Overview of the degree program
| Standard period of study | 8 semesters (4 years) |
| Overall scope |
240 credit points 90 semester hours in the compulsory modules 8 semester hours in the elective compulsory module |
| Admission requirements |
University entrance qualification as per Art. 33 and 65 (1-2) of the University Act (HochSchG): General higher education entrance qualification or a discipline-specific admission qualification Successful completion of an aptitude test A General Certificate of Secondary Education (Realschulabschluss) does qualify to enroll if a candidate has passed the aptitude test in his/her major subject (orchestral instrument) with a score of at least “13” and has passed all the other parts of the aptitude test as well. Candidates applying for the aptitude test, who have neither a German general qualification for university entrance nor a degree / graduation in a German speaking course of studies have to submit a certificate of German language skills for at least the level B2 (CER). The authorization expires if the certificate is not submitted in time. |
| Entrance into the program | only possible in the winter semester |
| Degree | Bachelor of Music (B. Mus.) |
| Program objective |
The Bachelor's degree program is a basic course of artistic study that leads to an academic qualification for a future career. The goal is to provide individuals with sufficient artistic talent with the necessary artistic, educational, and other professionally significant core skills and competencies to enable them to work successfully as a professional pianist. |
| Course structure and contents | The degree program encompasses 15 compulsory modules:
and 1 elective compulsory module
All modules except Ensemble I, Ensemble IV, and Interdisciplinary studies / Context studies conclude with a module-specific examination. (For more information see the annex of the Examination regulations relating to the respective course of studies and the module handbook respectively.) |
| Bachelor's examination |
Module-by-module exams during the course of studies Written Bachelor's thesis (8 credit points) Practical artistic final examination (11 credit points) |
Requirements for the aptitude test
| Piano major |
Examination duration: approx. 15 minutes Presentation of four pieces, one from the early Baroque period (Bach, Handel etc.), one from the Classical period (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven etc.), one Romantic or Impressionist piece (Schubert, Schumann, Brahms etc.) and one Modern piece. Sight-playing of a moderately difficult piece |
| Instrumental minor |
Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes Presentation of two pieces: one from the early Baroque and one Classical, Romantic or Modern piece. |
| Ear training, oral |
Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes Identification and singing of intervals and chords, identification of rhythms and meters, repetition (instrumental or voice) and expansion of a presented melodic phrase, sight-singing of an easy choral voice |
| Written examination |
Examination duration: 1 hour Single and dual-voice tonal and free tonal musical dictation as well as rhythm examples Examination duration: 1 hour Identification and writing of intervals and chords, notation of a short figured bass, polyharmonic passage for a given melody, explanation of specialized musical terms and forms. |