Course material Music

Browse and click through the course material of the Music programme (classical and jazz).

Classical Music

String instruments

During their first years at the conservatory, students are thoroughly prepared for the specific way of playing in orchestras. During this introduction they work on playing together, making contact, leading a pupit and all other aspects of 'orchestral playing'.

Concert: String ensemble A - W.A. Mozart vioolconcerto nr 1 K 207, allegro moderato
Concert: String ensemble A - C. Nielsen Suite voor strijkorkest Preludium, Intermezzo

Violin

Lesson vioolin by Guido De Neve

Percussion:

Concert: The Finishing Touch / Carlo Willems Percussie ensemble AP o.l.v. Koen Wilmaers: The Finishing touch is a new composition by Carlo Willems for large percussion ensemble and was performed at Klara in deSingel conducted by Koen Wilmaers.
Lesson in Dutch: studie XIX voor drums van F. De Witte
Lesson in Dutch: Trois pièces pour les percussion A. Bernard deel II
Lesson in Dutch: Trois pièces pour les percussion A. Bernard deel III
Concert:Jazz suite Willems/Callaert Deel I: The first part of the jazz suite is a work that is played a lot on an international level.

Research

Lesson: During this online lesson research Jeroen Billiet discusses the papers of the students.
Course material: Introduction, structure and objectives of artistic research: These slides are used in the first lesson Research 3 given by Korneel Bernolet.

Practical harmony

Course material: website www.metricimpro.eu/joint-modules/: for the option within Practical Harmony and Improvisation. This website exists thanks to a collaboration between several European conservatoires.

Guitar

Lesson: guitar practice. This free improvisation was played within the course of guitar practice by Hendrik Braeckman. This course builds on the course practical harmony in the bachelor years. Arne Torfs, master student, will perform a free improvisation inspired by Gustav Klimt's Flower Garden.

Music and literature

Music and Literature is a subject for vocal students bachelor 3, master 1 and 2 and a specialization in the master Collaborative piano. These presentations are used by Arne Herman to support his lessons.

Gehoor

Lesson: warm-up exercises for bachelor 1 (audio)

Lesson: preparation for bachelor 1 exams (audio)

Tuba

Masters thesis Tuba: Master's thesis by Toon Rutten, alumnus Tuba.
Lesson: exercises flexibility and flow for tuba by Bernd Van Echelpoel
Concerts and solos by Bernd Van Echelpoel

Advanced keyboard Musicianship 1

Course material: Il Fondamento: Students of Harpsichord and Master 1 Piano follow the course Basso Continuo with Korneel Bernolet, using this syllabus. This enables them to harmonise most of Handel, Telemann, Corelli and Vivaldi 80% correctly.
Lesson Bach reharmonisation: this lesson is given in the second masters year by Joost Van kerhoven

Wind instruments: literature and chamber music

Some important pillars of the course literature study in Bachelor 2 and 3, given by Jan De Maeyer:

Course material: Physical and Phycho-acoustical Aspects of Sound Production and Perception: the basic course on physical and physical aspects of playing wind instruments.
Course material: the classical cadenza (starting on page 5): this course about the classical cadenza helps students to make their own cadenza for a part of a classical concerto.
Course material: repertoire list: chamber music works involving one or more wooden wind instruments.

Art philosophy

Lesson: Emanuel Kant: aesthetic judgement en Emanuel Kant: morality: During these lessons in Art philosophy, Dimitri Goossens goes deeper into Emanuel Kant and the aesthetic power of judgement and morality.

Harmony and counterpoint

Course material: harmony and counterpoint by Stephan Weytjens

Jazz

Harmony and analysis

Exercise: The task: "Here is a melody (AABA) I would like you to put harmony to. It’s in one key with perhaps a modulation. You can use: modes-exceptions-secondary dominants. Nothing else."
Exercise Stella by Starlight. The task: "I wrote 3 notes on the first bar. Here is a list of a few things i would like you to do. 1- move these 3 voices through the harmony using the rules we talked about in class. Practice moving through the harmony singing/playing 1 voice. 2- Make a analysis of the progression using Roman figures 3- written down the different scales you could be using of each chords 4- Write an alternate set of changes.

General music training