Bachelor of Music Tonsatz/Musiktheorie at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music Tonsatz/Musiktheorie at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. A four-year Bachelor in the main subject Tonsatz / Musiktheorie (composition and music theory); after four semesters students can choose between a pedagogical and an artistic profile. 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: main-subject colloquium (about 20 minutes), written examinations in ear training (about 60 minutes) and harmony (about 3 hours), and artistic-practical examinations in an instrumental main and secondary subject.

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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