Duration
45 weeks
Frequency
1 course per year
Location
The Royal Marines School of Music, HMS NELSON
IELTS
6
Aims
To train and teach the student advanced skills in conducting and rehearsal techniques, scoring, arranging and composition, supported with professionally relevant academic subjects in music.
Course Details
- Advanced conducting, score preparation and rehearsal techniques (wind band, parade band, orchestra and small ensembles)
- Advanced composition, scoring and arranging (various combinations, including wind band, Big Band and orchestra)
- Advanced elements of music (music theory)
- Harmony and compositional techniques. Harmony includes complex modulations and highly chromatic harmony
- Advanced aural perception, including harmonic dictation, detailed discussion of music from different styles and periods, etc
- Detailed study of music history, analysis and performance practice, covering music from the Middle Ages to the present
- Viva voce: oral discussion covering all aspects of the course. Students are expected to show detailed knowledge of the course content together advanced skills in critical analysis
Requirements
- Successful completion of the Royal Marines Band Service M1 Course
- Confirmation from Higher Training, RMSoM that the student has the ability to meet the requirements of the Bandmaster Course.
- Working dress and dress uniform
Exams and Qualifications Gained
Internal examinations:
- Periodic/Termly examinations
- Final examinations
- Assessed regular coursework assignments
External examinations:
- ABRSM grade 8 music theory
- Dip ABRSM in wind band direction
- LRSM in wind band direction