Instrumental Composition
Bachelor of Music
Key areas of study, artistic profile only: principal instrumental instruction, fundamentals of electronic music, music theory, ear training, musicology, counterpoint, instrumentation, elective courses.
We offer instrumental composition as a major in the Bachelor of Music program with an artistic profile. This program prepares you for a career as an artist.
Bachelor of Music (Teacher Education)
The bachelor’s program “Bachelor of Music (Teacher Education)” qualifies students for a master’s program. It includes an scientific subject that is usually studied at Freiburg University. The bachelor’s program is followed by a four-semester master’s program “Master of Education (Secondary School Teacher Education)”, which qualifies students for the practical training phase as teacher at secondary schools in the artistic subject of music and an scientific subject (Referendariat).
The degree program includes study options in both instrumental composition and electronic media.
The Statutes on Enrollment, including the requirements for the entrance exam, and further information about the bachelor’s program are available in German.
Requirements in the entrance exam
Colloquium on compositional and aesthetic questions based on the applicant's own submitted compositions (duration: 30 minutes).
Applications should include three to five printed compositions and (if available) recordings (CD, DVD, USB, or link).
(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, voice as a secondary subject, piano as a second instrument]).