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Collaborative Piano

Teaching Staff

Prof. Nicholas Rimmer

Courses of study available

Bachelor of Music (Minor Collaborative Piano)
Master of Music
 

Bachelor of Music (Minor Collaborative Piano)

Regulations, degree plans and module catalogues

Principal subjects in artistic and artistic-pedagogic profile: Main subject lessons, repertoire, chamber music/ensemble, theory/ear training/musicology, elective module.

Supplementary subjects in artistic-pedagogic profile: Methodology/didactics, music education, written project.

Requirements in the entrance exam

a) Instrumental major subject:
Performance of two challenging works for solo piano (individual movements are possible) from two different styles.

b) Prima vista playing:
Performance of a short work for solo piano, which will be announced in the examination.

c) Correpetition/Accompaniment
Performance of a work with an instrumentalist, without prior rehearsal. The work to be prepared will be announced in advance of the examination, e.g. together with the date of the aptitude test.

Examples for c): First movement from an instrumental concerto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, violin concerto; Robert Schumann, cello concerto; Carl Maria von Weber, clarinet concerto; Joseph Haydn, trumpet concerto; Richard Strauss, horn concerto etc.).

Duration: approx. 15 minutes in total.

(Excerpt from the Statutes on Enrollment; see there also the General examination requirements und the Requirements of the further examination parts [ear training, music theory, piano]).

Requirements in the entrance exam

a) Main subject:
Performance of three complete, challenging works for solo piano from three different styles, one of which must be from the 20th/21st century.

b) Prima vista playing:
Performance of a short work for solo piano to be announced in the examination.

c) Correpetition/Accompaniment:
Performance of a work with an instrumentalist without prior rehearsal. The work to be prepared will be announced in advance of the examination, e.g. together with the date of the aptitude test.

Examples for c): First movement from an instrumental concerto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, violin concerto; Robert Schumann, cello concerto; Carl Maria von Weber, clarinet concerto; Joseph Haydn, trumpet concerto; Richard Strauss, horn concerto etc.).

Duration: 20 minutes in total.

(Excerpt from the Statutes on Enrollment; see there also the General examination requirements).

Further notes on the entrance exams (Application, Deadlines, Formal Requirements)

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