Marina Valeryevna Karaseva (russian: Марина Валериевна Карасёва; born 8 August 1958 in

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) is a Russian musicologist, Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation, Professor of Moscow Conservatory, Department of Music Theory, Grand Doctor in Art, Ph.D. in

Musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

, Member of

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, Advisor to the Rector (since 2010).

Pedagogical contribution

Karaseva is the author of a new approach to the modern ear training system. In the 1980s she created a complex methodological system of ear training using

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. 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 In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

(particularly, her scientific teacher, Dr.

Yuri Kholopov Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Холóпов, ; August 14, 1932, Ryazan – April 24, 2003, Moscow) was a Russian musicologist and educator. Biography After graduating from Ryazan Music Regional C ...

researches) as well as with a new psychological approach based on

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listening training. This combination makes Karaseva's course an original one, unique in the world of contemporary

music education Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origina ...

. The ear training system created by Karaseva allows students dealing with intonationally and rhythmically complicated music patterns of

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

to be 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

. Karaseva's course, "Modern solfeggio" in 3 Volumes (1st vol - music pattern selection and instructive exercises, 2nd -

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

and Practical

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

" (School of Music,

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, 1999–2000). In the same year, she wrote a monograph, "Solfeggio - a

Psychotechnique Psychotechnique forms part of the 'system' of actor training, preparation, and rehearsal developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин С ...

of Ear training" (371 pp.) where she explains the core of her methodology. This book became the first complex scientific investigation in the field of practical music

cognition Cognition refers to "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, ...

. 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 US, 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

is not part of the general university system). She has devised, and now delivers, an academic course on

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of Music for Moscow State University (Adjunct Professor of the

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, from 2001) and a course on "Music Sociology" at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Adjunct Professor of the Department of

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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

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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

. 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

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. Dr. Karaseva participates in international musicological and interdisciplinary conferences in Russia, Europe, America, and Japan. She is the author of more than 50 books, manuals and methodological papers on music (music theory, ear training) and language education,

music psychology Music psychology, or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of both psychology and musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience, including the processes through which music is perceived, created, r ...

and cultural policy.

Selected publications

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.. * Methodological Programs in Ear training for majors in

, Composition, and Choral conducting. Moscow: UMO, 2005. * Program in Ear training methodology for conservatory majors in

and

Music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

. Moscow: UMO, 2001. * Solfeggio — a

of Ear training. Moscow: Konservatoriya, 1999, ; 2nd edition: Moscow: "Kompozitor" Publishing House, 2002, ; 3rd edition: Moscow: Kompozitor, 2009. , . * Course of Modern Solfeggio: In 3 Volumes. Moscow: "Sovetskii Kompozitor" Publishing House, 1996. . * Elementary

Music Theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

and

Harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

: Express Course. Moscow: Konservatoriya, 1994. .

Selected articles

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starts and wins''. "Kultura" Weekly Newspaper, No.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. . * ''Power of music in music of power''. Music and musician in the changing social-cultural area. Rostov on Don, 2005. P. 153–163. . * ''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. . * ''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. . * ''The mystery of the 20th century music aversion: synesthetical associations as a psychological key factor of listener’s aural barriers''. Horror Novitatis. Prague, 2005. P. 88-91 (in English). . * ''Learning Japanese melodically: language ear training 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. . * ''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

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: or

in the mirror of methodology''.

and his Scientific School. Moscow, 2003. P. 333–339. . * ''Diplomacy with the language of music:

National anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...

as a genre of multicultural communication.'' Professionals for Cooperation, Issue 5. Moscow, 2002. P. 196–206. . * ''Gregory Voronov — Marina Karaseva: Strategies of the music creation''. Music Academy. N 1. 2002. P. 39–49. . * ''Musical ear in context of modern practical psychology''. Music Academy. N 4. 1999. P. 172–185. . * '' NLP and music therapy through the musician's look''. NLP Revue. Modern Practical Psychology. N 1. Moscow, 1999. P. 125–153. . * '' Solfeggio —

psychotechnique Psychotechnique forms part of the 'system' of actor training, preparation, and rehearsal developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин С ...

of modern professional ear training.'' Improvement of Musical Ear. N 4. Moscow, 1999. P. 67–85. . * ''What should be Modern Solfeggio?'' Laudamus. Moscow, 1992. P. 273–280. .

References

* The Moscow Conservatory from the roots to our days. 1866–2006. Biographical Reference Book. Moscow: Moscow Conservatory, 2007. P. 219–220. . *

(Soyuz kompozitorov Rossii). Reference Book. Moscow, "Kompozitor Publishing House", 2004. P.62. * The Moscow Conservatory. Information Booklet. Second Edition. Moscow, 2001. P. 36. . *

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. Moscow, 1994. PP.31, 113. . * Moscow Conservatory: Traditions of Music Education, Art, and Science 1866–2006. Moscow, "Moskovskaya Konservatoriya" Publishing House, 2006. P. 86–87. * The Moscow Conservatory: Materials and Documents. In Two Vol. Vol.2. Moscow, "Progress-Traditsiya", 2006. P. 310–313. . * BusinessWeek - Russia. No.11/26 March 2007. Moscow, "Rodionov Publishing House". Prof. M. Karaseva's ideas about music and its potentialities in advertising. P. 54–55. * Newsletter of the

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in Russia. Issue 7, 2007. P. 40–43.
Russia Profile 03/18/2011
- M. Karaseva's interview in "The Art of Learning. Professional Schools for Gifted Children Are Under Threat" (By Inessa Petrova). * M.Karaseva's interview in

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External links

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Moscow Conservatory official website - in EnglishVisiting Scholar Program 1999-2000 from cies.org. P.74Fulbright Exchange Program in the Russian Federation (official site)
* ttp://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/issues/mto.02.8.2/ann.8.2.html#maq Muzykal'naya Akademiya (Musical Academy Quarterly), #1 (2002)
Report about Karaseva's ear training activity in "The Protocols of The Ohio Music Education Association". Point 6.05: Ohio Association on Music School"Estetica musicale fra teoria e storia" (P. 30-31, concerning Karaseva's method of music cognition, 2005)
http://www2.siba.fi/NMK2004/abstracts.pdf] ''Application of Neuro-Linguistic Patterns in Ear training, Ear Training on Modern Music: Way to Sound Delight'' Conference paper, Helsinki, 2004. P. 49–50). * https://web.archive.org/web/20061002203934/http://www.unina2.it/capirelamusica.sun/Karasseva2.htm ''Understanding Music Language through

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as Means for Music

Cognition Cognition refers to "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, ...

''. Conference paper, Cazerta, 2002. *https://web.archive.org/web/20071225174539/http://www.kultura-portal.ru/tree_new/cultpaper/article.jsp?number=739&rubric_id=218&crubric_id=1001794&pub_id=886532] Marina Karaseva. ''

Starts and Wins''. "Kultura" Daily Newspaper, No.41 (7602) 18 – 24　Sept. P. 4 *http://www.vremya.ru/2005/185/10/136032.html Marina Karaseva. ''Edit-PR''. "Vremya novostei" daily newspaper. 06.10.2005. No. 185. P. 10 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230613/http://www.izvestia.ru/culture/article45357/ Marina Karaseva. ''Is it true that Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sokolov, Sokolov is Shvydkoy's Man Friday? Anyone at the conservatory just smiles on hearing such a question''. Discussion with Prof. Karaseva in " Izvestia" daily newspaper,17.03.2004. P. 9 *https://web.archive.org/web/20061104084633/http://curtain.ng.ru/plot/2001-02-16/1_soup.html Marina Karaseva. ''Chicken Soup from the Golden Eggs-Producing Hen. Who will be rector of Moscow Conservatory.'' " Nezavisimaya Gazeta" daily newspaper. (62), 16.02.2001. P. 9
Karaseva's books in Japan. (See from points J97-459)

Karaseva' books in Germany, The Listz Academy, Weimar

Karaseva's books in the world catalog of libraries

Program of International Congress of the Musicological Society of Japan in Shizuoka. P. 8
* http://web.rhul.ac.uk/Music/Golden-pages/Conferences/05-b-mpa.html

The 4th International Conference of Health Behavioral Science "Integrated Approaches to Health". P 14., M.Karaseva's Abstract on P. 75

* ttp://www.gmth.de/site/k_GMTH05_prog.doc Der V. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH): Musiktheorie im Kontext* Marina V. Karaseva. "Music Patterns of Psychological Influence in National Anthems". Abstract. Der 18. Kongress der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft. Zurich, 2007. . P. 241 {{DEFAULTSORT:Karaseva, Marina Russian music theorists Russian musicologists Russian women musicologists Moscow State University alumni Academic staff of Moscow State University Ear training 1958 births Living people Music therapists Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory Moscow Conservatory alumni