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Bachelor of Music -
Composition/Music Theory

Hearing and brain.

The Cologne University of Music and Dance offers a four-year Bachelor's degree course and a two-year consecutive artistic Master's degree course in composition / music theory. After four semesters, students can choose between a pedagogical and an artistic profile (formerly "pedagogical composition" and "artistic composition"). The composition/music theory course offers a particularly broad-based education. It teaches artistic-practical, academic and pedagogical skills in the areas of composition, music theory and composition. In addition to classical composition theory, the course includes the acquisition of music analytical, stylistic and music historical knowledge, the methodology and didactics of the subject area, the artistic-practical use of modern notation and production software as well as the planning and realization of own productions and performance projects. The aim is a comprehensive creative and post-creative development of the aesthetic diversity of music in the past and present.

If you have any questions about the course, please get in touch with the relevant contact person(s).

Basic information

Degree Bachelor of Music
Period of study 8 Semester
Course begin Wintersemester
ECTS points 240 Credits
Major subjects Tonsatz
Continuing study options Master of Music Music Theory

Applications are submitted online via the muvac platform. All information on the procedure can be found on our application page.

Admission requirements

  • General university entrance qualification or a comparable university entrance qualification
  • Proof of a TestDaF 3 language certificate for non-German-speaking applicants
  • Successfully passed aptitude test

Qualifying examination

The aptitude test consists of four parts:

  1. Main subject examination (colloquium) (approx. 20 minutes)
  2. Written sub-main subject examinations (aural training approx. 60 minutes, composition approx. 3 hours)
  3. Artistic-practical examination in the instrumental main subject (approx. 10 minutes)
  4. Artistic-practical examination in the instrumental minor subject (approx. 10 minutes)

Detailed information can be found in the Qualifying Examination Regulations, in particular in the appendix for content requirements and conduct of the examination.

The program is divided into a basic study period (1st and 2nd year) with a high proportion of compulsory modules and a differentiated main study period (3rd and 4th year). The structural framework is formed by 7 main modules:

  1. Core module
  2. Artistic-practical context
  3. Education
  4. Mediation
  5. Professionalization
  6. Bachelor thesis / Interdisciplinary project
  7. Supplement

Musiktheorie / Tonsatz / Gehörbildung

  • Daniel Oliveira de Pinho – Köln
  • Raik Weidemann – Köln
  • Andranik Fatalov – Wuppertal

Musiktheorie, Tonsatz, Gehörbildung

  • Philip Sobecki – Köln
  • Dennis Stadtmann – Aachen
  • Yaeko Albrecht – Wuppertal

Tonsatz

  • Christian Tölle – Köln
  • Cynthie van Eijden – Aachen
  • David Kiefer – Wuppertal

Tonsatz und Gehörbildung

  • Dr. Thomas Enselein – Köln

Tonsatz, Gehörbildung

  • Klaus Heiwolt – Köln

Tonsatz/Musiktheorie

  • Prof. Johannes Quint – Aachen
  • Prof. Johannes Schild – Köln
  • Prof. Qiming Yuan, Vice Dean Department 1 – Köln
  • Prof. Tilmann Claus, Rector – Köln
  • Prof. Johannes Köppl, Dean Department 1 – Köln
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Contact

Portrait Prof. Johannes Schild
Prof. Johannes Schild
Tonsatz/Musiktheorie
Email johannes.schild@hfmt-koeln.de
Address
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Unter Krahnenbäumen 87
50668 Köln
Portrait Prof. Qiming Yuan
Prof. Qiming Yuan
Tonsatz/Musiktheorie
Vice Dean Department 1
Email qiming.yuan@hfmt-koeln.de
Address
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Unter Krahnenbäumen 87
50668 Köln