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MA Multimedia Composition at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany

Programme overview

The two-year, interdisciplinary and modular Master of Arts in Multimedia Composition integrates sound, technology, performance and visual media. Students develop individual artistic languages combining musical thinking with interactive, performative and multimedia practices.

Faculty: Faculty of Music (Deaneries I and IV)  |  Department: Composition and Music Theory  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Interactive performances, multimedia spaces, algorithmic composition, digital signal processing and live electronics, live interaction of music and video, audio-visual installations, sensors and interfaces, aesthetics of new media, microtonal composition, computer-game-based art, conceptual art and network composition; software includes Max/MSP/Jitter, Ableton Live, IRCAM software, Unreal Engine, MadMapper/TouchDesigner and Lightkey.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application with at least three representative works showing artistic use of digital media (scores, texts, recordings, programs, videos or interactive websites); entrance exam in English with a 3-hour written part (analysis and task in interactive computer music/multimedia, summary and commentary of a factual text, multiple-choice test on key terms) and a 15-minute interview. Application period 15 February to 1 April.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 2 years

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