Timpani 2

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Subject guarantor:

Václav MAZÁČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Václav MAZÁČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students will be capable of solo and chamber music performances as either the lead of a group of percussion instruments or solois in symphonic orchestra.

Mode of study:

Individual and group consultations. Minimum of 6 hours per semester.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements

Recommended optional programme components:

Listenings to concerts and recordings of music for percussion. Academy Chamber Soloists' concerts. Assisting orchestras. One's solo and chamber projects. Orchestra academies (Prague Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic)

Course contents:

Part of the main study. Extending basic playing technique - technical exercises, etudes. Orchestral studies - solos and parts of symphony and chamber repertoire. Solo concert compositions for tympani.

Recommended or required reading:

etudy - Zegalski, Knauer

John Beck -

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Technique exercises under supervision. Managing individual approaches to playing technique. Composition practice. Group investigation of the content and form of interpretation in solo compositions.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Initiative and creative approach throughout the semester. Performance in department exams (1st. year). Possible year's concert (in repetition of couse in later years of study - graded by the instructor).

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Note:

course repetition recommended

Further information:

Course may be repeated

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Percussion Instruments (Bc) (compulsory subject of the main qualification, optional subject)
• Percussion Instruments (Mg) (optional subject)