PIAMS
Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano
di Musica Sacra
Free courses represent the extracurricular academic programme of PIAMS. They include different subjects and are run by qualified, highly experienced, well-known teachers. Free courses are divided into five distinct areas: Musical language, Musicology, Practical Music, Ambrosian Sciences and Technology and Management.
» Basic language competence:
Proposti in diversi livelli classificati secondo il Quadro Comune di Riferimento Europeo per le lingue (A1 - B2), a seconda del livello di preparazione dell?allievo, sono pensati per chi desidera migliorare le proprie competenze linguistiche per ragioni di lavoro e di studio, o per interesse personale, consentendo anche una ripresa sistematica delle competenze acquisite durante studi o esperienze extra-scolastiche precedenti. La didattica propone sistematicamente attività di comunicazione, ascolto e lettura ? con particolare attenzione alla pronuncia ? in forma interattiva e mediante materiali multimediali. Cura inoltre l?acquisizione e la padronanza degli aspetti grammaticali e lessicali, anche ai fini dell?acquisizione di corrette abilità di scrittura.
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Il corso si rivolge prevalentemente a studenti che desiderano imparare la lingua e conoscere la civiltà italiana, con particolare attenzione agli iscritti alle facoltà umanistiche, teologiche e artistiche. Esso mira a favorire l?inserimento nella realtà accademica, sviluppando la competenza comunicativa dello studente e consolidando le abilità linguistiche.
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Nell'ambito ecclesiale in generale, e in particolare in quello della musica sacra, «per quanto riguarda l'uso della lingua latina è necessaria una conoscenza basilare, che permetta di pronunciare le parole in modo corretto e di capirne il significato» (Universae Ecclesiae, 20b). Il corso mira pertanto a fornire le conoscenze e competenze necessarie ad affrontare un qualunque testo latino -- con particolare riguardo a quelli biblici e liturgici -- associando alla lezione frontale l'approccio diretto e la traduzione per una valida conoscenza della lingua.
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» Musical language:
The subject, that implies the course in Reading of the music and complements with Counterpart, consists of two progressive annual levels. The teaching programme will lead the students not only to harmonize with four low parts of increasing and choral difficulty with blooms, but also to be able to perform the harmonic and formal analysis of piano pieces (and/or Lieder for singing and piano) of different levels.
Annual course - Collective
The discipline, that implies and complements with the course in Harmony, is focused on the study of vocal counterpoint in Renaissance style and of instrumental counterpoint in Baroque style. The training programme consists of three progressive levels and aims both to lead students to be able to compose a motet in Renaissance style for three, four or five voices and an invention for two or three voices on an assigned theme, and to be able to analyse a polyphonic vocal composition of 16th-17th century and a baroque polyphonic instrumental composition.
Annual course - Collective
Il corso è rivolto a tutte le persone che -- sulla base del repertorio musicale a loro più familiare -- desiderino acquisire o migliorare questa importante capacità nella propria attività musicale. Se correttamente guidata e basata sulla percezione e l'orecchio musicale, la capacità di leggere correttamente lo spartito può diventare un vero strumento di crescita delle proprie abilità pratiche.
One-semester course - Collettivo
» Practical Music:
Il corso è rivolto sia a chi ha già un'esperienza sia a coloro che vogliono approcciarsi per la prima volta allo strumento. Il corso darà un'adeguata competenza tecnica e interpretativa – anche per farne un espressivo strumento per la preghiera individuale e dell'assemblea – al fine di permettere all'allievo di raggiungere l'autonomia nello studio di composizioni, sia originali che trascrizioni, spaziando dal Rinascimento alla musica contemporanea.
Annual course - Individual
Intende formare soggetti che padroneggino adeguatamente le tecniche per la concertazione e la direzione di cori e scholae cantorum e quelle per la qualificazione delle compagini vocali, sia per far crescere il coro e i singoli coristi sia ai fini di un consapevole inserimento della musica e del canto nel contesto liturgico.
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Choral training plays a key role in everyone’s education, especially for musicians. Taking into account the characteristics of each student, the course aims to guide the attendees to exploit the expressive potentials of their voice by singing correctly and naturally, and to play ensemble music adequately. Thanks to this method students will develop their perception and performance abilities and the “musical intelligence” of the scores to be performed.
Annual course - Collective
Organ improvisation is an art at the service of liturgy which acts as connector of rites for a better participation of the faithful. While combining different styles and musical forms, the course aims to develop the spontaneous creative ability of students with regard to the mastery of the movement of the parts and the acquisition of an own expressive language.
Annual course - Individual
The course is addressed to people who want to begin the study of the organ for amateur purposes, that is without standardized programmes. The personalized training programme offers to students the possibility to choose – in accordance with the teacher – which kind of repertoire and the level of preparation are more adequate to their aptitude, skills and preferences.
Annual course - Individual
While taking into account characteristics and potentialities of each student, the course aims – even in function of organ learning – to provide a sufficient mastery of the instrument and foster the approach to composition of different styles, form and period according to a non-conventional programme.
Annual course - Individual
Near traditional methods for opera and chamber singing, new approaches to vocal technique have been recently developed. They are education and rehabilitation methods for the artistic voice and, as focused mainly on the relationship singing-person, stress the importance of voice in the development of personality and its body interaction. It allow to have both a greater self-awareness in the use of speech structures and better vocal performances.
Annual course - Collective
The course is addressed to people who want to begin or improve the study of singing mainly for amateur purposes. It allows to learn properly or develop methods and techniques for vocal production and acquire an always greater level of autonomy both as a solo voice and in a choral group. The training programme is closely personalized with the possibility to choose the most fitting kind of repertoire and level of preparation.
Annual course - Individual
» Musicology:
The workshop aims to develop an historical-critical sensibility in the music listening and it is divided into a thematic series of guided listening activities on European erudite music from the 16th to the 20th century which belong to different repertoires. It provides the attendees with key competencies to listen to and understand music and helps to develop the comprehension of works both on the analytical and an historical-contextual level.
Annual course - Collective
As in the domain of ecclesiastical disciplines it is not infrequently observed the use of clearly wrong methodologies or rules which do not comply with international standards, the course is addressed to both students and scholars who are devoted to the research in humanities and it is aimed at providing useful criteria for the preparation and the fulfillment of scientific-academic works (scripts, articles, essays, dissertations-thesis).
One-semester course - Collective
The course has as its aims the study of the white mensural notation, that is a writing system used for polyphonic ensemble music between 15th and 16th centuries. The study of the topics (notation, mensuration, coloration, proportions, etc.) is supported by transcriptions by main composers of the repertoire examined.
Annual course - Collective
Il canto bizantino ebbe intense relazioni con la civiltà musicale medievale, non ultimo l'antico canto milanese, che ne derivò melodie e forme liturgiche. Il corso si propone di illustrare la storia e la prassi esecutiva di questo importante elemento della cultura musicale occidentale.
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» Ambrosian Sciences:
Le lezioni mirano a fornire una conoscenza di base del canto proprio della liturgia milanese, proponendo all'allievo gli elementi essenziali per un corretto e consapevole approccio alle diverse forme musicali del repertorio.
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The course complements with History of the Ambrosian chant and intends to trace all the historical stages through which the liturgy of the Milanese Church has evolved until today. This general summary makes it possible to see specifically the relationship among rite, theology, art and music.
Annual course - Collective
On the basis of the documents of late old and medieval age and without neglecting its history during the modern age, the course – offered as e-learning proposal and closely linked with the course in Introduction to Ambrosian liturgy – deals with the creation, features and the historical development of the monodic-liturgical repertoire of the Milanese Church.
Annual course - Collective
» Technology and Management:
Starting from basic notions, lessons provide necessary competences for the practice of musical editing, with particular reference to new technologies and developments linked to computer science. The use of a software for the open source music notation is planned during the course which aims to introduce students to main score formats and to connected methods and techniques of music publishing.
Annual course - Collective
The course has a preliminary and dynamic nature and aims to provide a correct theoretical-practical and basic education on operating principles and technical aspects of the pipe organ and the harmonium, as well as the main criteria for proper planning, management and assessment of these instruments.
Annual course - Collective
The ever-increasing number of cultural events requires adequate expertise and competence. The course aims to offer theoretical knowledge and useful operational skills, and explore in detail the aspects of the organization, communication, promotion, economical management and time schedule.
One-semester course - Collective
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