BMus Jazz | Performing Artist at Folkwang University of the Arts

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music preparing students for the varied professional life of a jazz musician and related fields. Building on mastery of the instrument, students develop an individual musical language or secure command of several styles, covering jazz tradition and current developments.

Faculty: Music | Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 240 ECTS | Study mode: full-time (part-time possible); German-taught | Intake: Winter semester (October) | Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Instrument or specialisation as main subject (jazz voice, electric bass, guitar, piano, double bass, trombone, saxophone, drums, trumpet, violin, or composition/arrangement in combination), with studio practice, scoring to picture and computer animation in the curriculum. The programme ends with an independently produced audio or audio-visual production.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur or recognised equivalent; waivable for exceptional artistic talent if at least the Mittlerer Schulabschluss is held, per the framework aptitude-test regulations). Pass the Folkwang aptitude test (Eignungsprüfung). Applicants without a German school qualification must show German at level A2 (CEFR) at enrolment. Application deadline 15 March for the following winter semester; EUR 50 application fee.

Intake: Winter semester (October)

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 240 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/musik/studiengaenge/jazz-performing-artist/basisinfos-bewerbung

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