Area
Humanities
Sub-Discipline
Art, Art History, Architecture, Music, Cinema, Radio and TV
University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Municipality: Ñuñoa,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The program aims to train graduates capable of composing music at a high level of complexity, encompassing musical thought and the reflective processes that give rise to it. Through a thorough exploration of the creative and reflective stages of their own work, graduates are qualified to teach at the university level in subjects related to musical composition and analysis. In the program, students develop a personal creative language that enables them to stimulate reflective engagement with their audiences and with diverse aspects of culture.
Applicant Profile
Applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree or a professional title in a musical field whose level, content, and duration of study correspond to training equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from the University of Chile. They must also submit five original musical scores that, from a stylistic point of view, demonstrate a connection to contemporary music of written tradition. Additionally, applicants must submit a written thesis proposal and pass an examination of musical knowledge and skills relevant to developing the thesis project, demonstrating performance ability on a musical instrument.
Graduate profile
Graduates will be qualified to pursue artistic creation, research, and teaching in their field. This, closely linked to their musical project within the program, means that graduates will be able to:
1.- Develop a high degree of reflexivity in your own creative process, understanding the factors that determine it and defining the actions that fulfill it.
2. To understand and apply operational concepts regarding musical creation, being able to observe the interests and cultural identity of the recipients of the work and to interact with them
3. To be able to investigate subjects related to musical composition, proposing new questions
4.- To understand musical art in its context, the social and cultural factors that originate and develop it
5.- Be able to handle new technologies if they were part of the musical proposal
6.- Integrate musical creation into other artistic disciplines, getting involved in projects of diverse nature.
Lines of investigation
1.- Synthesis of musical traditions from the West, Latin America, native peoples and their aesthetic reflection
2. Chamber and symphonic music belonging to diverse styles and their aesthetic reflection
3. Musical creation, new technologies and their aesthetic reflection
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