Music, Cultures, Media, Performance

Il Corso di Laurea Magistrale si propone, dunque, di fare acquisire alle sue laureate ed ai suoi laureati: un'approfondita conoscenza storica e teorica sia dei fenomeni musicali, mediali e performativi sia dei suoi modi e mezzi di diffusione; solide competenze nelle discipline linguistiche, filologiche, storiche e filosofiche; la capacità di utilizzare i principali strumenti informatici per l'editoria musicale e il supporto tecnologico alla composizione, all'interpretazione, alla liuteria digitale, all'analisi musicologica; un patrimonio di tecniche e di esperienze nei diversi settori (storico, pedagogico, tecnologico, archivistico, editoriale, giornalistico, produttivo, ecc) della comunicazione musicale, teatrale e audiovisiva verso i quali le studentesse e gli studenti potranno orientarsi. Le laureate e i laureati dovranno, quindi, essere in grado di applicare criticamente tali conoscenze e abilità tanto in una prospettiva esegetica e didattica, quanto nell'ottica della progettazione e della creazione di opere, mostrando avanzate abilità nei settori dell'ideazione, della produzione e dell'organizzazione di eventi, della gestione di strutture teatrali e cinematografiche, nonché avere l'attitudine ad agire efficacemente nel mercato delle arti musicali, mediali e performative considerato in rapporto alle sue differenti specificazioni e alle forme più valide di promozione dei suoi prodotti. Dovranno, inoltre, essere in grado di utilizzare i principali strumenti audiovisivi, informatici e della comunicazione telematica ai fini della documentazione, dello studio scientifico, della comunicazione, nonché ai fini della progettazione e della realizzazione di efficaci sinergie artistiche tra nuove modalità performative e nuovi mezzi elettronici.
Le laureate e i laureati del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Musica, Culture, Media, Performance (MCMP) dovranno, infine, essere in grado di utilizzare fluentemente la lingua inglese, con riferimento anche ai lessici specialistici della musica e delle discipline ad essa correlate.
Musicologo/a ed esperto/a di spettacolo.
Funzione in un contesto di lavoro:
Funzioni di elevata responsabilità quali dirigente, coordinatore/coordinatrice e funzionario/a, collaboratore/collaboratrice all'ideazione, alla produzione, all'organizzazione e alla realizzazione di manifestazioni ed eventi culturali (musicali, mediali e performativi), autore e redattore di testi specialistici, didattici e di alta divulgazione culturale, mediatore culturale.
Competenze associate alla funzione:
Conoscenze teoriche e applicate dei problemi della gestione e della conservazione del patrimonio storico-musicale. Capacità di applicare le proprie competenze nei settori della critica, dell'editoria, dell'educazione musicale, della conservazione dei beni musicali, teatrali e audiovisivi. Capacità di agire efficacemente nel mercato dello spettacolo dal vivo, considerato in rapporto alle sue differenti specificazioni e alle forme più valide di promozione dei suoi prodotti. Abilità nell'utilizzare le metodologie della ricerca storiografica, della classificazione e dello studio delle fonti. Padronanza delle più moderne tecniche d'indagine, comprese quelle informatiche. Capacità di utilizzare le proprie metodologie di studio ai fini della valorizzazione del patrimonio e della divulgazione culturale. Competenze di pedagogia e di pedagogia musicale spendibili nella didattica della musica, della musicologia e delle discipline dello spettacolo.
Sbocchi professionali:
Istituzioni pubbliche e private, biblioteche; archivi (cartacei, sonori e audiovisivi), musei e raccolte organologiche e discografiche, strutture di produzione (teatri, case discografiche e istituzioni concertistiche), istituzioni operanti nel campo della comunicazione e dello spettacolo dal vivo, istituzioni operanti nel campo della divulgazione culturale o nel quadro di attività editoriali tradizionali e multimediali, istituzioni e imprese a vario titolo interessate al patrimonio musicale, teatrale e cinematografico (cineteche); Conservatori e istituti d'istruzione secondaria.
Si fa inoltre presente che in data 2 luglio 2024 il Ministero della Cultura ha pubblicato un Decreto direttoriale della Direzione Generale organizzazione (n. 1112) nel quale viene adottato un nuovo ordinamento professionale del personale non dirigenziale del Ministero della Cultura. In questo nuovo ordinamento compare la figura del Funzionaro Musicologo, con la definizione delle competenze richieste e delle mansioni previste. Sono definiti inoltre anche i requisiti d'accesso tra cui appunto la laurea magistrale LM-45.
Le laureate e i laureati che avranno crediti in numero sufficiente in quei settori scientifico-disciplinari che rendono possibile, secondo la normativa vigente, l'accesso alle Classi di Concorso previste per la LM-45, nonchè dei settori scientifico-disciplinari individuati dalla normativa vigente come requisiti di accesso, potranno partecipare alle prove di ammissione per i percorsi di formazione per l'insegnamento secondario.
Per ogni sede sono offerti agli/alle studenti/esse Erasmus outgoing soggiorni variabili da 3 a 10 mesi, durante i quali lo/la studente/essa può seguire e sostenere esami che saranno riconosciuti come parte integrante del piano di studi per il conseguimento del titolo, unendo a tale tipo di attività la ricerca per la preparazione della tesi di Laurea Magistrale, e vedendola riconosciuta entro i crediti coperti dalla borsa del programma Erasmus.
Ogni anno tutte le attività didattiche previste dal programma vengono presentate agli/alle studenti/esse interessati/e dal/dalla referente Erasmus in un apposito incontro informativo; i dati e le informazioni didattiche necessarie alla presentazione del Learning Agreement sono inoltre raccolte in apposite schede informative pubblicate sulla pagina Erasmus della Facoltà di Studi umanistici (https://www.unimi.it/it/internazionale/studiare-allestero/partire-con-erasmus/come-partecipare/erasmus-aree/erasmus-studi-umanistici).
Per gli/le studenti/esse Erasmus incoming il Corso di Laurea Magistrale garantisce la possibilità di frequentare tutte le lezioni dei corsi in lingua italiana: coloro che lo desiderino possono concordare con i singoli docenti un programma parzialmente o completamente in lingua inglese.
Inoltre, con molte Università partner sono attivi anche scambi del personale docente, che prevedono soggiorni come visiting professor di nostri/e docenti all'estero e di colleghi/e stranieri/e presso la nostra istituzione all'interno dei corsi del Dipartimento di Beni culturali e ambientali.
La frequenza è obbligatoria per i laboratori.
La frequenza è obbligatoria per il tirocinio.
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Applicants holding a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Heritage (L-1) or Humanities (L-10) earned from the University of Milan or another University, provided that they have earned at least 60 university credits (CFU/ECTS) in the scientific-disciplinary sectors (SSDs) listed below:
L-ANT/01 (Prehistory and early history); L-ANT/02 (Greek history); L-ANT/03 (Roman history); L-ANT/04 (Numismatics); L-ANT/05 (Papyrology); L-ANT/06 (Etruscology and Italic antiquities); L-ANT/07 (Classical archaeology); L-ANT/08 (Christian and medieval archaeology); L-ANT/09 (Ancient topography); L-ANT/10 (Methods of archaeological research); L-FIL-LET/01 (Aegean civilisations); L-FIL-LET/02 (Greek language and literature); L-FIL-LET/04 (Latin language and literature); L-FIL-LET/07 (Byzantine civilisation); L-OR/01 (History of ancient Near East); L-OR/02 (Egyptology and Coptic civilisation); L-OR/03 (Assyriology); L-OR/04 (Anatolian studies); L-OR/05 (Ancient Near East archaeology and art history); L-OR/06 (Phoenician and Punic archaeology); M-DEA/01 (Demology, ethnology and anthropology).
Applicants holding a Bachelor's degree in another degree class, provided that they have earned at least 90 university credits (CFU/ECTS) in the scientific-disciplinary sectors (SSDs) listed below:
- at least 45 CFU/ECTS in the following SSDs (history and archaeology): L-ANT/01 (Prehistory and early history); L-ANT/02 (Greek history); L-ANT/03 (Roman history); L-ANT/04 (Numismatics); L-ANT/05 (Papyrology); L-ANT/06 (Etruscology and Italic antiquities); L-ANT/07 (Classical archaeology); L-ANT/08 (Christian and medieval archaeology); L-ANT/09 (Ancient topography); L-ANT/10 (Methods of archaeological research); L-FIL-LET/01 (Aegean civilisations); L-OR/02 (Egyptology and Coptic civilisation);
- up to 45 CFU/ECTS in the following SSDs (philology and literature): L-FIL-LET/02 (Greek language and literature); L-FIL-LET/04 (Latin language and literature); L-FIL-LET/07 (Byzantine civilisation); L-FIL-LET/10 (Italian literature); L-ART/01 (History of medieval art); L-OR/01 (History of ancient Near East); L-OR/03 (Assyriology); L-OR/04 (Anatolian studies); L-OR/05 (Ancient Near East archaeology and art history); L-OR/06 (Phoenician and Punic archaeology); M-DEA/01 (Demology, ethnology and anthropology); M-STO/01 (Medieval history); M-STO/06 (History of religions); M-GGR/01 (Geography).
Admission may also be granted to applicants holding a foreign degree, but only if the foreign degree programme gave them a solid grounding in archaeology. Additionally, they are required to be proficient in English at level B1 or higher of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and to have adequate mastery of the Italian language. Applicants holding a foreign degree will have to comply with the application procedures established for international students. These procedures and the corresponding deadlines are made available each year on the University website (www.unimi.it), as soon as the application window for international students opens.
ITALIAN proficiency at a B1 level or higher per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)is a requisite for admission.
This level is assessed by the University Language Centre (SLAM) during the admissions process in any of the following ways:
- An Italian language certificate attesting to a B1 level or higher issued no more than three years before the date of submission. You will find the list of language certificates recognized by the University at: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/349. The certificate must be uploaded during the application process;
- Italian level achieved during a University of Milan degree programme and certified by the University Language Centre (SLAM) no more than four years before the date of admission application. In this case the process is automatic, the applicant does not have to attach any certificates to the application;
- Entry test administrated by the University Language Centre (SLAM) according to the calendar published on the website: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/349. Those who fail to submit a valid certificate or do not meet the required proficiency level will be instructed during the admission procedure to take the entry test.
If the applicant does not take or does not pass the entry test, he or she must obtain, by private means, Italian language certification recognized by the University (list of recognized certifications at: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/349 and submit it to the SLAM via the InformaStudenti service no later than the deadline set by the degree course (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/46371). If the Italian language requisite has not been satisfied by said deadline, the applicant will not be admitted to the Master's programme and will not be able to sit for any further tests.
Proficiency in ENGLISH at a B1 level or higher under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required for admission.
The B1-level requirement will be ascertained by the University Language Centre (SLAM) upon admission as follows:
- Language certificate at or above B1, obtained no more than three years earlier. For the list of language certificates recognized by the University please review: (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39267). The
certificate must be uploaded when submitting the online application;
- English level achieved during a University of Milan degree programme and certified by the University Language Centre (SLAM) no more than four years before the date of admission application, including levels
based on language certificates submitted by the applicants during their Bachelor's degree at the University of Milan. In this case the process is automatic, the applicant does not have to attach any certificates to the
application;
- Entry test administrated by the University Language Centre (SLAM) according to the calendar published on the website: (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39267)
All those who fail to submit a valid certificate or do not meet the required proficiency level will be instructed during the admission procedure to take the Entry test.
Applicants who do not take or pass the Entry test will be required to obtain a language proficiency certificate recognized by the University (see: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39322) and deliver it to the
SLAM via the InformaStudenti service by the deadline fixed for the master's programme (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39267/).
Applicants who do not meet the requirement by said deadline will not be admitted to the master's degree programme and may not sit any further tests.
Applicants who meet the requirements specified in point 1 will be automatically admitted to the programme, provided that their Bachelor's degree mark is equal to or higher than 96/110. Applicants falling into this category will receive confirmation of their admission via the online admission service. Applicants who meet the requirements under point 1 but earned their Bachelor's degree with a final mark lower than 96/110 will have to sit an interview via Microsoft Teams (see notice on the website https://archeologia.cdl.unimi.it/it), on one of the following dates: Friday, 14 June 2024 (9 am); Friday, 20 September 2024 (9 am); Friday, 22 November 2024 (9 am); Friday, 10 January 2025 (9 am). Applicants are free to choose their preferred date from the available options. Any communication in this regard will be sent to each applicant via email.
Applicants who meet the requirements specified in point 2 will have to go through a guidance interview via Microsoft Teams (see notice on the website https://archeologia.cdl.unimi.it/it), on one of the following dates: Friday, 14 June 2024 (9 am); Friday, 20 September 2024 (9 am); Friday, 22 November 2024 (9 am); Friday, 10 January 2025 (9 am). Applicants are free to choose their preferred date from the available options. Please note that the guidance interview is not an entrance examination. Any communication in this regard will be sent to each applicant via email.
Admission into academic year 2024-25 is conditional upon meeting all admission requirements (Bachelor's degree, additional single courses, English proficiency) by 31 December 2024. Applicants who, during the first interview, are found to be lacking the initial knowledge required, will be instructed to take single courses to fill their knowledge gaps and meet the admission requirements. In this case, applicants must pass the final exam of such single courses by 31 December 2024, before the final admission interview.
Admission
Application for admission: from 22/01/2025 to 25/08/2025
Application for matriculation: from 02/04/2025 to 15/01/2026
Attachments and documents
Notice
The admission notice is available only in Italian as the programme is offered in Italian. Students wishing to enrol must be proficient in Italian.
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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English Proficiency B2 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | English | Open sessions |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Aesthetics of the New Media | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-FIL/04 |
British Theatre and Performance | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/10 |
Italian Language and Music Lyrics | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-FIL-LET/12 |
Performative Aesthetics | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-FIL/04 |
Spanish Theatre | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/05 |
Cross-Media Communication | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Digital Cultures and Communication Research | 9 | 60 | English | Second semester | SPS/08 |
French Theatre | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-LIN/03 |
German Theatre | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-LIN/13 |
Performative Aesthetics | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-FIL/04 |
Social Anthropology | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-DEA/01 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Dance History | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/05 |
Italian Contemporary Theatre | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/05 |
Theories of the Moving Image | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/06 |
Cinema and Cultural Studies | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Film Production and Media Industries | 6 | 40 | English | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Multimedia Dramaturgy | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/05 |
Visual Culture | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Aesthetics of the New Media | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-FIL/04 |
Dance History | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/05 |
Diplomatics | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-STO/09 |
History and Methods of Music Criticism | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/07 |
History of Musical Thought | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/07 |
Iconography of Japanese Performative Arts | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-OR/20 |
Italian Contemporary Theatre | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/05 |
Media Theory and A.i. | 6 | 40 | English | First semester | L-ART/06 M-FIL/04 |
Methodologies for Music Education | 6 | 40 | English | First semester | L-ART/07 |
Sonic Dramaturgies in Opera, Music Theatre, and Musical Multimedia | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/07 |
Spanish Theatre | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/05 |
Theories of the Moving Image | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/06 |
Anthropology of Musical Performance | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/08 |
Cinema and Cultural Studies | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Cultural Anthropology | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-DEA/01 |
Digital Cultures and Communication Research | 9 | 60 | English | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Digital Publishing | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Film Production and Media Industries | 6 | 40 | English | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Hearing Musics in Early Modern Europe and Its Colonies | 6 | 40 | English | Second semester | L-ART/07 |
History of Radio and Television | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/04 |
Multimedia Dramaturgy | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/05 |
Musical Philology | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/07 |
Photography and New Media in Contemporary Art | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/03 |
Social and Environmental Psychology | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-PSI/05 |
Social History of the Spectacle | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/04 |
Theory and Methods of Music in Media | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/07 |
Transcultural Organology | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/08 |
Visual Culture | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
Artificial Intelligence for Music | 6 | 48 | Italian | Open sessions | INF/01 |
Compositional Analysis (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
Computer-Based Music Composition (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
Contemporary Techniques and Compositional Languages (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
History of Electroacoustic Music (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
Instrumentation and Orchestration (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
Music Paleography (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
Sociology of Music (course provided by Conservatory) | 6 | 45 | Italian | Open sessions | L-ART/07 |
- 9 CFU to other electives chosen from the courses offered by the different faculties of the University of Milan, or to two-year courses, to be agreed with the instructors of any courses taken during the Bachelor's programme.
- 12 CFU to music, theatre and film workshops and internships. (Foreign students must earn 3 CFU by attending a workshop of Italian as a foreign language and pass the B2-level final test)
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After earning the required 93 credits, in compliance with these rules, the student may sit the final exam and obtain their Master's degree.
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Final Exam | 27 | 0 | Italian | Open sessions |
- Internships student tutor
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prof. Marco Boffi
[email protected] - Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage
Via Noto 6 e 8 - 20141 Milano (MI) Italia, via Festa del Perdono 7 - 20122 Milano
https://www.bac.unimi.it - Student registrar
Via S. Sofia 9/1 - 20122 Milano (MI) Italia - Teaching secretariat
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[email protected] - Plan of study student tutor
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The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:
- The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
- The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year)
- An additional fee is due for online programmes
The University also offers:
- Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
- Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
- Concessions for international students with refugee status
Scholarships and benefits
The University provides a range of financial benefits to students meeting special requirements (merit, financial or personal conditions, international students).
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