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Academic calendar

Dates, schedules and the full agenda for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Annual calendar

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Classes Assessments Holidays Admission exams Assessments (resit period)

Full agenda

Listing of all class sessions.

DateDayTimeCourse unit / activity
September 2026
28 SeptemberMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 1 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
28 SeptemberMonday12:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 1 — Introduction to the course unit (Eugénio Amorim) · 1.8
28 SeptemberMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 1 — General framework: what are sources (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
28 SeptemberMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 1 — Compositional Practice (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
29 SeptemberTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 1 — Opening of the course unit (António Augusto Aguiar) · Sala Teresa Macedo
29 SeptemberTuesday11:45Advanced Research in Music — session 1 — knowledge, epistemology, dominant paradigm (Rui Penha) · 88.3
29 SeptemberTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 1 — session content to be confirmed (António Augusto Aguiar) · 4.13
29 SeptemberTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 1 — Fundamentals of Management and Production / Interdisciplinary Studies (Pedro Sousa Silva and António Salgado) · 4.13
29 SeptemberTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 1 — Introduction (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
October 2026
12 OctoberMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 2 — session content to be confirmed (José Parra) · 210
12 OctoberMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 2 — Context as a component of creation (António Augusto Aguiar) · 210
12 OctoberMonday15:15Musical Creation in Context — session 3 — Rehearsal as a space for research (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
12 OctoberMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 2 — Compositional Practice (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
13 OctoberTuesday10:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 2 — Organising materials (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
13 OctoberTuesday11:45Advanced Research in Music — session 2 — a brief history of epistemology (Rui Penha) · 1.8
13 OctoberTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 2 — Counterpoint improvisation (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 4.13
13 OctoberTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 2 — Interdisciplinary Studies: practical examples across the categories (António Salgado) · 4.13
13 OctoberTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 2 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
26 OctoberMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 3 — session content to be confirmed (Nuno Pinto) · 210
26 OctoberMonday12:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 2 — Pedro de Freitas Branco: Noble et Sentimental (Cesário Costa, moderated by Eugénio Amorim) · 1.8
26 OctoberMonday15:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 3 — Constança Capdeville: Intersections between Musicology and Performance (Helena Marinho, moderated by Ana Maria Liberal) · 1.8
26 OctoberMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 3 — Rhythm and Indian Music (Nuno Lobo, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
27 OctoberTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 4 — Laboratory — designing a device from a context (António Augusto Aguiar) · 210
27 OctoberTuesday11:45Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 3 — Case study: The Rite of Spring (José Parra) · 1.8
27 OctoberTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 3 — Play, opening, form in motion (António Augusto Aguiar) · 4.13
27 OctoberTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 3 — Overview of arts funding support programmes (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 4.13
27 OctoberTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 3 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
November 2026
9 NovemberMonday10:30Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 4 — Vicente Lusitano (Pedro Sousa Silva)
9 NovemberMonday12:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 4 — Introduction to critical editing (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
9 NovemberMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 5 — Oral tradition sources (Eugénio Amorim)
9 NovemberMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 4 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
10 NovemberTuesday10:00Advanced Research in Music — session 3 — situated knowledge (Rui Penha)
10 NovemberTuesday11:45Performance Practice — session 4 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva)
10 NovemberTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 4 — Jazz (António Augusto Aguiar)
10 NovemberTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 4 — Interdisciplinary Studies: practical examples across the categories (continued) (António Salgado)
10 NovemberTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 4 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição)
23 NovemberMonday10:30Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 5 — experimental music in 2026 (Rui Penha) · THSC
23 NovemberMonday12:15Advanced Research in Music — session 4 — knowledge as self-knowledge (Rui Penha)
23 NovemberMonday15:15Advanced Research in Music — session 5 — historical musicology (Pedro Sousa Silva)
23 NovemberMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 5 — Creation Laboratory: Thinking composition through cinema (Daniel Moreira)
24 NovemberTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 5 — From concept to artistic device (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
24 NovemberTuesday11:45Performance Practice — session 5 — session content to be confirmed (Eugénio Amorim)
24 NovemberTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 5 — Soundpainting (António Augusto Aguiar)
24 NovemberTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 5 — Collective writing exercise for a small-scale application (Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 NovemberTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 5 — Real-time spatialisation (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
December 2026
14 DecemberMonday10:30Musical Creation in Context — session 6 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
14 DecemberMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 7 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
14 DecemberMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 6 — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
14 DecemberMonday17:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 7 — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
15 DecemberTuesday10:00Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 6 — Assessment (Eugénio Amorim)
15 DecemberTuesday11:45Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 7 — Assessment (Eugénio Amorim)
15 DecemberTuesday14:45Advanced Research in Music — session 6 — Assessment (Rui Penha)
15 DecemberTuesday16:30Advanced Research in Music — session 7 — Assessment (Rui Penha)
16 DecemberWednesday10:00Performance Practice — session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
16 DecemberWednesday11:45Performance Practice — session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
16 DecemberWednesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 DecemberWednesday16:30Improvisational Practices — session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 DecemberWednesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Marco Conceição)
17 DecemberThursday10:00Compositional Practice — session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
17 DecemberThursday11:45Compositional Practice — session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
17 DecemberThursday14:45Musical Project Management and Production — session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
17 DecemberThursday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
17 DecemberThursday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Marco Conceição)
January 2027
18 JanuaryMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 8 — session content to be confirmed (Ana Maria Liberal)
18 JanuaryMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 8 — Experimentation and revision (Daniel Moreira) · 210
18 JanuaryMonday15:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 8 — the belle époque in Porto (Ana Maria Liberal)
18 JanuaryMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 8 — The Anamorphoses cycle (Isabel Soveral, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
19 JanuaryTuesday10:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 8 — Organology and musical iconography (Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 JanuaryTuesday11:45Advanced Research in Music — session 8 — from musicology to musical practice (Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 JanuaryTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 8 — Textures, timbre and extended techniques (António Augusto Aguiar)
19 JanuaryTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 8 — Case study (topic to be announced) (Jorge Salgado Correia, moderated by António Salgado)
19 JanuaryTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 8 — Visuals for music (Pedro Santos, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva)
February 2027
1 FebruaryMonday10:30Musical Creation in Context — session 9 — Laboratory — plugged/unplugged (Nuno Pinto and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
1 FebruaryMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 10 — Collaboration and co-creativity (António Salgado)
1 FebruaryMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 9 — Essays and theoretical writings (Rui Penha)
1 FebruaryMonday17:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 10 — The essay as a source (Rui Penha) · THSC
2 FebruaryTuesday10:00Compositional Practice — session 9 — Ultra instrumentum: composition and hybridisation strategies in mixed music (Ângela da Ponte)
2 FebruaryTuesday11:45Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 9 — the Onze Glosas by Fernando Lopes-Graça (Miguel Borges Coelho, moderated by Daniel Moreira) · THSC
2 FebruaryTuesday14:45Advanced Research in Music — session 9 — a brief history of artistic research (Rui Penha)
2 FebruaryTuesday16:30Advanced Research in Music — session 10 — relational ontology (Rui Penha)
3 FebruaryWednesday10:00Performance Practice — session 9 — Amplification (Marco Conceição)
3 FebruaryWednesday11:45Performance Practice — session 10 — session content to be confirmed (António Salgado)
3 FebruaryWednesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 9 — Organ improvisation (Eugénio Amorim)
3 FebruaryWednesday16:30Improvisational Practices — session 10 — Theoretical and practical models (António Augusto Aguiar)
3 FebruaryWednesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 9 — MIC – Multi Interdisciplinary Consort (Paulo Perfeito and Pedro Santos, moderated by Marco Conceição)
4 FebruaryThursday10:00Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 10 — João Rodrigues Esteves (Eugénio Amorim)
4 FebruaryThursday11:45Compositional Practice — session 10 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
4 FebruaryThursday14:45Musical Project Management and Production — session 9 — Case study — micro/small scale (<€35k) (Daniel Moreira)
4 FebruaryThursday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 10 — Case study — medium scale (€35k–€400k) (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
4 FebruaryThursday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 10 — MIC – Multi Interdisciplinary Consort (Pedro Santos, moderated by Marco Conceição)
15 FebruaryMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 11 — session content to be confirmed (António Augusto Aguiar)
15 FebruaryMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 11 — Authorship and collaboration in the studio (Mário Barreiros, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar) · THSC
15 FebruaryMonday15:15Musical Creation in Context — session 12 — Rehearsal and interpretive authority (Björn Schmelzer)
15 FebruaryMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 11 — Characterisation within non-tonal language (Christopher Bochmann, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · THSC
16 FebruaryTuesday10:00Advanced Research in Music — session 11 — relational ontology, practice in context (Rui Penha)
16 FebruaryTuesday11:45Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 11 — Digital sources and databases (Elsa De Luca)
16 FebruaryTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 11 — Presentation: improvisation experience during the pandemic (José Parra)
16 FebruaryTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 11 — Networks and institutional partnerships (Alexandre Santos, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
16 FebruaryTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 11 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
March 2027
1 MarchMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 12 — session content to be confirmed (Luís Duarte, moderated by José Parra) · THSC
1 MarchMonday12:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 11 — [ethnomusicological topic to be defined] (Eugénio Amorim) · THSC
1 MarchMonday15:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 12 — Traditional music as a platform for other languages (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · THSC
1 MarchMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 12 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
2 MarchTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 13 — Experience as a programmer (Cesário Costa, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva)
2 MarchTuesday11:45Advanced Research in Music — session 12 — Case Study: Music at the Teatro de São João (Ana Maria Liberal)
2 MarchTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 12 — External stimuli (António Augusto Aguiar)
2 MarchTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 12 — Case study (Mário Alves, moderated by António Salgado)
2 MarchTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 12 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
15 MarchMonday10:30Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 13 — The serenade under the reign of D. Maria I (Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
15 MarchMonday12:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 12 — Audiovisual sources and phonogram analysis (Marco Conceição) · THSC
15 MarchMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 13 — Musical notation (Eugénio Amorim)
15 MarchMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 13 — Collaborative practices (Fátima Fonte, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
16 MarchTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 14 — Laboratory — 3 projects in 90 minutes (Daniel Moreira) · THSC
16 MarchTuesday11:45Performance Practice — session 13 — session content to be confirmed (Daniel Moreira) · THSC
16 MarchTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 13 — Cyclical form / unfolding (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 MarchTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 13 — Case study — large scale (€400k–€1M) (Jorge Coelho, moderated by Rui Penha) · THSC
16 MarchTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 13 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
April 2027
5 AprilMonday10:30Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 14 — experimental music in Porto's garages, ca. 1982 (Gustavo Costa, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
5 AprilMonday12:15Advanced Research in Music — session 13 — Case Study: Frágua d'Amor, by Gil Vicente (Nuno Meireles, moderated by Hugo Soeiro Sanches) · THSC
5 AprilMonday15:15Advanced Research in Music — session 14 — Case Study: No Oculto Profuso, by Miguel Azguime (Miguel Azguime, moderated by Nuno Pinto) · THSC
5 AprilMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 14 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
6 AprilTuesday10:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 14 — Musical palaeography (Pedro Sousa Silva)
6 AprilTuesday11:45Performance Practice — session 14 — session content to be confirmed (Madalena Soveral, moderated by Eugénio Amorim)
6 AprilTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 14 — Development / variation / association / interruption (Eugénio Amorim)
6 AprilTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 14 — Communication and dissemination (Pedro Sousa Silva)
6 AprilTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 14 — Work for clarinet and electronics (Nuno Pinto)
19 AprilMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 15 — session content to be confirmed (Bruno Pereira, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar) · THSC
19 AprilMonday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 15 — Laboratory — one choir, thirteen conductors (Eugénio Amorim)
19 AprilMonday15:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 15 — Portuguese Hip Hop (Capicua, moderated by Rui Penha)
19 AprilMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 15 — Visual music (João Pedro Oliveira, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
20 AprilTuesday10:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 15 — The ephemeral as a source. (Rui Penha)
20 AprilTuesday11:45Advanced Research in Music — session 15 — Pre-assessment of projects (Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 AprilTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 15 — Projects (António Augusto Aguiar)
20 AprilTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 15 — Dance and video (Cláudia Marisa, moderated by António Salgado)
20 AprilTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 15 — Presentation of the “respigador” instrument (Rui Penha)
May 2027
3 MayMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 16 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva)
3 MayMonday12:15Advanced Research in Music — session 16 — Pre-assessment of projects (Rui Penha)
3 MayMonday15:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 16 — Technological sources (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
3 MayMonday17:00Compositional Practice — session 16 — Composing the unstable: Transculturality, Emergent Form, and the Poetics of Absence (Dimitris Papageorgiou, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
4 MayTuesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 16 — Relationship with communities and agents (António Jorge Pacheco, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar)
4 MayTuesday11:45Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 16 — Jazz in Portugal (António Augusto Aguiar)
4 MayTuesday14:45Improvisational Practices — session 16 — Projects (José Parra)
4 MayTuesday16:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 16 — Questions of perception (Inês Salselas, moderated by António Salgado and Pedro Sousa Silva)
4 MayTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 16 — Presenting the Marvão Residency (Bruno Pereira, moderated by Marco Conceição)
5 MayWednesday10:00Musical Creation in Context — session 17 — Materialisation and circulation — rights (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
5 MayWednesday11:45Musical Creation in Context — session 18 — Final synthesis of the CU (Carlos Azevedo, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar)
17 MayMonday10:30Performance Practice — session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Eugénio Amorim and Marco Conceição)
17 MayMonday12:15Performance Practice — session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, António Salgado and Eugénio Amorim)
17 MayMonday15:00Performance Practice — session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, António Salgado and Marco Conceição)
17 MayMonday16:45Performance Practice — session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Daniel Moreira, José Parra and Nuno Pinto)
17 MayMonday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Nuno Pinto and Rui Penha)
18 MayTuesday10:30Compositional Practice — session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday12:15Compositional Practice — session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday15:00Compositional Practice — session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday16:45Compositional Practice — session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
19 MayWednesday10:30Improvisational Practices — session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday12:15Improvisational Practices — session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday15:00Improvisational Practices — session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday16:45Improvisational Practices — session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 MayThursday10:30Musical Project Management and Production — session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Daniel Moreira and Rui Penha)
20 MayThursday12:15Musical Project Management and Production — session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Rui Penha)
20 MayThursday15:00Musical Project Management and Production — session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Daniel Moreira and Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
20 MayThursday16:45Musical Project Management and Production — session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Daniel Moreira, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Rui Penha)
20 MayThursday18:30Music and Audiovisual Technologies — session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Nuno Pinto, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
21 MayFriday10:30Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 17 — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim and Rui Penha)
21 MayFriday12:15Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 18 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, José Parra and Marco Conceição)
21 MayFriday15:00Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 19 — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim and Rui Penha)
21 MayFriday16:45Reading and Interpretation of Sources — session 20 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, José Parra and Marco Conceição)
24 MayMonday10:30Advanced Research in Music — session 17 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday12:15Advanced Research in Music — session 18 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday15:00Advanced Research in Music — session 19 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday16:45Advanced Research in Music — session 20 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Nuno Pinto)
25 MayTuesday10:30Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 17 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
25 MayTuesday12:15Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 18 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Daniel Moreira and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
25 MayTuesday15:00Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 19 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
25 MayTuesday16:45Thematic History of Music in Portugal — session 20 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Daniel Moreira and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
26 MayWednesday10:30Musical Creation in Context — session 19 — General rehearsal (Ana Maria Liberal and Ângela da Ponte)
26 MayWednesday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 20 — General rehearsal (António Salgado and Daniel Moreira)
26 MayWednesday15:00Musical Creation in Context — session 21 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Pedro Sousa Silva)
26 MayWednesday16:45Musical Creation in Context — session 22 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Eugénio Amorim and Pedro Sousa Silva)
28 MayFriday10:30Musical Creation in Context — session 23 — General rehearsal (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
28 MayFriday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 24 — General rehearsal (Hugo Soeiro Sanches and José Parra)
28 MayFriday15:00Musical Creation in Context — session 25 — Assessment (António Salgado, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
28 MayFriday16:45Musical Creation in Context — session 26 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
29 MaySaturday10:30Musical Creation in Context — session 27 — General rehearsal (Marco Conceição and Nuno Pinto)
29 MaySaturday12:15Musical Creation in Context — session 28 — General rehearsal (Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
29 MaySaturday15:00Musical Creation in Context — session 29 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
29 MaySaturday16:45Musical Creation in Context — session 30 — Assessment (António Salgado, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Nuno Pinto)
DateDayTimeSession
Advanced Research in Music
29 SeptemberTuesday11:45session 1 — knowledge, epistemology, dominant paradigm (Rui Penha) · 88.3
13 OctoberTuesday11:45session 2 — a brief history of epistemology (Rui Penha) · 1.8
10 NovemberTuesday10:00session 3 — situated knowledge (Rui Penha)
23 NovemberMonday12:15session 4 — knowledge as self-knowledge (Rui Penha)
23 NovemberMonday15:15session 5 — historical musicology (Pedro Sousa Silva)
15 DecemberTuesday14:45session 6 — Assessment (Rui Penha)
15 DecemberTuesday16:30session 7 — Assessment (Rui Penha)
19 JanuaryTuesday11:45session 8 — from musicology to musical practice (Pedro Sousa Silva)
2 FebruaryTuesday14:45session 9 — a brief history of artistic research (Rui Penha)
2 FebruaryTuesday16:30session 10 — relational ontology (Rui Penha)
16 FebruaryTuesday10:00session 11 — relational ontology, practice in context (Rui Penha)
2 MarchTuesday11:45session 12 — Case Study: Music at the Teatro de São João (Ana Maria Liberal)
5 AprilMonday12:15session 13 — Case Study: Frágua d'Amor, by Gil Vicente (Nuno Meireles, moderated by Hugo Soeiro Sanches) · THSC
5 AprilMonday15:15session 14 — Case Study: No Oculto Profuso, by Miguel Azguime (Miguel Azguime, moderated by Nuno Pinto) · THSC
20 AprilTuesday11:45session 15 — Pre-assessment of projects (Pedro Sousa Silva)
3 MayMonday12:15session 16 — Pre-assessment of projects (Rui Penha)
24 MayMonday10:30session 17 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday12:15session 18 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday15:00session 19 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 MayMonday16:45session 20 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Nuno Pinto)
Musical Creation in Context
29 SeptemberTuesday10:00session 1 — Opening of the course unit (António Augusto Aguiar) · Sala Teresa Macedo
12 OctoberMonday12:15session 2 — Context as a component of creation (António Augusto Aguiar) · 210
12 OctoberMonday15:15session 3 — Rehearsal as a space for research (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
27 OctoberTuesday10:00session 4 — Laboratory — designing a device from a context (António Augusto Aguiar) · 210
24 NovemberTuesday10:00session 5 — From concept to artistic device (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
14 DecemberMonday10:30session 6 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
14 DecemberMonday12:15session 7 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
18 JanuaryMonday12:15session 8 — Experimentation and revision (Daniel Moreira) · 210
1 FebruaryMonday10:30session 9 — Laboratory — plugged/unplugged (Nuno Pinto and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
1 FebruaryMonday12:15session 10 — Collaboration and co-creativity (António Salgado)
15 FebruaryMonday12:15session 11 — Authorship and collaboration in the studio (Mário Barreiros, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar) · THSC
15 FebruaryMonday15:15session 12 — Rehearsal and interpretive authority (Björn Schmelzer)
2 MarchTuesday10:00session 13 — Experience as a programmer (Cesário Costa, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva)
16 MarchTuesday10:00session 14 — Laboratory — 3 projects in 90 minutes (Daniel Moreira) · THSC
19 AprilMonday12:15session 15 — Laboratory — one choir, thirteen conductors (Eugénio Amorim)
4 MayTuesday10:00session 16 — Relationship with communities and agents (António Jorge Pacheco, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar)
5 MayWednesday10:00session 17 — Materialisation and circulation — rights (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
5 MayWednesday11:45session 18 — Final synthesis of the CU (Carlos Azevedo, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar)
26 MayWednesday10:30session 19 — General rehearsal (Ana Maria Liberal and Ângela da Ponte)
26 MayWednesday12:15session 20 — General rehearsal (António Salgado and Daniel Moreira)
26 MayWednesday15:00session 21 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Pedro Sousa Silva)
26 MayWednesday16:45session 22 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Eugénio Amorim and Pedro Sousa Silva)
28 MayFriday10:30session 23 — General rehearsal (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
28 MayFriday12:15session 24 — General rehearsal (Hugo Soeiro Sanches and José Parra)
28 MayFriday15:00session 25 — Assessment (António Salgado, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
28 MayFriday16:45session 26 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
29 MaySaturday10:30session 27 — General rehearsal (Marco Conceição and Nuno Pinto)
29 MaySaturday12:15session 28 — General rehearsal (Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
29 MaySaturday15:00session 29 — Assessment (Daniel Moreira, Dimitrios Andrikopoulos and Eugénio Amorim)
29 MaySaturday16:45session 30 — Assessment (António Salgado, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Nuno Pinto)
Thematic History of Music in Portugal
28 SeptemberMonday12:15session 1 — Introduction to the course unit (Eugénio Amorim) · 1.8
26 OctoberMonday12:15session 2 — Pedro de Freitas Branco: Noble et Sentimental (Cesário Costa, moderated by Eugénio Amorim) · 1.8
26 OctoberMonday15:15session 3 — Constança Capdeville: Intersections between Musicology and Performance (Helena Marinho, moderated by Ana Maria Liberal) · 1.8
9 NovemberMonday10:30session 4 — Vicente Lusitano (Pedro Sousa Silva)
23 NovemberMonday10:30session 5 — experimental music in 2026 (Rui Penha) · THSC
15 DecemberTuesday10:00session 6 — Assessment (Eugénio Amorim)
15 DecemberTuesday11:45session 7 — Assessment (Eugénio Amorim)
18 JanuaryMonday15:15session 8 — the belle époque in Porto (Ana Maria Liberal)
2 FebruaryTuesday11:45session 9 — the Onze Glosas by Fernando Lopes-Graça (Miguel Borges Coelho, moderated by Daniel Moreira) · THSC
4 FebruaryThursday10:00session 10 — João Rodrigues Esteves (Eugénio Amorim)
1 MarchMonday12:15session 11 — [ethnomusicological topic to be defined] (Eugénio Amorim) · THSC
1 MarchMonday15:15session 12 — Traditional music as a platform for other languages (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · THSC
15 MarchMonday10:30session 13 — The serenade under the reign of D. Maria I (Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
5 AprilMonday10:30session 14 — experimental music in Porto's garages, ca. 1982 (Gustavo Costa, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
19 AprilMonday15:15session 15 — Portuguese Hip Hop (Capicua, moderated by Rui Penha)
4 MayTuesday11:45session 16 — Jazz in Portugal (António Augusto Aguiar)
25 MayTuesday10:30session 17 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
25 MayTuesday12:15session 18 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Daniel Moreira and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
25 MayTuesday15:00session 19 — Assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
25 MayTuesday16:45session 20 — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Daniel Moreira and Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
Reading and Interpretation of Sources
28 SeptemberMonday15:15session 1 — General framework: what are sources (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
13 OctoberTuesday10:00session 2 — Organising materials (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
27 OctoberTuesday11:45session 3 — Case study: The Rite of Spring (José Parra) · 1.8
9 NovemberMonday12:15session 4 — Introduction to critical editing (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
9 NovemberMonday15:15session 5 — Oral tradition sources (Eugénio Amorim)
14 DecemberMonday15:15session 6 — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
14 DecemberMonday17:00session 7 — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 JanuaryTuesday10:00session 8 — Organology and musical iconography (Pedro Sousa Silva)
1 FebruaryMonday15:15session 9 — Essays and theoretical writings (Rui Penha)
1 FebruaryMonday17:00session 10 — The essay as a source (Rui Penha) · THSC
16 FebruaryTuesday11:45session 11 — Digital sources and databases (Elsa De Luca)
15 MarchMonday12:15session 12 — Audiovisual sources and phonogram analysis (Marco Conceição) · THSC
15 MarchMonday15:15session 13 — Musical notation (Eugénio Amorim)
6 AprilTuesday10:00session 14 — Musical palaeography (Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 AprilTuesday10:00session 15 — The ephemeral as a source. (Rui Penha)
3 MayMonday15:15session 16 — Technological sources (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
21 MayFriday10:30session 17 — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim and Rui Penha)
21 MayFriday12:15session 18 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, José Parra and Marco Conceição)
21 MayFriday15:00session 19 — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim and Rui Penha)
21 MayFriday16:45session 20 — Assessment (Hugo Soeiro Sanches, José Parra and Marco Conceição)
Performance Practice
28 SeptemberMonday10:30session 1 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 1.8
12 OctoberMonday10:30session 2 — session content to be confirmed (José Parra) · 210
26 OctoberMonday10:30session 3 — session content to be confirmed (Nuno Pinto) · 210
10 NovemberTuesday11:45session 4 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva)
24 NovemberTuesday11:45session 5 — session content to be confirmed (Eugénio Amorim)
16 DecemberWednesday10:00session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
16 DecemberWednesday11:45session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
18 JanuaryMonday10:30session 8 — session content to be confirmed (Ana Maria Liberal)
3 FebruaryWednesday10:00session 9 — Amplification (Marco Conceição)
3 FebruaryWednesday11:45session 10 — session content to be confirmed (António Salgado)
15 FebruaryMonday10:30session 11 — session content to be confirmed (António Augusto Aguiar)
1 MarchMonday10:30session 12 — session content to be confirmed (Luís Duarte, moderated by José Parra) · THSC
16 MarchTuesday11:45session 13 — session content to be confirmed (Daniel Moreira) · THSC
6 AprilTuesday11:45session 14 — session content to be confirmed (Madalena Soveral, moderated by Eugénio Amorim)
19 AprilMonday10:30session 15 — session content to be confirmed (Bruno Pereira, moderated by António Augusto Aguiar) · THSC
3 MayMonday10:30session 16 — session content to be confirmed (Pedro Sousa Silva)
17 MayMonday10:30session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, Eugénio Amorim and Marco Conceição)
17 MayMonday12:15session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Augusto Aguiar, António Salgado and Eugénio Amorim)
17 MayMonday15:00session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ana Maria Liberal, António Salgado and Marco Conceição)
17 MayMonday16:45session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Daniel Moreira, José Parra and Nuno Pinto)
Compositional Practice
28 SeptemberMonday17:00session 1 — Compositional Practice (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
12 OctoberMonday17:00session 2 — Compositional Practice (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
26 OctoberMonday17:00session 3 — Rhythm and Indian Music (Nuno Lobo, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · 4.13
9 NovemberMonday17:00session 4 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
23 NovemberMonday17:00session 5 — Creation Laboratory: Thinking composition through cinema (Daniel Moreira)
17 DecemberThursday10:00session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
17 DecemberThursday11:45session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
18 JanuaryMonday17:00session 8 — The Anamorphoses cycle (Isabel Soveral, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
2 FebruaryTuesday10:00session 9 — Ultra instrumentum: composition and hybridisation strategies in mixed music (Ângela da Ponte)
4 FebruaryThursday11:45session 10 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
15 FebruaryMonday17:00session 11 — Characterisation within non-tonal language (Christopher Bochmann, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos) · THSC
1 MarchMonday17:00session 12 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
15 MarchMonday17:00session 13 — Collaborative practices (Fátima Fonte, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
5 AprilMonday17:00session 14 — Creation Laboratory (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
19 AprilMonday17:00session 15 — Visual music (João Pedro Oliveira, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
3 MayMonday17:00session 16 — Composing the unstable: Transculturality, Emergent Form, and the Poetics of Absence (Dimitris Papageorgiou, moderated by Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
18 MayTuesday10:30session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday12:15session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday15:00session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
18 MayTuesday16:45session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Ângela da Ponte, Daniel Moreira and Eugénio Amorim)
Improvisational Practices
29 SeptemberTuesday14:45session 1 — session content to be confirmed (António Augusto Aguiar) · 4.13
13 OctoberTuesday14:45session 2 — Counterpoint improvisation (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 4.13
27 OctoberTuesday14:45session 3 — Play, opening, form in motion (António Augusto Aguiar) · 4.13
10 NovemberTuesday14:45session 4 — Jazz (António Augusto Aguiar)
24 NovemberTuesday14:45session 5 — Soundpainting (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 DecemberWednesday14:45session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 DecemberWednesday16:30session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (António Augusto Aguiar)
19 JanuaryTuesday14:45session 8 — Textures, timbre and extended techniques (António Augusto Aguiar)
3 FebruaryWednesday14:45session 9 — Organ improvisation (Eugénio Amorim)
3 FebruaryWednesday16:30session 10 — Theoretical and practical models (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 FebruaryTuesday14:45session 11 — Presentation: improvisation experience during the pandemic (José Parra)
2 MarchTuesday14:45session 12 — External stimuli (António Augusto Aguiar)
16 MarchTuesday14:45session 13 — Cyclical form / unfolding (António Augusto Aguiar)
6 AprilTuesday14:45session 14 — Development / variation / association / interruption (Eugénio Amorim)
20 AprilTuesday14:45session 15 — Projects (António Augusto Aguiar)
4 MayTuesday14:45session 16 — Projects (José Parra)
19 MayWednesday10:30session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday12:15session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday15:00session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 MayWednesday16:45session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Eugénio Amorim, José Parra and Pedro Sousa Silva)
Musical Project Management and Production
29 SeptemberTuesday16:30session 1 — Fundamentals of Management and Production / Interdisciplinary Studies (Pedro Sousa Silva and António Salgado) · 4.13
13 OctoberTuesday16:30session 2 — Interdisciplinary Studies: practical examples across the categories (António Salgado) · 4.13
27 OctoberTuesday16:30session 3 — Overview of arts funding support programmes (Pedro Sousa Silva) · 4.13
10 NovemberTuesday16:30session 4 — Interdisciplinary Studies: practical examples across the categories (continued) (António Salgado)
24 NovemberTuesday16:30session 5 — Collective writing exercise for a small-scale application (Pedro Sousa Silva)
17 DecemberThursday14:45session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
17 DecemberThursday16:30session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Pedro Sousa Silva)
19 JanuaryTuesday16:30session 8 — Case study (topic to be announced) (Jorge Salgado Correia, moderated by António Salgado)
4 FebruaryThursday14:45session 9 — Case study — micro/small scale (<€35k) (Daniel Moreira)
4 FebruaryThursday16:30session 10 — Case study — medium scale (€35k–€400k) (Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
16 FebruaryTuesday16:30session 11 — Networks and institutional partnerships (Alexandre Santos, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva) · THSC
2 MarchTuesday16:30session 12 — Case study (Mário Alves, moderated by António Salgado)
16 MarchTuesday16:30session 13 — Case study — large scale (€400k–€1M) (Jorge Coelho, moderated by Rui Penha) · THSC
6 AprilTuesday16:30session 14 — Communication and dissemination (Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 AprilTuesday16:30session 15 — Dance and video (Cláudia Marisa, moderated by António Salgado)
4 MayTuesday16:30session 16 — Questions of perception (Inês Salselas, moderated by António Salgado and Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 MayThursday10:30session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Daniel Moreira and Rui Penha)
20 MayThursday12:15session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Rui Penha)
20 MayThursday15:00session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (António Salgado, Daniel Moreira and Hugo Soeiro Sanches)
20 MayThursday16:45session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Daniel Moreira, Hugo Soeiro Sanches and Rui Penha)
Music and Audiovisual Technologies
29 SeptemberTuesday18:30session 1 — Introduction (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
13 OctoberTuesday18:30session 2 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
27 OctoberTuesday18:30session 3 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição) · Estúdio A
10 NovemberTuesday18:30session 4 — Collaborative creation lab (Marco Conceição)
24 NovemberTuesday18:30session 5 — Real-time spatialisation (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos)
16 DecemberWednesday18:30session 6 — Assessment — Assessment (Marco Conceição)
17 DecemberThursday18:30session 7 — Assessment — Assessment (Marco Conceição)
19 JanuaryTuesday18:30session 8 — Visuals for music (Pedro Santos, moderated by Pedro Sousa Silva)
3 FebruaryWednesday18:30session 9 — MIC – Multi Interdisciplinary Consort (Paulo Perfeito and Pedro Santos, moderated by Marco Conceição)
4 FebruaryThursday18:30session 10 — MIC – Multi Interdisciplinary Consort (Pedro Santos, moderated by Marco Conceição)
16 FebruaryTuesday18:30session 11 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
2 MarchTuesday18:30session 12 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
16 MarchTuesday18:30session 13 — Project supervision (Marco Conceição)
6 AprilTuesday18:30session 14 — Work for clarinet and electronics (Nuno Pinto)
20 AprilTuesday18:30session 15 — Presentation of the “respigador” instrument (Rui Penha)
4 MayTuesday18:30session 16 — Presenting the Marvão Residency (Bruno Pereira, moderated by Marco Conceição)
17 MayMonday18:30session 17 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Nuno Pinto and Rui Penha)
18 MayTuesday18:30session 18 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
19 MayWednesday18:30session 19 — Assessment — Final assessment (Dimitrios Andrikopoulos, Nuno Pinto and Pedro Sousa Silva)
20 MayThursday18:30session 20 — Assessment — Final assessment (Nuno Pinto, Pedro Sousa Silva and Rui Penha)
Key: LIF — Reading and Interpretation of Sources · CMC — Musical Creation in Context · HTMP — Thematic History of Music in Portugal · PAM — Advanced Research in Music.