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Current Curriculum - towards the
Music
Music Theory & Practice, Initial
- piano, organ
- vocal techniques
- guitar
- violin, viola, ‘cello, bass
- clarinet, flute, trumpet, saxophone,
- drums
Music Theory & Practice, Advanced
- as above
- counterpoint & applied Music
Forms & Analysis & Applied Music
History of Western Music, Initial
History of Western Music, Advanced
All teaching is as in the Indian Gurukula tradition therefore, as near as possible on a 1 to 1 basis thus shaped to each student’s aesthetic, professional, and commercial need.
Current Curriculum – towards the
Student
Difficulties whilst learning
- uneducated hearing
- ill-disciplined muscles
Objectives of the Teaching Process
- elevating interest
- the habit of learning & practice
- posture
- tonal production
- agility (instrumental & /or vocal)
- expressiveness – conveying emotion
- presence (“stage presence”)
Qualifications to be developed within the
Curriculum
- genuine love – enthusiasm, both for music & the presenting of it
- pitch and rhythm
- imagination and creativity
- intelligence and unremitting commitment
- development of a commanding and pleasing presence
- persistence
- in study and in self-improvement
- openness to new ideas
- always aiming for higher standards
- never ending improvement of mental & physical co-ordination
(always improving the best of the student’s capacity)
Present Curricula
The present curricula covers the program outlined above and at present are non-residential daytime and evening studies, each proceeding at the student’s pace and on a one-to-one basis.
Future Curricula
Future curricula will remain as already outlined, being improved where necessary. Residential fulltime courses are the ultimate aim, these developing alongside the non-residential, so that each student’s studies are never out of contact with professional or other imperatives.
The Academy & the Bangalore Musical
Association
The Academy is the teaching and the Association the performing Body; other performing groups affiliated with the Academy being free of this arrangement, but directly linked with the Academy.
Outlook and Growth
The Academy teaches in English and can teach in other Indian languages. Our aim is to provide serious musicianship both for the classical and popular entertainment worlds, both here and overseas, and for the Church. Already one or two of our students, having gone overseas, have found their place in western musical circles.
Here, in India, we recognize that church ceremony can be enriched by the input of the European best, and the adaptation of Indian traditions to the developing musical potential available to the world wide Christian Communion.
Church and other Musicals are not out of place here.
Affiliations and Association
We are looking forward to acquire affiliations with various cultural organizations and universities around the world. Thus giving it a truly international flavor.
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