Electives Codarts Master of Music 2016-2017
Students must register for Master Electives in Rotterdam via the online form
BEFORE 15 DECEMBER 2016, and by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
For more details about the schedules and Electives, please contact [email protected].
Electives that took place in the first semester are closed, but are still mentioned below. So please
check the schedules before you register!
In case of low interest, Electives can still be cancelled. Please note that a maximum number of
students applies for some Electives.
For further information regarding compensation of travel expenses, please contact Kathryn Cok:
[email protected].
5 ELECTIVES CODARTS
Course title:
Playing with History
a practical course in Historically Informed Performance
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-PH
Course Content:
This elective offers a basic course in historically informed performance
practice for musicians using modern instruments (or modern trained voice).
The course consists of three parts, with a general introduction. Students are
encouraged to form ensembles and to bring (relevant) solo repertoire.
Objectives:
- Introduction: what is Historically Informed Performance?
- Feel the Passions: Baroque music
- All Natural: the Classical style
- Free Playing: Romantic music
Obtaining practical knowledge about 18th- and 19th century performance
practice.
Developing your own choices in the interpretation of 18th- and 19th century
music with this knowledge as a background, and applying it to repertoire of
your choice.
Type of Course:
Elective
Teachers:
Job ter Haar is a cellist, specialized in chamber music. He plays on both
modern and historical instruments. He is a member of the Van Swieten
Society and Music ad Rhenum, ensembles which specialize in the historical
performance practice of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music. Currently
he is working on a research project at the Royal Academy of Music in
London, focusing on 19th century performance strategies.
56 hours (2 ECTS). Mind: for all Master students studying at the Royal
Conservatoire at least 3 ECTS need to be used for a Master Elective!
Study load:
Literature:
Codarts Rough Guide Informed Performance, vol. 1
Workforms:
Max. 10 students. Open to all classical instrumentalists + singers.
Theory, discussion, practical application. 7 meetings of 3 hours +
assignments.
Assessment:
An active participation is required, assignments.
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Pass-Fail. Proof of participation is provided with at least 80% attendance.
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[email protected]
Course title:
The Sound of the Sixties
Early electronic sound in studio, rock and pop
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-SOS
Course Content:
This course informs students about development and background regarding
the first hey-day of the electronic studio and rock & pop music. One of the
subjects will be how, in the course of only a few years, the function of
recording techniques changed from ‘means of registration’ to a creative
source of music in its own right. As a consequence of this new world of sound
new influential music styles emerged.
We will look at how innovative musicians, composers and technicians made
these developments in rock, pop and composed music possible and how the
‘paradox of popular subcultures’ in the sixties became a driving force for
experiments. The recording engineer evolved into a musical producer, a
creative mind behind an overall experience. We will investigate how the
specific sound of ground breaking recordings was realized, and follow this
analysis with a synthesis: we will realize a section of this world of sound in
the analogue studio and also translate its methods to contemporary
software. We will compare recordings of the world of Rock music with those
of the avant-garde and look for differences and similarities. We will analyse
the careers and methods of examples such as George Martin, Phil Spector,
Joe Meek, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and the studio improvisations of Pierre
Henry en Karlheinz Stockhausen. We will proceed to the transformation into
virtuosity, psychedelic shows and art rock like jazz rock, Pink Floyd en Brian
Eno in the early seventies. The reaction of the mid-seventies: the back to
basics of punk, will conclude this course.
During the course, students work with their own instruments and/or use
their own material to conduct analysis. They transform all of their own
recordings into a specific world of sound. Experiences based on this music of
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the recent past give participants the insight to strengthen their individual
talent in the present.
Elective
René Uijlenhoet
René Uijlenhoet studied composition with Ton Bruynèl. He works as a
composer, performer, lecturer and researcher, builds art installations and is
an expert of electronic music. Since 1997, he is part of the composition
department of the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts). On behalf of
composing and education, he investigates new forms of synthesis of sound
and spectralism, the relationship between ‘colour’ and ‘timbre’,
microtonality, spatcial presentation (by Ambisonics) and algorithmic
composing strategies. He also studies live electronics in combination with
acoustic instruments, the history of electronic music and analogue studio
techniques, improvised live programming and also sonification of medical
research data.
84 hours (3 ECTS)
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Group lessons, discussions and practical sessions. A minimum of 5 students,
no more than 15 students.
An active participation is required; reading assignments, audio assignments,
practical assignments
Pass-Fail. Proof of participation is provided with at least 80% attendance
plus finished assignments.
English
October through May
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Electronic studio Kruisplein
[email protected], [email protected]
Course title:
Progressive Contemporary Jazz
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-PCJ
Course Content:
This course provides information on the development in jazz music since
1989, far from the commercialism of swing and bebop. By looking in depth
at the oeuvre of outstanding artists the students will gain insight into what
makes them stand out amongst their peers. The genres that will be dealt
with are e.g., Large Ensemble Jazz, Small Ensemble Jazz, the use of Strings
in Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Non-Western Jazz etc.
There will be lectures on those topics as well as clinics on a how to
incorporate the ideas, concepts and practices of progressive contemporary
jazz in the students' own musicianship. The course aims at students with a
strong affinity towards and sufficient experience in arranging and/or
composing.
This year's topic is: STRINGS IN JAZZ.
Elective
Renard Aust
Studied composition with Paul van Brugge, Klaas de Vries and Gustavo
Beytelmann at Codarts (then Rotterdam Conservatory), with Rainer Lischka,
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Marko Lackner at Hochschule für Musik Dresden. Commissioned works for
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Doelen Ensemble, codarts symphonic
jazz orchestra (csjo – seasons 2005 – 2008), Tango Extremo, Kumi Kondo
(cello), Amy Horvey (trumpet), Choir of National Ensemble ‚Philip Kutev‘
(Bulgaria)
arrangements for The Metropole Orchestra, Showcases MTA of Codarts
(2011-2015) Abbie Quant and Remco Campert and many more.
Performances all over Europe, Argentina, Turkey, South Korea, etc.
premieres at Dordrecht Cello Festival 2005, Sofia Music Weeks 2007 & 2009
& Jazz International Rotterdam 2008
Winner - VSB Poezieprijs 2007 - composition contest
Nomination - Berliner Opernpreis 2008
84 hours (3 ECTS)
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Group lessons, discussions and practical lessons. Minimal 5 students,
maximal 15 students. Open to all disciplines.
An active participation is required, reading assignments.
Pass-Fail. Proof of participation is provided with at least 80% attendance.
English
November through January, 10 lessons, two hours each
Time:
11.00 – 13.00
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Kruisplein 26
[email protected] , [email protected]
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Course title:
Playing the Tango
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-PTT
Course Content:
In this course students will learn how to use their own instruments to play
the Tango. They will be instructed in the playing, timing and feeling of this
music form, under the direction of an expert. There will also be an
introduction to the theoretical background of this music form.
At the end of the course students should:
 have an advanced understanding of the form of the Tango.
 be able to listen to the Tango with new ears and perform it on their
individual instruments.
 have an advanced understanding of the theoretical background of
the Tango.
Elective
Christiaan van Hemert, Santiago Cimadevilla
Christiaan van Hemert is a versatile musician, who plays the violin, double
bass, piano and bandoneon. He was trained as a classical violin player, but
switched to Jazz Music at a young age and later on discovered the Tango. He
is frequently on tour with the Rosenberg Trio, Roby Lakatos and the
Christiaan van Hemert Orchestra and has travelled as artistic leader and
bandoneon player with Tango Dorado throughout Europe for eight years. He
is also an arranger, composer and director.
Santiago Cimadevilla was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At a young age,
he studied classical piano and later on switched to bandoneon, the
instrument on which he completed his formal studies at the Conservatory.
He has performed extensively throughout Europe with his own bands and
also as a guest with other groups and as a soloist with orchestras and
chamber ensembles. He has a broad experience of Argentine tango music,
both traditional and modern, and often performs classical and contemporary
music with various orchestras. Among other styles, he has specialized in the
original quintet repertoire of Astor Piazzolla, which he performs regularly
with several groups across Europe.
Currently he focuses on composing and arranging original music for
TRASNOCHE, his main performing group.
84 hours (3 ECTS)
Arrangements will be handed out during the course.
Group lessons
Attendance results (80%) including playing assignments and a joint
presentation.
Pass-Fail
English
January through February
10.00 – 13.00
Kruisplein 26 and World Music and Dance Centre: P. de Hoochweg 125, 3024
BG, Rotterdam
[email protected]
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Course title:
Networking
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-NW
Course Content:
Many students dream of working nationally and internationally, but where
to begin?
- What are the possibilities to give national and international
concerts?
- How do you build a network, what are the do’s and don’ts in building
a network?
- How do you get involved with the right kind of people?
- How do you negotiate? Do you draw up contracts? What about
payment?
- How do you make an effective computer database?
- Internet: advice for a smart use of social media, websites, etc.
The students acquire contact skills and skills to establish and maintain
networks, write letters and present themselves.
Elective
Mike del Ferro
Mike del Ferro is a popular composer, pianist and producer. He studied jazz
piano at the Amsterdam Conservatorium and has won several international
awards. Until now he has played music over the entire globe (130 countries).
He has worked with musicians of divergent cultures. A report will be
published on Challenge Records, on 10 CDs, called ‘The Journey’ .
www.mikedelferro
84 hours (3 ECTS)
A personal laptop is required.
Group Lessons. A minimum of 5 students is required.
An active participation is required, practical assignments + a presentation.
Pass-Fail. Proof of participation is provided with at least 80% attendance.
English
October through November
13.30 – 15:00
Kruisplein Rotterdam
[email protected] , [email protected]
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Course title:
and Indian music
Makam/Raga: Microtonality, Modality and style in Ottoman Court Music
Osiris course code:
KC-M-EL-MR
Course Content:
This course will introduce the student to the improvisation practice of:
1) Modal, linear melodic development and the functionality of the
microtones in the context of Ottoman court music. The notion and analysis
of Makam (eastern Mediterranean modal system) and how to utilise its
fundamental elements (both for musicians and composers). The
development of improvisation, compositional forms and possibilities, ideas
for implementation of such elements in polyphonic environments, both
theoretically and practically.
2) North and the South Musical systems, notion of Raga (a mode with a
complex set of rules) and Tala (rhythm cycles), Indian music compositions
and improvisation, the North Indian improvisation strategies, structures of
improvisation, the Indian microtonal system, how to use Indian culture
elements in your pedagogy and creative work.
3) A comparative study of the Indian Music System and the Ottoman Court
Music system.
At the end of the course students should:
 have an advanced understanding of the Indian Musical culture and
Ottoman traditions elements mentioned above.
 be able to demonstrate the development of improvisation and
composition skills by utilising those elements in various musical
environments.
 be able to demonstrate an understanding of refined intonation
control through microtonal music practice.
 have an advanced understanding of Indian Music and Ottoman Court
Music approaches.
Elective
Master
Michalis Cholevas and Henri Tournier
84 hours (3 ECTS)
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Group lessons
Attendance results (80%) including active participation, reading
assignments, presentation and work assignments.
Pass-Fail
English
Wednesdays (October-December)
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
World Music and Dance Centre: P. de Hoochweg 125, 3024 BG, Rotterdam
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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