Bachelor of Music Orchesterdirigieren at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music Orchesterdirigieren at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Orchestral conducting following the classical Kapellmeister training: intensive score study, conducting technique and development of the student's own interpretative expression. The programme runs for 8 semesters (4 years), 240 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 (about 30 minutes) and a written examination in ear training and harmony (about 4 hours).

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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