This three-year course trains assistant teachers for pupils with various kinds of disabilities, with a particular regard to blindness. They will be able to offer help specifically in the field of (and by means of) music. Mandatory topics include: Braille music notation (3 exams), History of music (3 exams), Practical keyboard and vocalinstrumental repertoire sight reading (3 exams), General theory of music (2 exams), Harmony and counterpoint (2 exams), English (2 exams), Information technology (2 exams), Analysis of music (2 exams), Pedagogics of music (2 exams), Methods of musical didactics (2 exams), Music therapy (2 exams), Ergonomics (2 exams), Acoustics and psychoacoustics (1 exam), Anthropology of music (1 exam), Medical and psychiatric aspects of disability (1 exam), Psychology applied to disabilty (1 exam), Psychology of music (1 exam), Elements of psychomotricity (1 exam), Elements of anatomy and physiology of the locomotory apparatus (1 exam), Sensorimotor co-ordination and sensorial integration (1 exam), Musical technique workshops (vocal function, body expression, vocal-instrumental improvisation), Psychoacoustics workshops, Braille music notation teaching workshops. Students must attain 180 CFU Credits (to include the final thesis) to attain their qualification Teaching is in Italian or English.
For further information please contact the international relations coordinator from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "C. Pollini", Pierluigi Destro at resp.socrates-erasmus@conservatoriopollini.it.
