Simon Rattle, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, etc. This professional master’s degree will give you the keys to place yourself at the height of all of them through a comprehensive academic experience and 100% online"

Thinking about orchestration as a compositional process has become a recurring theme in the musical field, especially in the more classical aspects. Thanks to the specialized knowledge in this field, as well as the advances that have been made in terms of the possibility of making increasingly creative and specialized arrangements, musical ensembles have been able to cover a wider range of works, giving the public the possibility of enjoying symphonies that awaken the senses and transport them to numerous scenarios: forests, battles, cities, etc. In this context, the role of the professional who is in charge of the musical ensemble is fundamental, since they are not only in charge, on many occasions, of making the adaptations, but it is also their responsibility to set the tempos, pauses and, in general, the course of the work.

And to enable all those interested in this area to specialize in it, TECH has decided to launch a professional master’s degree based on Musical Instrumentation and Orchestration. This is an avant-garde and dynamic program through which graduates will be able to delve into aspects such as harmony, notation, vocal repertoire and tuning. Furthermore, they will acquire a broad and specialized knowledge of the piano and the organ as key elements in the creation of pieces, focusing on their history, their characteristics and their employability in today's classical-cultural sector.

For this purpose, the student will have 1,500 hours of diverse content: the syllabus, elaborated by experts in musical direction, practical cases based on real situations and additional high-quality material presented in various multimedia formats. Everything will be available in a state-of-the-art Virtual Campus, which can be accessed through any device with Internet connection, whether it is a PC, Tablet or cell phone and without schedules or on-site classes. In this way, you will be able to combine the program with any other activity, investing your time in mastering your professional skills to become the next Simon Rattle.

You will delve into the different instrument families, as well as the characteristics of each one of them, so that you can carry out standard and complex formations"

This professional master’s degree in Musical Instrumentation and Orchestration contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in musical conducting
• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the book provide technical and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

A program with which you will focus your efforts on the knowledge of the basic fundamentals of instrumentation and orchestration through 1,500 hours of theory, practical and additional content”

The program’s teaching team includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Specializing in Musical Orchestration had never been so simple and dynamic until TECH decided to launch this academic experience"

Thanks to this professional master’s degree, you will reach the highest level of coherence and solidity with your compositions and musical arrangements"

Orchestral conducting requires a specialized practice based on the concept of music, its fields and instrumentation. And it is this figure which is in charge of setting the rhythm and on which depends the course of the theme that is being interpreted. For this reason, the objective of thisprofessional master’s degree is to gather in a single degree the most complete information through which the graduate can study this field, obtaining an exhaustive knowledge of harmony, vocal repertoire and musical notation.

If one of your goals is to become the conductor of an international symphony orchestra, choosing this professional master’s degree is a good step towards achieving it"

General Objectives

• Know the characteristics and sound possibilities of the instrument
• Adopt an adequate position of the body with respect to the instrument, which makes possible and favors the action of the arm-forearm-hand set on the keyboard
• Enable the student to combine the different orchestral instruments in a reduced format
• Know the organization and functioning of all the chords used during the period of tonal harmony practice
• Apply tuning procedures and techniques for one of the three strings of the central A of the piano based on intervention plans with quality and safety criteria

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Introduction to the Piano

• Develop a correct fingering, exercising the mobility, independence and strength of the fingers
• Achieve rhythmic-melodic independence between the two hands
• Know and play scales
• Know and apply different articulations
• Reach a basic level of reading with two hands
• Relate and apply the knowledge of musical language to the instrument

Module 2. Instrumentation and Orchestration

• Know the technical and idiomatic characteristics of the instruments integrate a symphony orchestra
• Distinguish aurally the different musical instruments, both individually and collectively
• Analyze the instrumentation of specific passages
• Acquire identification skills in terms of musical period and genre

Module 3. Harmony I

• Know the way in which any type of chord is built
• Know and learn the proper movement of the voices that integrate the chord
• Perform basic progressions respecting the basic rules of harmony
• Exercise in a continuous way the harmonic exercise as the conduction of voices and construction of progressions

Module 4. Vocal-Orchestral Repertoire

• Know the technical and idiomatic characteristics of the types of choir integrated with a symphony orchestra
• Distinguish aurally the types of voices in conjunction with the orchestra
• Distinguish the musical genre and period aurally
• Analyze the vocal part of particular passages

Module 5. Harmony II

• Develop the creative capacity by making small compositions in which all the elements that are being studied are included
• Interpret basic harmonic schemes on the piano
• Identify chords and basic procedures of tonal harmony through listening
• Analyze tonal works and identify common chords and procedures
• Interrelate harmonic processes with musical form

Module 6. Organ

• Know the sound fundamentals of the organ and acquire the ability to use its possibilities
• Demonstrate the level of motor coordination between hands and feet necessary to cope with the demands of the repertoire
• Control and manage the sound flow of the organ and the different playing modalities, depending on the acoustics of the room where it is located
• Know and use, in the different types of organ, the registration, according to the period and style of the music intended for them

Module 7. Piano Tuning

• Apply procedures and techniques to obtain the piano temperament from the central "A 4" with quality and safety criteria
• Apply procedures and techniques to obtain the piano tuned central reference scale from the temperament with quality and safety criteria
• Apply procedures and techniques to extend the temperament to the complete tessitura of the piano, starting from the tuned central reference scale with quality and safety criteria

Module 8. Musical Notation

• Know the basic principles of vocal musical notation from the Middle Ages to the Baroque according to the criteria of scientific transcription
• Apply correctly the criteria and methods of critical edition in the musicological field and the paleographic techniques of transcription of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages to the present day
• Know the manuscripts and sources of music through the historical course

Module 9. Organology

• Express themselves musically with their instrument/voice in a way that is based on knowledge and mastery of instrumental and body technique
• Carry out practical work on the classification of musical instruments
• Know the sources and related disciplines for the study of musical instruments Evaluate current methodological trends

Module 10. Orchestra Conducting

• Delving into the knowledge of the different styles and the interpretative resources of each one of them
• Develop criteria on aesthetic issues through work
• Master the tuning criteria of each instrument
• Apply polyphonic listening and listen simultaneously to all the parts that integrate the orchestra

A qualification through which you will delve into the intricacies of the piano and the organ, the keys to tuning and the guidelines for practicing fingering”