Online Classes
Since September 2021, we have been offering online classes separate from our BA, MA and non-degree programmes in the form of live remote sessions in the following subjects:
(1) MUSICIANSHIP at different levels - weekly 1,5-hour-long interactive session for the course of 10 weeks
(2) METHODOLOGY- weekly 1,5-hour-long classes for the course of 10 weeks
(3) INDIVIDUAL VOICE LESSONS - weekly 30-minute lessons for the course of 10 weeks
The classes are held in ENGLISH.
Participants of the Online Classes receive a certification of participation.
— Some courses have limited entry (there is a limit to the number of students who may take the course).
— We will follow the rule “first come, first served” in case of over-applications.
— Late applications will be considered subject to availability of places on the programme.
— Not all the above classes are held in each semester.
Application deadline: 1 March, 2023
SPRING semester (2022/23/2)
Classes will start on the week beginning with 6 March (Monday) 2023 and end on 22 May (Monday), 2023.
DETAILS OF THE courses
Duration and length of classes: 10 x 90 mins. Days and times vary according to levels.
Minimum 5, maximum 15 participants per class.
(for musicians with little prior experience in singing-based ear training)
Instructor: Yasmin Folini
Day & time: Tuesdays 11:30-13 am CET
Focus areas:
- Development of sight-singing with sol-fa (pentatonic and tonal excerpts, modulation to closely related keys, pieces in simple and compound meter featuring more complex rhythmic progressions)
- Scales, intervals, triads, tonal functions, bass progressions, cadences
- Part singing: canons with simple chord progressions, introduction to imitative counterpoint, short musical examples in several parts
- Introduction to keyboard harmony (triads and their inversions, harmonic analysis, playing harmonic progressions from keyboard harmony numerals)
- Analysis of musical structure (simple musical forms, compound forms)
- Development of musical memory, musical dictation
(for musicians with various prior experiences in singing-based ear training who feel that they have many gaps to fill in terms of their general musical skills)
Instructor: Yasmin Folini
Day & time: Tuesdays 5-6:30 pm CET
Focus areas:
- Development of sight-singing with sol-fa (modal and tonal excerpts, modulations, pieces in simple and compound meter featuring more complex rhythmic progressions)
- Scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords
- Part singing: part songs from the the Viennese classical and Romantic repertory, sing-and-play
- Keyboard harmony, figured bass (seventh chords, harmonic analysis, playing harmonic progressions based on Viennese classic and Romantic repertory)
- Analysis of musical structure (most important forms of Western classical music)
- Development of musical memory, musical dictation (one-part, two-part and harmonic dictation)
Day & time: Thursdays 5:45-7:15 pm CET
- Development of sight-singing with sol-fa and letter names (modal and tonal excerpts, modulations, pieces in simple and compound meter featuring more complex rhythmic progressions)
- Scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords
- Part singing: part songs from the the Viennese classical and Romantic repertory, sing-and-play
- Keyboard harmony, figured bass (seventh chords, harmonic analysis, playing harmonic progressions based on Viennese classic and Romantic repertory)
- Analysis of musical structure (most important forms of Western classical music)
- Connection of text and music in German romantic songs
- Development of musical memory, musical dictation (one-part, two-part and harmonic dictation)
Learning repertory through playful skill training activities
Duration and length of classes: 10 x 90 mins
Day & time: Thursdays 7-8:30 pm CEST
In this course we will focus on making the most of our repertory, our song-bank, in order to educate the children to be happy, skilful, well-rounded music lovers.
From the first days of primary school, we will explore musical games and activities that encourage both musical and general skills as confident singing, pitch matching, keeping the pulse, imitation, the basics of part work. With general skills we will learn about how to encourage being part of a group, taking turns, listening to others, getting used to high levelled concentration, suspension and following instructions.
Later on, we will check joyful activities that can help with musical reading and writing.
We will discuss how to choose meaningful repertory which makes the kids fall in love with the songs: text, background, stories, knowing the composer, the musical period and adding other areas of art.
We will learn how to build your own musical games, challenging and fun activities, how to choose the right repertoire/songs for teaching, practicing new musical elements. How to add a game/activity in order to strengthen a musical element or a musical skill.
The Methodology of Musical Reading and Writing based on Erzsébet Szőnyi's 100 Music Lessons
Duration and length of classes: 10 x 90 mins
Day & time: Mondays 1-2:30 pm CET
The practice of music education in Hungarian schools and related solfège education in schools is based on the methodology of five epoch-making artists and teachers: Katalin Forrai, Jenő Ádám, László Dobszay, Erzsébet Szőnyi and Erzsébet Hegyi. Each methodology was implemented into practice using a series of textbooks. In the preface to Erzsébet Szőnyi’s eight-volume series entitled Musical Reading and Writing (1954) Kodály wrote that he considers this series of books to be the unified starting point of music education. He also writes that “it is the task and the art of the teacher to fill the lessons in the book with life… Each lesson should be structured in such a way that the student feel not fatigue but a constant increase in strength and therefore is always looking forward to the next lesson.” The sessions aim at giving participants many practical ideas on delivering meaningful and inspirational lessons based on Erzsébet Szőnyi’s 100 units containing a rich reservoir of carefully selected international song material, plenty of examples from the treasure chamber of Western art music and interesting musical exercises.
János Klézli - Tuesdays
Judit Rajk - time will be discussed individually
Duration and length of classes: 10 x 30 mins
Participants meet the teacher once a week for 30 mins, for 10 occasions.
Platform used
Microsoft Teams on desktop computers. All participants will receive a student login and password to our Microsoft Teams platform. So we recommend you to stay logged into Teams and download Teams for better experience.
The sessions are live remote, however recordings can be made of the classes so that these recordings could be given, upon request, to participants who had unexpected technical or other difficulties during the live sessions.
Financial information
for THE 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR
Registartion fee: 5000 HUF (non-refundable)
Musicianship classes: 160000 HUF/10 occasions
Methodology classes: 120000 HUF/10 occasions
Individual voice classes: 70000 HUF/10 occasions
Letters about the payment procedure will be sent out individually.