Music - Organ improvisationfull time

  • Master of Music

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Mainz

    Location

  • September 2024 (Germans and inhabitants)

    September 2024 (EU), September 2024 (Non-EU)
    Please enquire

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study
  • Instrumental Music
  • Liturgical Music
Focus

Organ Improvisation, Organ Repertoire

Target group

The aim of the course is to provide students who have been adequately pre-trained in the subject Organ with the in-depth artistic skills, technical command of their instrument and career-relevant competencies they need for an artistic profession or career in the field of church music specialising in the organ for high-profile positions. Graduates will be able to perform a demanding concert programme on the organ with the emphasis on improvisation. They will also be able to fulfil the requirements for religious services as a creative improviser. They will be familiar with the key forms and styles of improvisation and a representative selection of works of organ literature.

Annotation

Applications are made via the Admission Office of the University Mainz. Registration for the aptitude test is via the University of Music. If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be proven: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: Officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).

Admission modus

open admission

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree in Church Music, Organ or Organ Literature or a degree from a university in Germany or abroad, to which there is no significant difference. Pass the aptitude test (see https://www.musik.uni-mainz.de/studium/bewerbung/). For applicants who have not obtained their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution or a degree in a German-language course, proof of sufficient German language skills (comparable to level A1 CEFR) must be provided. This evidence is provided either by submitting appropriate test certificates or by talking to the examination committee as part of the aptitude test. If this proof is not provided at the latest when the course begins, the admission expires. Possibly. the examination committee recommends attending German courses in accordance with the respective language skills.

Lecture period
  • 15.04.2024 - 20.07.2024
  • 21.10.2024 - 08.02.2025

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025

    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025

    For Master´s degree programmes with an aptitude test, the application deadline already ends on 15:11. Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025

    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024

    Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.05 of the respective year. Please also note the even earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024

    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024

    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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