Mas­ter: In­stru­men­tal Stu­dies (Fo­cus: Tea­ching)

1. current passport photo (the following formats are accepted: GIF, JPEG, JPG or PNG)
2. Complete and up-to-date curriculum vitae in tabular form (up to the year of application)
3. School leaving certificate (if not yet available, the last school certificate is sufficient for the time being), in case of foreign certificates a certified translation in German or English is required*
4. If applying for a Master's degree: Bachelor's certificate or equivalent, "Transcript of Records", if applying for a concert exam: Master's certificate or equivalent, "Transcript of Records "*
5. For applicants from the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, certificate of the Academic Evaluation Service (APS) (PR China // Vietnam)
6. Proof of language skills according to the requirements of the degree programmes (see below, Language certificates)
7. Please note that you have to submit additional documents in the different study programmes. Please inform yourself about this on the website of the respective study program for which you are applying under "aptitude test". Among other things, letter of motivation, assignments, phoniatric report (voice)...

*If you do not have all final certificates at the time of application, please submit the most recent certificates and supporting documents in advance. Submit the final documents without being asked and in good time before the start of your studies. If you have any questions, please contact us immediately.  

Please fill out the online application completely and upload all requested documents. After you have submitted your online application with a final mouse click, you will receive an email from us confirming the receipt of your application.

After the application deadline, you will receive an invoice from us for an administrative fee of 50 Euro. Please transfer the fee to the account of the HfMDK stating your invoice number and name within the mentioned payment deadline. Only when the administrative fee has been credited to the university's account is your application complete and can be processed.

The application fee is charged per applicant. If you apply for two courses or subjects, no further fee is due. The fee will be due again if you reapply at a later date (new round of applications).

A refund of the application fee is excluded - this also applies if the application is withdrawn.

One etude of your choice. In addition, at least two works from different eras (complete works or representative excerpts of at least 10 minutes each).
Duration of the video: approx. 20-25 minutes

Upon invitation, works presented in the videos may be performed again during the aptitude test.

A 15-minute recording, which should include a piece of classical music, a work of your choice and 2 orchestral parts of your choice.

1. a first movement from one of Mozart's violin concertos
2. a first or last movement from a violin concerto of the Romantic, Classical Modern or Modern period
3. a Caprice by Paganini or Wieniawski

Total duration: at least 20 minutes

two pieces of different genres with a total duration of max. 10 minutes (possibly also in excerpts)

• Maximum duration: 20 minutes
• Content: Selection of pieces from the program for the presence exam.
• A short personal presentation is highly welcome.

The duration of the practical examination varies between 10 and 30 minutes, depending on the instrument.
The requirements correspond to those of the Master's degree program in Artistic Education in Music in the respective main artistic subject. 

Saxophone:

For saxophone, please note the following examination requirements in the major subject:

• Preparation of four complete works from at least 3 different eras
• One of the works should be a solo piece from the field of contemporary music (composed after 1970)
• One of the works may be a transcription
• Sight-reading

The examination board selects the performance sequence in the aptitude test.
In the practical examination, the applicant should demonstrate artistic and technical ability, interpretative skills, stylistic sensitivity and creative ability.

The teaching demonstration takes approximately 20 minutes and serves to demonstrate pedagogical aptitude. It also evaluates the applicant’s ability to structure a lesson in a meaningful and methodologically coherent way. The student for the teaching demonstration, as well as the piece to be taught (lower/intermediate level),  are assigned by the HfMDK.

The approximately 10-minute colloquium, focusing on the teaching demonstration and on questions related to instrumental pedagogy, is designed to evaluate the applicant’s ability to reflect on their own instructional approach as well as on issues concerning career paths and professional contexts in instrumental pedagogy.

All components must be successfully completed. The colloquium is graded on a pass/fail basis. The final grade is determined by the arithmetic average of the evaluations for the practical examination and the teaching demonstration.