Marina Karaseva
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Marina Karaseva is a Russian musicologist, Honored Master of Art of the Russian Federation, Professor of Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

, Department of Music Theory, Grand Doctor in Art, Ph.D. in Musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

, Member of Russian Composers Union
Union of Soviet Composers
The USSR Union of Composers or Union of Composers of the USSR , , was a professional organisation of composers in the Soviet Union...

, Fulbright Scholar
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...

, Advisor to the Rector (since 2010).

Pedagogical contribution

Karaseva is the author of a new approach to the modern ear training
Ear training
Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

 system. In the 1980s she created a complex methodological system of ear training using 20th century music
20th century music
20th century music is defined by the sudden emergence of advanced technology for recording and distributing music as well as dramatic innovations in musical forms and styles...

. She has disclosed basic intonational patterns of modern post major-minor music (its melodics, new modal scales, chord system, rhythm, etc.) and has developed systematic ways for their study in ear-training courses - from music-school to conservatory level.

Karaseva's course combines the best features of the traditional Russian ear-training system with a new investigation into the area of modern harmony
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...

 (particularly, her scientific teacher, Dr. Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a famous Russian musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire.-Biography:...

 researches) as well as with a new psychological approach based on synesthetic
Synesthesia
Synesthesia , from the ancient Greek , "together," and , "sensation," is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway...

 listening training. This combination makes Karaseva's course an original one, unique in the world of contemporary music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...

.

The ear training system created by Karaseva allows students dealing with intonationally and rhythmically complicated music patterns of contemporary music to able to clearly select by ear (not only by theoretical analysis) interrelationships between new modes, non-third chords, and new functional tonal system. This method improves sight-singing and listening of 20th century music
20th century music
20th century music is defined by the sudden emergence of advanced technology for recording and distributing music as well as dramatic innovations in musical forms and styles...

.

Karaseva's course, "Modern solfeggio" in 3 Volumes (1st vol - music pattern selection and instructive exercises, 2nd - 20th century music
20th century music
20th century music is defined by the sudden emergence of advanced technology for recording and distributing music as well as dramatic innovations in musical forms and styles...

 examples, 3d Harmonical Solfeggio), was published in 1996. It is considered one of the most effective practical courses in ear training, and, worldwide, it is the first of its kind.

"Modern Solfeggio" has been approved for use throughout the Russian music educational system (colleges and conservatories) for more than 20 years. It has also been used abroad during Karaseva's seminars, master classes and conference papers in the US, Europe and Japan.

In 1999, Karaseva took up a Senior Fulbright Scholarship in the United States. Her Fulbright Program research project was entitled "Music Psychotechnology as a New Approach at the Cross-Roads of Sciences: Cognitive Musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

 and Practical Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

" (School of Music, University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

, 1999-2000).

In the same year, she wrote a monograph, "Solfeggio - a Psychotechnique
Psychotechnique
Psychotechnique, also known as theatre language, is a rehearsal method developed by Constantin Stanislavsky. The actor would "live life" on stage. Stanislavsky developed a set of exercises and principles designed to help the actor call on personal feelings and experiences, using the body and voice...

 of Ear training
Ear training
Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

" (371 pp.) where she explaines the core of her methodology. This book became the first complex scientific investigation in the field of practical music cognition
Cognition
In science, cognition refers to mental processes. These processes include attention, remembering, producing and understanding language, solving problems, and making decisions. Cognition is studied in various disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science...

. Karaseva obtained a degree of Grand Doctor in Art (the highest academic degree in Russia) for this book in October 2000. A second edition was published in 2002. Her books and courses on Modern Solfeggio can be found in many libraries in the USA, Europe, and Japan.

In 2005 she created a new course in music timbre dictations, which is published with a CD containing various natural and synthetic instrumental and vocal timbres.

The second area of Karaseva's innovative activities is the creation of interdisciplinary academic courses new to the Russian musical and academic system (in Russia music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...

 is not part of the general university system). She has devised, and now delivers, an academic course on Social Psychology
Social psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all...

 of Music for Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

 (Adjunct Professor of the MSU Department of Psychology
MSU Department of Psychology
MSU Faculty of Psychology is a faculty of the Moscow State University, which was established in 1966 and headed by Aleksey Leontyev until his death in 1979....

, from 2001) and a course on "Music Sociology" at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Adjunct Professor of the Department of Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 from 2006).

Karaseva's latest research is in the field of language learning. She is investigating the application of musical notation for the improvement of intonation in foreign-language study. She has written a course in the musical decoding of the intonation of Japanese and English speech. In 2006 her innovative interdisciplinary approach was approved at the Congress for Japanese Language Study in The Institute for Asian and African Studies affiliated with Moscow State University and at the International Congress of Asia TEFL Society in Fukuoka, Japan (her paper contribution was awarded by special TEFL grant).

Professional biography

Karaseva undertook her basic professional music education at the Moscow Conservatory College (1973-1977), the Moscow Conservatory, Department of Music Theory and Composition (1977-1982) and then completed Postdoctoral-Fellowship study at the Moscow Conservatory (1982-1988).

The main subject of her undergraduate and doctoral research were contemporary systems of ear training around the world. This research was undertaken under the supervision of Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a famous Russian musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire.-Biography:...

. She completed an M.A. on: "Toward the Problem of Ear training and Sight Singing of the XX Century Music. The Systematization of Solfeggio Methods" (1982). Her Ph.D. thesis researched "The Theoretical Problems of the Modern Ear training" (1989).

In 1982 Karaseva became a teacher at the Central Music School of Moscow Conservatory (1982-1996, Music Theory, Harmony and Ear training) and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory (Department of Music Theory, from 1982 to present time, from 2002 - Full Professor position).

In 2004 she began studying Japanese and investigating methodological investigations on the problem of Japanese intonation and its music notation (at The Japan Embassy Cultural Center in Moscow). In 2005 and 2006 she obtained the JLPT Certificate (4th and 3rd level) from the Japan Foundation
Japan Foundation
The was established in 1972 by an Act of the Japanese Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an independent administrative institution under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Ministry of Japan on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent...

.

Dr. Karaseva actively participates in international musicological and interdisciplinary conferences in Russia, Europe, America, and Japan. She is the author of more than 50 books, manuals and metholological papers on music (music theory, ear training) and language education, music psychology
Music psychology
Music psychology,or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of psychology or a branch of musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behavior and musical experience...

 and cultural policy.

Selected books and methodological programs

  • Japanese Solfeggio. Art of Melodic Intonation. 444 Exercises in Japanese Phrases Intoning. In Two Parts. Moscow:Kompozitor, 2008.
  • Music in Two Voices. Etudes for Singing, Playing, and Music Dictations. Sound Timbre Dictations. Moscow: "Kompozitor" Publishing House, 2005.ISBN 5-85285-704-1.
  • Methodological Programs in Ear training
    Ear training
    Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

     for majors in Musicology
    Musicology
    Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

    , Composition
    Musical composition
    Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...

    , and Choral conducting
    Choir
    A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

    . Moscow: UMO, 2005.
  • Program in Ear training
    Ear training
    Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

     methodology for conservatory majors in Musicology
    Musicology
    Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

     and Music theory
    Music theory
    Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...

    . Moscow: UMO, 2001.
  • Solfeggio — a Psychotechnique
    Psychotechnique
    Psychotechnique, also known as theatre language, is a rehearsal method developed by Constantin Stanislavsky. The actor would "live life" on stage. Stanislavsky developed a set of exercises and principles designed to help the actor call on personal feelings and experiences, using the body and voice...

     of Ear training
    Ear training
    Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

    . Moscow: Konservatoriya, 1999, ISBN 5-89598-065-1; 2nd edition: Moscow: "Kompozitor" Publishing House, 2002. ISBN 5-8528-502-2. 3rd edition: Moscow: Kompozitor, 2009. ISBN 5-85285-332-1.
  • Course of Modern Solfeggio: In 3 Volumes. Moscow: "Sovetskii Kompozitor" Publishing House, 1996. ISBN 0045-86419-028-4.
  • Elementary Music Theory
    Music theory
    Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...

     and Harmony
    Harmony
    In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...

    : Express Course. Moscow: Konservatoriya, 1994. ISBN 5-86419-010-1.

Selected articles

  • Sots Art
    Sots Art
    Often referred to as “Soviet Pop Art”, Sots Art originated in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s as a reaction against the official aesthetic doctrine of the state—"Socialist Realism"...

     starts and wins
    . "Kultura" Weekly Newspaper, №41 (7602) Sept.18 - 24, 2007. P. 4.
  • Solfeggio-21: between dreams and pragmatics. How to teach solfeggio in 21st century. Moscow: Klassika-21, P. 3-10. ISBN 5-89817-166-5.
  • Power of music in music of power. Music and musician in the changing social-cultural area. Rostov on Don, 2005. P. 153-163. ISBN 5-7509-0275-7.
  • Contemporary good ear for music and the new millennium challenges. Music and musician in the changing social-cultural area. Rostov on Don, 2005. P. 72-86. ISBN 5-7509-0275-7.
  • Humanitarian and creative education in Russia and un the U.S. The Proceedings of the International Conference "Russian-American Interrelations in the Context of Globalization". Moscow, 2005. P. 73-80. ISBN 5-901745-07-8.
  • The mystery of the 20th century music aversion: synesthetical
    Synesthesia
    Synesthesia , from the ancient Greek , "together," and , "sensation," is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway...

     associations as a psychological key factor of listener’s aural barriers
    . Horror Novitatis. Prague, 2005. P. 88-91 (in English). ISBN 80-86791-19-X.
  • Learning Japanese melodically: language ear training
    Ear training
    Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

     methodology by means of music notation.
    Globalization and National Originality. Forum of Languages. Kazan, "Ekotsentr", 2004. P. 207-212.
  • Steps in the snow: Meta-programs of the new Russian culture and their application in the field of music marketing. Professionals for Cooperation, Issue 6. Moscow, 2004. P. 197-228. ISBN 5-89655-021-9.
  • Social psychocorrection by means of music. Musicology and Globalization: proceedings of the international congress in Shizuoka 2002: in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Musicological Society of Japan / edited by the Musicological Society of Japan = Ongakugaku to gurobarizeshon: Nippon Ongaku Gakkai soritsu 50-shunen kinen kokusai taikai Shizuoka 2002 hokokusho / Nippon Ongaku Gakkai hen. 2004. P. 517-519 (in English).
  • Russian solfeggio in postmodernism
    Postmodernism
    Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...

    : or postmodernism
    Postmodernism
    Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...

     in the mirror of methodology
    . Yuri Kholopov
    Yuri Kholopov
    Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a famous Russian musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire.-Biography:...

     and his Scientific School. Moscow, 2003. P. 333-339. ISBN 5-89598-136-4.
  • Diplomacy with the language of music: National anthem
    National anthem
    A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

     as a genre of multicultural communication.
    Professionals for Cooperation, Issue 5. Moscow, 2002. P. 196-206. ISBN 5-7913-0052-2.
  • Gregory Voronov — Marina Karaseva: Strategies of the music creation. Music Academy. N 1. 2002. P. 39-49. ISSN 0869-4516.
  • Musical ear in context of modern practical psychology. Music Academy. N 4. 1999. P. 172-185. ISSN 0869-4516.
  • NLP
    NLP
    - Artificial intelligence :* Natural language processing, a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages- Medicine and biology :...

     and music therapy
    Music therapy
    Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their...

     through the musician's look
    . NLP Revue. Modern Practical Psychology. N 1. Moscow, 1999. P. 125-153. ISBN 5-89692-018-0.
  • Solfeggio — psychotechnique
    Psychotechnique
    Psychotechnique, also known as theatre language, is a rehearsal method developed by Constantin Stanislavsky. The actor would "live life" on stage. Stanislavsky developed a set of exercises and principles designed to help the actor call on personal feelings and experiences, using the body and voice...

     of modern professional ear training
    Ear training
    Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...

    .
    Improvement of Musical Ear. N 4. Moscow, 1999. P. 67-85. ISBN 5-89598-043-0.
  • What should be Modern Solfeggio? Laudamus. Moscow, 1992. P. 273-280. ISBN 5-85285-424-7.

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