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If you're a music lover or seriously considering a career as a musician, you should consider learning music. Here are your options, from a basic music course to a professional music academy.

Music Academy

Posted by Katriona on 01-11-2011

Music academy: What does it have to offer?

Beethoven said that music is an expression of emotion. Nietzsche claimed that without music, life is a mistake. Every culture has its principles, rules and traditions regarding music. The art of music composition over time is expressed in the different music academies, each one, placing the emphasis on different principles.

There are many music academies that teach music from all the different aspects; some are geared in principle to classical music, others focus more on popular music. Some focus on performance, others on composition. We've gathered some tips together to help you choose the framework that is most appropriate for you.

Music can be studied in private lessons, in workshops, in different music centres or in a music academy. The full music academic program usually lasts for between three to four years, awarding the student with a degree in musicology which can be helpful for a career in specific areas of music. Performing music (singing and playing various instruments), composition and arrangement, teaching music and various technical aspects (sound, recording and computerized editing for example) are a few of these areas.

In a music academy, one can find studies in pop and jazz music, where popular light music is the focus - here all the songs that can be heard on the radio are studied. A music academy can specialize in performing classical and operatic composition and arrangement, whether for operas that were written in classical periods or for popular concerts; there are music academies that teach composition and conducting, and also musical arrangement for the cinema and stage. Also there are specific workshops that deal with ethnic musicology, courses for DJs, workshops for different instruments and many more.

The professional music academy's aim is to offer the students a wide base for understanding and analyzing music while also learning how to create and perform. The music studies include the history of music, theory, analysis of various works, development of listening, ethnic musicology, counterpoint, composition and much, much more. Parts of the syllabus include lessons on how to perform on stage.

Choosing a Music Academy

Studying in workshops, short courses and private lessons is appropriate for those who wish to perfect a specific area or for those who are new to the world of music and are not sure what their direction is.

A full syllabus, on the other hand, is appropriate for those with a musical background, although there are schools that accept newcomers to the field, especially in the area of popular music.

Music Academy- What are the terms of entrance?

There are entrance exams that include singing and/or playing an instrument and a bit of theory that will help decide whether a potential student will be accepted. So if you're interested in studying and are talented but have no previous music background, even school qualifications, you should still apply - you may be in for a pleasant surprise.

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