Percussion Instruments 8

Subject guarantor:

Daniel MIKOLÁŠEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Václav MAZÁČEK, Daniel MIKOLÁŠEK, Junko HONDA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of study in this department is to achieve interpretive mastery of the entire set of instruments. There is a great number of them, from individual quite challenging devices, membranophonic, idiophonic, melodic, ethnic to new multi-percussion instruments. Many have arisen in the second half of the last century through the needs of composers for multiple types of sounds, colors and rhythms mastered by a single player.

Students should be able to perform solo and chamber works and lead a group of drummers, to be a soloists of a symphony orchestra.

Mode of study:

Regular individual consultations

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No prerequisites.

Recommended optional programme components:

Concert attendances and listenings to music for percussion.

Course contents:

Broadening technical skills on individual sets of percussion instruments, particularly typani and small drums. Building a repertoire of solo compositions for these and other percussion instruments, primarily multi-percussion.

A basic emphasis is placed on interpretation of 20th century music bringing to percussion instruments qualitatively, completely new sound potential, expression resources and playing techniques. Finally, 20th century music presents new challenges for intellectual approaches to composition interpretation ideas and their realization.

Recommended or required reading:

I. Xenakis: Psappha

Y. Taira: Dimorphie

V. Globokar: Toucher

Etudes for snare drum and timpani: Kotonski, Zegalski, Delecluse, Wilcoxon, Berger, Osadchuk

Vic Firth: Snare Drum Method 1+2

George L. Stone: Stick Control for the Snare Drummer

George L. Stone: Accents and Rebounds for the Snare Drummer

Anthony J. Cirone: Portraits in Rhythm: 50 Studies for Snare Drum

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Composition analyses, rehearsal concept assessment, concurrent checking of practice, common investigation of various composition concepts.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Performance and exam (testing committee evaluation). Initiative and creative approach throughout the entire semester, performance at the study year concert (Instructor evaluation).

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Bicí nástroje (Mg) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)