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Master of Music Kirchenmusik (Evangelische / Katholische Kirchenmusik) at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Programme overview

The Master's programme is a further professionally qualifying degree that meets the church employment requirements for cantor and organist on so-called A posts or comparable positions.

Faculty: Music  |  Department: Kirchenmusik  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Sommersemester and Wintersemester  |  Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Outstanding artistic and theoretical-academic work in church music fields, including organ, congregational accompaniment/improvisation, piano, voice and choral conducting.

Career pathways

Cantor and organist on A posts; technical (and possibly line) supervision of church music in a church region, training of full- and part-time church musicians, advising church bodies and representing church music publicly.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree in church music (Protestant/Catholic) or Diplom Kirchenmusik B and a passed entrance examination in organ, congregational accompaniment/improvisation, piano, voice and choral conducting. Application period for Sommersemester 2027: 30 September to 1 December 2026.

Intake: Sommersemester and Wintersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfmdk-frankfurt.de/thema/bewerben

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