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BMus Composition / Music Theory at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany

Programme overview

The Bachelor's degree closely integrates composition and music theory, a long-standing tradition at the HfMT. Students choose an individual focus in either artistic-practical work in contemporary music or the theoretical-reflective field.

Faculty: Faculty of Music (Deaneries I and IV)  |  Department: Composition and Music Theory  |  Study mode: full-time; mostly German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Main-subject lessons plus minor subject piano, aural training, basso continuo, score playing, stylistic improvisation and conducting, with didactic study components; music theory students write a BA thesis.

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Entry requirements

Passed artistic and academic entrance examination in the main subject; university entrance qualification (Abitur or equivalent; may be waived in cases of outstanding artistic ability, i.e. main-subject exam graded at least 1.5 or 23 points); proof of German at B2 if the Abitur was not obtained in Germany. Application period 15 February to 1 April for the winter semester.

Intake: Winter semester

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