Registration of new students corresponding to the May call: June 26, 2024 between 9:15 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

  • Registration of new students corresponding to the September call: September 11, 2024. 9:30 h. – 14:00 h.

  • Enrolment of repeating students: September 11, 2024. 9:30 h. – 14:00 h.

Access all the information on the registration process for the EEAA Master's Degree in Music Performance and Research.

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General information of the Master

  • GENERAL TITLE COMPETENCES
    • CG-1    Demonstrate that you possess the skills, knowledge and artistic understanding in the field of music that are based on those typically associated with the first cycle, and amplify and improve them, which gives them a basis or Possibility to be original in the development of and / or application of ideas, in practice and / or creative field, often in a research context.
    • CG-2    Be able to apply their skills, knowledge and artistic understanding as well as their ability to solve problems, in new or little known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of ​​study.
    • CG-3    Demonstrate ability to issue their own judgments on musical themes related to their area of ​​specialization, based on criteria, external norms or personal reflections.
    • CG-4    To be able to communicate its conclusions and artistic options, as well as the fundamental knowledge and reasoning that support them, to specialized and non-specialized audiences, in a clear and unambiguous way.
    • CG-5    To be able to use a methodology of study and research in the specialty that enables him to the continuous development of his musical activity.
    • CG-6    Possess ability to analyze complex musical materials within your area of ​​expertise.
    • CG-7    To be able to demonstrate the technical and practical knowledge acquired through traditional means and new technologies.
    • CG-8    To be able to link the musical activity itself to other disciplines of scientific and humanistic thinking, to the arts in general and to other musical disciplines in particular, enriching the exercise of their profession with a multidisciplinary dimension.
    • CG-9    Demonstrate a high level of technical and structural knowledge of the most representative musical works in the repertoire of your area of ​​specialization.
  • TITLE COMPETENCES
    • CE-1    Demonstrate ability to relate your theoretical and practical studies to enrich your own artistic development.
    • CE-2    Know the specific interpretative criteria of your area of ​​study and be able to apply them based on the theoretical knowledge acquired.
    • CE-3    To be able, through knowledge of musical styles and a critical understanding of their interpretive traditions, to develop, present and demonstrate programs that are coherent and appropriate to their area or specialization itinerary.
    • CE-4    Demonstrate ability to act in the different types of participatory musical projects, from the duet to the orchestra, integrating in the group and being flexible to the indications of the director.
    • CE-5    Individual and / or collective dominance of the instrumental and corporal technique and the stylistic variants that require the repertoires of their area of ​​specialization.
    • CE-6    Know the scenic implications of professional activity.
    • CE-7    Know the theory and practical application of the interrelationship between structure and musical interpretation.
    • CE-8    Apply the techniques, methods and strategies that allow the independent investigation of performative and musicological aspects relevant to its instrumental praxis.
    • CE-9    To know the methods and documentary techniques necessary for the recovery and cataloging of musical heritage.
    • CE-10    Be able to develop diverse studies and research projects with the scientific rigor they require.
    • CE-11    Know the advanced methods and current technologies and apply them to the research or its area of ​​study.

The general objectives of the Master in Artistic Studies of Interpretation and Research of Music are:

    • Provide advanced training of a specialized nature, oriented to professional specialization, promoting the initiation in research tasks in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
    • To promote in each student a process of continuous artistic development and of high quality that is in connection with the norms of the European Space of Higher Education.
    • To prepare musicians to enter the professional work world at the highest level, and to provide them with the flexibility, imagination and evaluation tools so that they can contribute to develop a professional praxis in today’s artistic life, developing self-confidence and the confidence of To be able to pursue his artistic career independently.
    • To foster in students the confidence in themselves to be considered, developed and consolidated as intelligent musicians, expanding and integrating their intellectual, emotional and physical resources, reflected in the practice of musical excellence, in the personal challenge and in the Taking risks in their specialization, planning and implementing personal projects, both in an individual job or as part of a team or team project.
    • To provide students with a learning and research environment that enables them to recognize and develop their potential, recognize and overcome their limits, feed back from diverse sources, including their peers, and integrate these elements into their development, supporting their individual need for study and Of conscious praxis.

Title coordination mechanisms

The Academic Title Committee (CAT) consists of:
Inmaculada Sánchez Velasco: Chairman of the Quality Committee of ISEACV (CCI).
Francisco José Fernánez Vicedo: Director-coordinator of the Master and Professor of Clarinet at CSM Alicante.
Jesús M. Gómez Rodríguez: Professor of Piano at the CSM Alicante.

Sixto Manuel Herrero Rodes: Professor of Saxophone at the CSM Alicante.
David Rizo Valero: external investigator (University of Alicante).

The CAT will produce an annual report which will integrate results information as well as a detailed analysis of the factors associated with learning, in particular the achievement of competencies. It will analyze the learning outcomes in each of the subjects and various measures of satisfaction, as well as the available information about their annual evolution collected from questionnaires. In turn, an improvement and support plan will be developed for the promotion of the most deficient skills.

The Master’s program consists of 60 ECTS which are taught over an academic year, lasting 37 weeks and a half.
The academic period goes from September to June. The students can do a partial registration with a minimum of
20 credits in each academic period, equivalent to 33% of total credits.

Training itineraries that develop the degree

  • Classical music
  • Romantic music
  • Modern and contemporary music (20th and 21st centuries)

The proposed Master’s Degree is aimed at specialization in the field of interpretation and initiation into research tasks. It is based on three
Itineraries: Classical music, romantic music and modern and contemporary music (twentieth and twenty-first centuries), which contain some subjects with a research profile and others with an interpretative profile. Thus, the Master constitutes the basis for acquiring extensive knowledge, skills and aptitudes, as well as serving as a stimulus for intellectual and creative activity through advanced training based on the methodology, techniques and skills acquired in the learning process.
This Master, unlike some artistic research programs, focuses on the performative facet, which allows research from the process itself
interpretive, so it is proposed to guide the musician towards an investigation and interpretation that transcends the historical tradition jointly built by
theorists and interpreters. Therefore, one of the purposes of the Master is to establish the bases of research on the creative fact that allow students to start in research tasks.
Another issue that is proposed is to acquire a higher technical level of interpretation of the instrument, with emphasis on a specialized repertoire, so that
that enables students to exercise quality interpretive work, according to the characteristics of their modality and specialization, which can open the doors to the world of work.
This degree is an important professional outlet, especially to meet the demand of graduates in the profession of instrumental players, without forgetting other professions in the disciplines of musicology and pedagogy. There is a wide musical offer based on different institutions that can professionally accommodate Master’s graduates. The main outlet to which you can opt will be your incorporation into any musical formation: symphony orchestras, music bands, chamber groups or develop a solo career with greater qualification. In addition, it can be integrated within a teaching perspective, in Conservatories, music schools, Universities, colleges and Institutes of Secondary Education. Similarly, a Master’s degree is well evaluated outside Spain, increasing the possibilities of the graduate to enter musical groups abroad.
Finally, Master’s graduates have the possibility of accessing third cycle studies (Doctorate).

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Master’s Degree Teaching

Mobility of students

Responsible

Equipo directivo del CSM Alicante
Antonio Ballester Corbí (Responsable del programa de movilidad del Centro)
Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales del ISEACV
Dr. Fco. José Fernández Vicedo (Coordinador del Máster)

Organization

The mobility program must be associated with the academic recognition of the modules given during the stay.
Of students received:
• Establishment of agreements and agreements with universities or other institutions.
• Organization and planning of the mobility program.
• Student reception and general program information / orientation.
• Information and general orientation to studies.
• Registration.
• End of stay.
• Review and improvement of the mobility program of the students received.

From students sent:
•  Establishment of agreements and agreements with universities or other institutions.
• Organization and planning of the mobility program.
• Publication of the call for mobility programs.
• Selection of students.
• Publication of selected students.
• Incorporation of students to the destination center.
• End of stay.
• Review and improvement of the mobility program of students sent.
• Review and improvement of the mobility program of students sent.

The Master offers the possibility of mobility for the completion of the Master’s Degree Work. Student mobility will be organized, depending on the place of residence of the student, and the criterion of the tutor, through specific actions with the Superior Musical Institutions with which they have (or will have) signed agreements.

The Conservatorio Superior de Música Óscar Esplá in Alicante currently has the following bilateral mobility agreements:

•    ROMA: Conservatorio de Música Santa Cecilia.

•    TRIESTE 02. Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Guiseppe Tartini”.

•    CASTELFRANCO VENETO: Conservatorio de Música Agostino Steffani.

•    MAASTRICHT: Zuyd Hogeschool.

•    MONOPOLI: Conservatorio de Música Nino Rota

•    WEIMAR: Hochschule für Music Franz Liszt.

•    KLAGENF: Kärntner LandesKonservatorium.

•    LEUVEN: Luca, School of Arts.

•    GRAZ: Kunstuniversitat  Graz.

Rules of permanence

Students must pass a minimum of 12 ECTS credits per year.
The permanence in the master’s degree can not exceed three academic years.
To overcome each subject the students will have two calls per year: June and September. It is considered that the condition of Not Presented does not consume call.
The Academic Commission for Music Studies of the ISEACV (CAE) may authorize, at the request of the student, on an exceptional basis and for duly justified objective reasons, such as serious illness or any other cause of force majeure, a new and unique call.

External Practices

Name of the subject: External Practices (6 credits)

Responsible:

    • Management Team of the CSM Alicante
    • Coordinator of the course: Antonio Ballester Corbi
    • Coordinator of the Master’s Degree: Dr. Francisco José Fernández Vicedo
    • ISEACV Quality Commission (ITC)
    • Academic Title Committee (CAT)
    • Companies / Institutions of practices.

Organization:

This course aims to develop and present high level programs outside the academic environment, interacting musically in different projects. In addition, it contributes to an interpretative work according to the characteristics of its modality and specialization, both in the solo role and as part of a grouping.
The students participating in the subject must carry out their practices with the collaborating groups and entities that have formalized their acurdo with the CSMA. The grouping where the practices are carried out is selected by the student, the tutors of the Conservatory, along with the students and coordinators of the different entities, who establish the dates of their practices.
Collaborating groups establish rules of participation depending on their needs, and the student can be part of them as a soloist or tutti, adequately assimilating the different subordinate, participatory or leadership functions that can be given within the formations, showing flexibility in the indications Of the director and capacity of integration in the group. During the internship period the student will carry out the tests and concerts established by the group selected for this purpose, receiving from the coordinator of the entity the planning and material necessary for the correct development of the subject. At the end of the internship, students and coordinators will present to the tutor the documents proving that they have taken this course.

Tipology of Companies

Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Alicante.
Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Alicante.
Conservatorio Profesional de Danza José Espadero.
Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Elche.
Orquesta Sinfónica de la UCAM.
Orquesta Sinfónica de Alicante.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Alicante.
Orquesta Ciudad de Orihuela.
Ópera 2001.

Profiles of tutors:

The tutors of the students in the companies / institutions of artistic practices are the directors or the specialized teachers of the entities, that will be coordinated with the tutor of the student (the teacher of the main subject) and the person in charge of the practices in the Master to realize Monitoring and evaluation report.

Work Development Master’s degree (6 credits)

The Final Master’s Work will have the following structure:

  • A public recital in which works of the chosen itinerary are included (with a minimum duration of 45 minutes)
  • Written presentation of a research paper (minimum 70 folios) on a subject chosen by the student, which will have a multidisciplinary nature
  • Oral defense of this research work (lasting approximately 20 to 30 minutes)

The Final Master’s Work will have the following rules:

  • In order to be able to attend the TFM (recital and written work) it is necessary to have approved all the credits of the subjects of the title.
  • A video recording with the program of the recital and the written work must be delivered at the Secretariat of the Center (this paper will be made on paper and in digital format).
  • The Final Master’s Work will have two calls for each course: June and September. The student can perform the recital in one call and the defense of the work in another, whenever it is within the same academic year.
  • The final grade of the subject will result from the arithmetic mean between the note of the recital and the note of the written research work.
  • The subject will be evaluated by a court composed of two department professors corresponding to each instrument and one member of the CAT. Exceptionally the tutor of the students may invite a doctor to be part of the court, in which case there would be: an external doctor, a professor of the department and a member of CAT

With regard to written research work:

  • The project will be presented in the register of the center at the end of October or beginning of November of academic course and must be approved by the CAT.
  • If the project is not suitable it can be corrected and resubmitted at the end of November.

Cover of the Master’s Thesis

  • Calendar and courts of the Public Recitals End of Master. First call June. Academic year 2022/2023.
  • Calendar and courts for the reading of the Master’s Thesis. First call June. Academic year 2022/2023.
  • Calendar and courts of the Public Recitals End of Master. Second call September. Academic year 2022/2023.
  • Calendar and courts for the reading of the Master’s Thesis. Second call September. Academic year 2022/2023.
  • Master’s Degree Teachers 2023-2024

Procedure for complaints, claim and suggestions

For any complaint, claim or suggestion, the Form (QRS) duly completed and signed will be submitted by registration of entry in the Administration. If necessary, the documentation deemed appropriate can be attached to it.

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Quality Assurance System of the Master’s Degree