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Course Description Course Name : Assistant Piano Course Code : YMOP308 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Fall and Spring (32 Weeks) ECTS : 3 Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. ULVİYEGÜLER San.Öğ.El. ZEKİYE DUYGU ESEN Learning Outcomes of the Course : Practices opera works with piano accompaniment. Does voice training exercises with the piano. Recognizes the piano literature. Learns how to play the piano technically and musically. Improves the ability of solfege and harmony through piano practices. Gains ability to transfer his/her Opera Singing knowledge to other audiences. Gains the ability to maintain the working process on the works that he/she is responsible for. Improves the ability of deciphiring opera works with piano. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : Learning to play the piano technically, using the acquired knowledge for professional development. Course Contents : Playing easy and intermediate level piano works of literature technically and musically. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Piano practice rooms,classrooms   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Determining the levels of the students and giving homework Individual study Lectures-homework 2 practicing 144th piece with seperate hands Individual study presentation 3 vising 144th piece and practicing 154th piece with right hand Individual study presentation 4 revising 144th piece and practicing 154th piece with right and left hands Individual study presentation 5 revising 144th piece with musical comment and practicing 154th piece with two hands Individual study presentation 6 revising 144th and 154th pieces Individual study presentation 7 Evaluation. Assigning new piano pieces. Individual study presentation-homework 8 Practicing the sonatin that has been chosen with right hand Individual study presentation 9 Practicing the chosen sonation with right hand Individual study presentation 10 Practicing the chosen sonatin with left hand Individual study presentation 11 Revising playing the sonation with the left hand Individual study presentation 12 Practicing the chosen sonatin with two hands Individual study presentation 13 revision and playing the chosen sonation with nuance Individual study presentation 14 Practicing the chosen sonatin with two hands and nuance Individual study presentation 15 revision of 144th,154th pieces and sonatin Individual study presentation 16 General revision Individual study presentation-homework 17 choosing a piece from Burgmüller´s etude and playing it with right hand Individual study presentation 18 studying the nuance and technical orthography of the chosen piece. Individual study presentation 19 playing the piece with seperate hands Individual study presentation 20 playing the piece with seperate hands and with nuance Individual study presentation 21 playing with two hands Individual study presentation 22 choosing a menuet by Der Erste Bach Individual study presentation-homework 23 playing the menuet with seperate hands Individual study presentation 24 playing the menuet with seperate hands and with nuance Individual study presentation 25 Listening to the homework. Playing the menuet with two hands Individual study presentation 26 playing the piece from Burgmüller´s etude with two hands Individual study presentation 27 playing the piece from Burgmüller´s etüde with two hands and with nuance Individual study presentation 28 revising the piece and the menuet with two hands technically and musically Individual study presentation 29 General revision Individual study presentation 30 Selecting the exam pieces Individual study presentation-homework 31 Revision of the exam pieces Individual study presentation-homework 32/33/34 Final exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  The Russıan School Of Pıano Playing Part 2 , Der Erste Bach ,Bach little prelüds, Etiudy dla dzieci 1-2 Required Course Material(s)  F.Burgmüller Etüden , Clementi Sonatin Op.36 No.1-2 , Schumann and Çaykovky´s Young Albüms   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0     Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 100 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Gains the ability to review advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field critically 0 2 As a performing artist, has a sense of ethics of art and professional disipline. 3 3 Gains the musical and technical ability to interpret national and international works of literature on the stage through Opera singing techniques and methods. 0 4 Gains the ability to use voice mechanism accurately and efficiently on the stage, to ensure breath coordination and to protect voice health. 0 5 Gains the ability to review universal values with the knowledge acquired in their field of study. 3 6 Gains the sensitivity of being an artist who is aware of the responsibilities towards his nation, himself and humanity. 4 7 Besides singing technique, controls his body successfully thanks to the abilities acquired through dance, stage and fencing disciplines. 0 8 Improves the practical ability of singing ability which is developed through acquiring technical knowledge together with the acting ability on the stage. 0 9 Gains the ability to provide all kinds of national and international singing literature documents, equipments, resources and archive related to his field. 3 10 Gains the ability to individually maintain the process of practicing on works which he is responsible for. 4 11 Constantly improves himself as a man of art, and follows the current activities related to his art closely. 3 12 Gains the ability to use his natural mechanism on the stage as an instrument by improving his coordination abilities and by recognizing and analyzing his own body, emotions, and thoughts. 2 13 As well as having a sense of social responsibility, owns communication and social skills requried by performing arts. 4 14 Gains the ability to transfer his knowledge on the art of opera singing to different audiences. 2 15 Has the ability of focusing on the scene, using his imagination and observation skills, the ability to have a reflex and to use the memory of the musical scene. 3 16 Develops the ability of creating a character on the stage, maintaining mastery of work, singing with a partner and feeling the partner. 3 17 As a man of art, tries to establish ties with other art fields by associating his knowledge and skills according to the rules of professional ethics. 2 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 32 1 32     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 32 1 32 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 2 4     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0 0     Final Exam 1 2 2 Total Workload: 70 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.8 ECTS Credit: 3