Piano na UFPB : uma discussão sobre o repertório dos discentes no ano letivo de 2021.

Abstract

The present work is a case study on the piano teaching on the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). The aspect chosen to delineate this case study was the repertoire studied by alumni of piano courses (both bachelor and music education undergraduate course) over the academic year of 2021 (which lasted from august of 2021 to june of 2022) on UFPB. The research's objective was to understand and Analyse the curriculum witch the students from piano courses (both bachelor and licenciate) have played based on the repertoaire studied over the academic year of 2021. To this end, a bibliographical and documental research about piano teaching and the instrument disciplines curriculum on UFPB was conducted, as well as the application of a questionnaire for the alumni that were active on Bachelor or Licenciate (Music Education) Courses in the selected time frame. Out of the 13 students that fit the aspect chosen for the research, 9 answers were obtained, which corresponded to 70% of active students. The results demonstrated a masculine predominance in the subjects, among an age gap that doesn't surpass 30 years old. A number of 36 pieces from different authors were quoted, from which most of the pieces from both semesters concentrated in traditional European music from the XVIII and XIX centuries. Research demonstrates that factors as the increase in vacancies on degree courses and the reality of labor market have a significant impact on the profile of the students. And most of the active students have professional prospects teaching-oriented, and not performance-oriented. Which, maybe, justifies the dedication to other musical aspects other than the instrument study, resulting in the impossibility of the fulfilment of a program as the former curriculum and justifying the discharge of a predetermined program, giving each professor the possibility to understand the reality and individual need each student has from their objectives.