Master of Music
Classical Music, Composition, Jazz/Pop
GENERAL
The Youth Academy for Music and Art Germany, in cooperation with the renowned Kalaidos University of Music in Switzerland, offers an attractive master's degree program in performance/pedagogy (classical, jazz/pop) for all instruments, voice and composition.
During the master's program, which runs over four semesters, the required examinations and lectures take place in Hanover.
To enter the program, a Bachelor of Music degree and successful completion of the entrance examination are required.
The following competencies are required at the start of study:
Expertise:
- High level of instrumental/vocal technical skills that make successful completion of the program realistic in the time allotted.
- Ability for convincing independent artistic expression
- Foundation of an independent artistic profile
- Basic repertoire (main subject) from the most important style areas
- Experience with public performance situations
- Practical music skills for sight-reading or sight-singing.
- Experience in ensemble playing in different instrumentations and styles
- Trained listening skills and ability to listen analytically
- Recognize different compositional techniques, recognize the characteristic features and techniques of different styles.
- Basic knowledge of music history, acoustics and instrumentology, knowledge of styles and their respective performance practice in early and contemporary music.
- Ability to analyze, contextualize, and reflect on the components of music general education.
Methodological competence:
- Own learning and practice strategies, memorization and rehearsal techniques.
- Ability to do own reflective and analytical work in the application of stylistic, music-theoretical and -historical knowledge and extensive experience in these areas.
- Inclusion of aesthetic, art, literary and socio-political knowledge in own artistic work; experience in interdisciplinary thinking
- Experience with body awareness, loosening and relaxation techniques and their application in the major.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of knowledge management and research techniques (including library research and use of information technologies).
- Application of basic knowledge of scientific work and its fruitfulness for own work
Social Skills:
- high communicative and social skills
- Ability for convincing independent artistic expression
- distinctive ability to communicate professionally in the field of music or music education
- Ability to speak or write about one's work in a clear, understandable manner appropriate to the context
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to respond flexibly to a changing professional, social and cultural environment.
- Ability to organize, communicate and present
- Conflict skills
- Willingness to learn
Self-competencies:
- Foundation of a musical-artistic personality
- Ability to effectively use one's imagination, intuition, emotional understanding.
- Ability to reflect and constantly develop one's own skills and knowledge
- Ability to deal constructively with external criticism of own work
- Ability to work independently, in a structured and efficient manner on a variety of topics
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation and independence
- Ability to self-organize and to structure and plan independently over several semesters
- Ability to clearly assess one's own limitations and to take these into account in one's work through planning take them into account
- Mental & physical resilience and ability to recognize own physiological behavior patterns and to develop prevention and optimization strategies.
Classes and exams are held in German.
The following competency profiles are developed and expanded as part of the master's program:
- Expertise: focus on musical expression, technical mastery of the main instrument, extensive repertoire knowledge, development of an individual artistic profile, and experience in public performance.
- Methodological skills: application of reflective learning and practice strategies, use of memorization and rehearsal techniques, effective knowledge management and research techniques, ability to work reflectively and analytically.
- Social competence: promoting the ability to work in a team, communication skills, organizational skills and the ability to deal with conflict.
- Self-competence: developing the ability to deal with criticism, as well as physical and psychological resilience.
Enrollment
Master of Music
Required documents
- Copy bachelor diploma
- Resume
- Letter of motivation
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Examination program
(approx. 25 - 30 minutes) - German language certificate
- Photo
- Passport copy
This multi-faceted master's program offers challenging opportunities for students to develop their musical skills and establish themselves as professional artists.