Master of Music Evangelische Kirchenmusik at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Programme overview

Master of Music Evangelische Kirchenmusik at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. A four-semester postgraduate Master's that supplements a first degree and deepens artistic study of the main church-music disciplines after the Bachelor of Music in church music; qualifies for senior church-music posts. The programme runs for 4 semesters (2 years), 120 credits, taught at Köln.

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Winter and summer semester | Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Broadens the knowledge from the Bachelor (or Diplom); in semesters 3 and 4 students deepen a chosen core module in choral conducting, orchestral conducting, children's choir conducting, organ or liturgical organ playing.

Career pathways

Prepares for the profession of church musician (Kirchenmusiker*in).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission requires a Bachelor's degree in church music or a comparable degree from a traditional undergraduate programme (for example a church-music Diplom); applicants whose degree was not earned at a German-language institution must show sufficient German; pass the entrance examination: artistic-practical examination of about 20 minutes presenting skills in organ, choral conducting, improvisation and voice.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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

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