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Bachelor of Music Schlagzeug / Pauke at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Germany

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music Schlagzeug / Pauke at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Timpani and percussion training in which students concentrate on the orchestra or instrumental pedagogy profile during the four-year programme. The programme runs for 8 semesters (4 years), 240 credits, taught at Aachen, Köln, Wuppertal.

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 (about 15 minutes) and in piano as a secondary subject (about 10 minutes), plus written ear training and elementary theory (about 90 minutes).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)

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