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Bachelor of Music Künstlerisches Lehramt an Gymnasien (Schulmusik) at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany

Programme overview

Artistic teacher-training degree for school music at Gymnasien, awarding the Bachelor of Music. A scientific subject is studied in parallel at KIT Karlsruhe or Heidelberg University, usually from the third semester.

Faculty: Künstlerisches Lehramt (Schulmusik)  |  Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen-track teaching degree; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter and Summer semester  |  Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Intensive artistic training in a main instrument or voice, compulsory subjects such as voice, piano, choral conducting, music theory, ear training and jazz harmony, school-practice seminars, a three-week orientation placement and an educational-science accompanying course.

Career pathways

Graduates continue to the Master and then the Referendariat, which ends with the Staatsexamen, to become music teachers at Gymnasien.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entrance (aptitude) examination required before study begins. Main subjects for the Bachelor: piano, guitar, voice, strings, woodwind, brass, percussion and harp. Applicants from non-German-speaking countries must prove adequate German.

Intake: Winter and Summer semester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)

Apply through the official page: https://hfm-karlsruhe.de/studieren/bewerbung

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