Objectives
The concentration in Composition has two orientations: electro-acoustic and instrumental acoustic music. It is characterized for conducting students to master composition, both from the technical and aesthetic point of view, with regards to its available means (traditional instruments, voices, and electro-acoustic resources).
The proposal is to master those means, in solo, chamber, mixed and orchestra contexts; the knowledge about the use of musical forms over time, as a subject of reflection and compositional praxis, and a good command on the processes of abstraction on aesthetic, artistic, humanist, and even scientific concepts, applied to composition. Our institution has a laboratory with state of the art technology equipment and software.
The concentration in Choir Direction aims at preparing Directors who require a great deal of leadership, as well as the finest criteria for the selection of works and the arrangement of concert programs. Students are demanded to have a high level of knowledge of their respective repertoires, from a technical as well as interpretative point of view. Special emphasis is made on adequate planning and execution of rehearsals. For the development of their lessons, students count on a chamber choir with an excellent level.
The concentration in Theory is aimed at preparing students in analysis techniques and musical research. Work lines include: History of Music (authors, works, periods, styles, and forms) and musical analysis (analytic techniques on tonal, modal, and serial music). This process ends with the elaboration of a monograph or graduation project oriented to the study of authors and Colombian and Latin American repertoires.
The concentration in Instrument aims to educate professional musicians in traditional instruments (solo or orchestra). It approaches in detail the styles and works that constitute the foundation of instrumental traditional music in the Western World. There is a particular interest in the Latin American repertoire, which includes Colombian composers. The program is divided in semesters, but has been conceived by years; along the learning process, students are supposed to give 2 public recitals: one in the middle of their studies, and the other at the end, as a graduation recital.
The concentration in Audio Production is oriented to educate musicians willing to work as professionals involved the in audio and music production processes, ready to face continuous technology changes. It allows students to assume several fields of action, such as production, installation of sound systems for live events, audio design, and show production.
Study Plan
The undergraduate program offers five concentration areas:
- Instrument
- Theory
- Composition
- Choral Direction
- Audio Production
Research or Concentration Areas
Since 1998, several research projects are being carried out within our Music Department in the fields of Musicology, Composition and Support to Professors, in the areas of Hearing Training, Analytic hearing, Recovery of Musical Heritage, Latin American Music for piano, and Record Production and Recording, among others.
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Model Program: Instrument Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
Eighth Semester
Ninth Semester
Tenth Semester
Model Program: Composition Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
Eighth Semester
| XXXX- | Electiva | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-3502 | Composing III | 5 |
| MUSI-3504 | Composing with Complementary Means | 3 |
| MUSI-1104B | Music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Ninth Semester
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-3503 | Composing IV | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Tenth Semester
| MUSI-3505 | Degree Composing | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| XXXX- | Requisitos Idioma Extranjero Final de Carrera | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Model Program: Singing Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
Eighth Semester
Ninth Semester
Tenth Semester
Model Program: Audio Production Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
Eighth Semester
| XXXX- | Requisito Idioma Extranjero | 0 |
| XXXX- | Electiva | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-3610 | Graduation Project | 3 |
| XXXX- | Electiva | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Model Program: Choral Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-1107B | Unpopular Music of the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| MUSI-2211 | Advanced Counterpoint II | 3 |
| MUSI-2303 | Choir Direction II | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Eighth Semester
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-3300 | Choir Direction III | 5 |
| XXXX- | Professional Elective I | 3 |
| MUSI-1104B | Music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Ninth Semester
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-3301 | Choir Direction IV | 5 |
| XXXX- | Electiva | 3 |
| XXXX- | Professional Elective II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Tenth Semester
| XXXX- | Requisitos Idioma Extranjero Final de Carrera | 0 |
| MUSI-3302 | Choir Direction V | 5 |
| MUSI-3303 | MUSI 3303 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Model Program: Theory Emphasis
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
| MUSI-3703 | Pre-project | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| MUSI-2211 | Advanced Counterpoint II | 3 |
| XXXX- | Electiva I | 3 |
| MUSI-1104B | Music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Eighth Semester
| MUSI-3704 | MUSI 3704 | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| XXXX- | Requisito Idioma Extranjero | 0 |
| XXXX- | Electiva II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Alumni Profile
The undergraduate program of the Universidad de los Andes is oriented to professional capacity building in 5 concentration areas: -Instrument, Theory, Composition, Choir Direction and Audio Production- through a solid theoretical, technical, and aesthetic preparation, based on the study and knowledge of the most relevant styles and repertoires of musical western tradition. There is emphasis on the development of individual talent, for the consolidation and articulation of student interests to build better perspectives for their future professional activity.
The Music Department, its professors, içalumnae, and current students become visible in the music field through concerts and recitals, publications and records, research and creative works. Music is an activity that demands the structuring of a formal way of thinking, a high level of abstraction, and a hard discipline to work, beyond time limitations. In addition, musicians are committed to a social and cultural function that transcends the boundaries of an individual professional practice.