Bachelor of Music Historische Instrumente at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music Historische Instrumente at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Training in recorder, harpsichord, lute and viola da gamba with emphasis on solo skills and communicative music-making, so chamber music and ensemble teaching are central. The programme runs for 8 semesters (4 years), 240 ECTS credits, taught at Köln.

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years) | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Core module (main-subject tuition), artistic-practical context (orchestra, chamber music, secondary subject), education (ear training, music theory, musicology), mediation (didactics), professionalisation, bachelor thesis or interdisciplinary project, and a supplementary module; the first two years are a basic study phase with many compulsory modules, followed by a main study phase in years 3 and 4.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Allgemeine Hochschulreife or a comparable higher education entrance qualification; proof of German (TestDaF level 3) for non-German-speaking applicants; pass the entrance examination: artistic-practical examination in the main subject presenting three stylistically different works from the 17th and 18th centuries (about 15 minutes) and music theory (about 90 minutes).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfmt-koeln.de/informationen-fuer/studieninteressierte/bewerbung/

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