Bachelor of Music Streicher at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music Streicher at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. String training with main subjects violin, viola, cello or double bass, with teachers who offer international concert experience and expertise in the major European traditions. 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 (up to about 15 minutes) and piano as a secondary subject (up to about 10 minutes), plus written music theory (up to 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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