Bachelor of Music -
Woodwind Instruments

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 main subject (duration approx. 15 minutes)
2. Artistic-practical examination in the minor subject piano (duration approx. 10 minutes)
3. Music theory (elementary theory of movements/aural training) (written exams, duration together approx. 90 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 and the 8th profile-forming module:

1. core module (main subject teaching)
2. artistic-practical context (orchestra, chamber music, minor subject)
3. education (ear training, music theory, musicology)
4. mediation (didactics)
5. professionalization (musicianship, etc.)
6. Bachelor thesis / interdisciplinary project
7. Supplement
8. Profile formation, you can choose between the profile Orchestra and the profile Instrumental Pedagogy.

It takes four years to complete your bachelor's degree. Participation in all required courses is certified in the form of credit points, 60 per year, a total of 240 you must achieve. Graded examinations in the core module (major) take place after the second and fourth year of study. The degree includes a Bachelor's thesis, which can be presented in the form of a one-hour concert, for example, taking into account the student's own profile.
Public concerts and weekly auditions of the training classes serve - in addition to participation in the ensembles of the university - to test real performance situations. Supervision in the core module includes weekly lessons and auditions, correpetition, secondary instrument lessons, reed/blade construction (clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon) chamber music and orchestral literature playing (ensemble exercises). In addition, workshops are offered by renowned external musicians, for example for new playing techniques of contemporary music, performance practice of early music, mental training, ensemble-oriented listening, etc..