Teaching Degree Add-on Subject Jazz & Popular Music (Verbreiterungsfach Jazz & Popularmusik) at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart

The Verbreiterungsfach Jazz & Popularmusik is a full second subject within teacher training that can be studied in place of an academic subject. It equips future music teachers to lead school formats such as jazz combos, cover bands, musical groups and big bands. It leads to a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education, and can also be taken as an extension Master or as a third subject.

Department: Institut für Jazz & Pop  |  Duration: Bachelor: 6 semesters (78 ECTS); Master: 2 semesters (30 ECTS)  |  Intake: Summer and winter semester  |  Study mode: German-taught; add-on subject to the teaching degree; degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education  |  Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Students receive an additional 60 minutes of main-subject instruction from the teachers of the Institute for Jazz & Pop and study alongside jazz students in ensembles and jazz theory courses. The Bachelor part can start together with the Bachelor Lehramt, at the latest in the third semester, and the Master part continues for two semesters.

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