Bachelor of Music -
Elementary Music

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 the following three parts:

1. Artistic-practical examination in the instrumental or vocal main subject (duration: max. 15 minutes)
2. Artistic-pedagogical examination: This lasts approximately 75 minutes, plus 30 minutes preparation time, and consists of the following parts:
   1. Group improvisation
   2. Movement design
   3. Developing/instructing a body percussion, speaking/singing one's own lyrics
   4. Percussion
   5. Discussion about the examination process as well as study and career interests
3. Music theory examination: ear training (written) and elementary theory of movement (written), total duration: 90 minutes

Detailed information can be found in the aptitude test regulations in the appendix, in particular on the structure and conduct of the aptitude test. After registering for the qualifying examination, you will be activated for a page containing practical examples and tutorials for the second part of the examination (artistic-pedagogical examination).

The study program not only offers space to develop a versatile artistic profile, but also provides a sound theoretical foundation and a variety of opportunities for application in practice. In pedagogical and specialized didactic seminars, students deal with the goals and contents of EMP. In continuous teaching experiments with people of different age groups (babies and toddlers, early childhood, children of elementary school age, adolescents and adults) we enable our students to perceive and develop themselves as teaching personalities, to test existing didactic concepts, to question them critically and to think them further. Our pedagogical concept includes numerous practical courses in close cooperation with music schools, general education schools and other cultural and social institutions for children, adolescents and adults.

The EMP program is composed of eight modules:

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

Collegial

Appreciative cooperation is a matter of course for us, and not only in lessons with different practice groups. This is expressed both in team teaching processes and in the reflection of our own attitudes and prejudices, whether in relation to the relationship between teachers and learners, the examination of different understandings of art and music or a diversity-sensitive attitude.

Individual

Students at the Cologne location can choose from the profiles Music Education / Concert Design, Music Education / Music Education Research, MIK (Music Performance, Improvisation, Composition) as well as Dance in Cultural Education or compile their own profile with an artistic or pedagogical focus from the extensive and diverse range of courses.

All profiles have in common that there are cross-connections with other study programs and/or concert halls on site. For example, the profile Music Education/Concert Design regularly cooperates with the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, while the profile Music Education/Music Education Research offers events in which research projects are planned and discussed with Master's students and doctoral candidates. A scientific profile can be deepened at the Cologne location in the subsequent Master of Arts and, if necessary, rounded off with a dissertation on an EMP-specific topic. In the profile MIK, offers can be chosen from various courses of study in the fields of performance, improvisation and composition. In the profile Dance in Cultural Education, there are regular collaborations with concert halls and festivals that result in public performances, including the music festival "Acht Brücken - Musik für Köln". Offers from the field of dance are also opened up for this profile.

Successful

Projects and ideas from students are professionally supported. In recent years, Cologne EMP students have been successful several times in the university competition for music pedagogy and have been awarded other prizes (Sigrid Abel Struth Prize, International Music Pedagogy Competition). In addition, EMP graduates are successfully working in music schools as well as in daycare centers, concert halls, music academies and in other professional fields.

At the Wuppertal location you can choose the profiles Music Education / Cooperative Projects, Ensemble Conducting and Music Education / Music Theater / Musical. In addition, you can choose from courses offered at the Profil Individuale location and EMPRI (Elementary Music Pedagogy at the Primary Level), a cooperation with the Music Department at the Begrische Universität Wuppertal.

The IGP/EMP Office has been in existence since the summer semester of 2016 and is currently made up of four student assistants from Department 5. The tasks of the IGP/EMP office include answering questions (e.g. about the study plan, module manuals and examination regulations, etc.) about the study programs Instrumental Pedagogy, Voice Pedagogy and Elementary Music Pedagogy as well as the Instrumental and Voice Pedagogy profile.
In addition, the student assistants are trained to pass on information on subject didactics, registration for module examinations (teaching samples and colloquium) and on all required internships and the supplementary internship reports. Students may also contact the IGP/EMP team with questions regarding the content of the module examination colloquium and the Bachelor's thesis. The IGP/EMP office acts as a communication hub between the IGP and EMP program directors, university lecturers, mentors and students. The IGP/EMP team is available during weekly office hours for personal or telephone inquiries and can be reached by mail.

You can find a list of our lecturers on the following page.

The EMP degree qualifies graduates for a varied profession with high and increasing demand at music schools. Graduates of the course also work in concert halls, daycare centers and in cooperation projects with general education schools. They can work in further and continuing education as well as in various extracurricular institutions that offer music education for children, young people and adults.