Since the 2000s, the most innovative and current department for popular music has been instituted.
The Popular Music Department's training ranges from the origins of blues to Italian and international pop-rock music, to the most recent productions of contemporary artists, drawing inspiration, techniques and knowledge also from cross-curricular areas, such as classical music, film music, jazz and electronics, in a current and vocational vision. Diploma in Popular Music.
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Department of Popular Music – Study plan, admission and enrollment procedures
Path aimed at admission to first-level academic courses in Popular Music; the duration varies from one to three years depending on the entry level. Individual lessons of pop-rock instrument and singing, popular music styles (Pop, Rock, Blues, Soul, R&B, Jazz ...), complete cycles of modern harmony studies, ear training to develop chord succession recognition skills and melodies without the use of instruments, complementary piano and basic music technology to access subsequent courses in music production, ensemble workshops to perform several times every year in the clubs of the capital.
Select your instrument for more information, to see the study plan and admission requirements.
Bass
Drums
Vocals
Guitar
Piano
At the end of the pre-academic path, students can access to:
Bachelor in instrument/vocals
First cycle academic diploma in Popular music, ranging from Pop to rock-blues, from electronic jazz to contemporary fusions with ethnic music, without limits of style or languages. Throughout the educational path the students will develop and improve on the own artistic personality, technique, creativity, polyrhythm, improvised melodic and rhythmic improvisation, comping and soloing, the study of contemporary harmony and modern arrangement techniques with real instruments and Virtual Instruments.
Select your instrument for more information, to see the study plan and admission requirements.
Bass
Drums
Vocals
Guitar
Piano
Popular Music (compositional focus / song-writing)
Development of creative professionalism through stylistic songwriting and personal research in creative songwriting.
At the end of the three-year academic track in Popular Music, graduated students can choose between three 2nd Cycle (Specialization) courses : Popular Music, Music Production e Song Writing
Two-year Master for instruments/vocals
Educational-experiential-working track of great stylistic specialization on your instrument or singing. Each student will participate in multiple orchestral ensembles with which he/she will perform in numerous professional contexts, such as festivals and theaters as sidemen of great artists, to complete his training and integration into the working world. Each student will be followed step by step while producing their original artistic projects, from writing and arrangement to rehearsals and recordings, of course, mixing and finally publication.
Select your instrument for more information, to see the study plan and admission requirements.
Bass
Drums
Vocals
Guitar
Piano
Music Production
Popular Music Department, 2nd Cycle of specialization course in the role of Music Producer. Each major will develop skills in managing music production projects at all stages of development. From creative writing, through arranging and pre-production with real and virtual instruments, executive production, recording sessions, mixing and mastering, both in-house and contract. You will gain full knowledge of the historical evolution of music production and techniques of making products for the recording industry, media.
Popular Music (song-writing focus)
Development of creative professionalism through stylistic songwriting and personal research in creative songwriting.
Saint Louis Popular Music Department was the first in Italy to be authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education to award first and second cycle academic diplomas.