CLPNO 522 Opera Performance for Collaborative Pianists
This is a practical course in the studying, playing and performing of piano transcriptions of orchestral accompaniment. Though collaborative pianists also encounter this challenge when playing concerti accompaniment, opera arias are ideal etudes for all problems of transcription performance due to their compact length and the abundance of particular performance challenges not found in the instrumental repertoire. Basic principals and procedures will immediately be applied in 16-measure exercises and full aria performance. As a final project, an assignment will be made to re-transcribe a standard opera aria that has not already been adequately transcribed in any published score. Instructor's permission required for non-majors. (1 credit for collaborative piano majors; 2 credits for non-majors)
Prerequisite
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CLPNO 500/Studio or Instructor Permission)