The FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music with an instrumental/vocal major focuses on enhancing students’ instrumental/vocal proficiency. To this end, students will hone their technical skills, acquire a stylistically broad repertoire and build on their forms of artistic expression. As well as the core curriculum, the programme covers a wide range of closely aligned compulsory and elective courses.
Une plate-forme stimulante où je trouve l'espace de me développer artistiquement.
Lorraine Dinkel
Overview
The FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music is a pre-professional music training programme which aims to develop and produce versatile and multifaceted musical personalities. Graduates should be able to demonstrate an assured instrumental/vocal technique, as well as sound knowledge and solid skills in relation to general music education. They should also be capable of critical thinking on the subject of music and possess the other skills that will qualify them for employment as a professional musician.
The FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music is a degree programme aimed at talented instrumentalists and vocalists who have excellent prior knowledge of their chosen discipline, and are already familiar with music theory and ear training.
The FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music is not a professional qualification. Those seeking a career as a music teacher, orchestral musician or soloist must follow up their undergraduate studies with a Master’s degree programme in their chosen field of specialisation.
A FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music opens up further education opportunities at other universities for the arts, teacher education universities or research/doctoral universities.
Kernbereich
Core curriculum Major module (108 CP): Individual and group tuition Chamber music Major-specific courses/regulations
Complementary courses Practical Module (20 CP): Choir/Chamber choir Piano (compulsory) Improvisation Movement
Theory module, applied (32 CP): Ear training Composition Analysis Musical form Early music performance
Theory module (15 CP): Music teaching Musical acoustics Organology History of music Music research
Elective courses Personalised module (2 CP): Courses/activities chosen from the elective courses available.
In order to be considered for entry to the FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music programme with an instrumental or vocal major, applicants must hold a school-leaving qualification (Swiss Baccalaureate, Swiss Professional Baccalaureate or equivalent); exceptions may be made for applicants with exceptional artistic talent. They must also pass the entrance examination and win a place on the programme (numbers are limited). Applications will not be considered from individuals who already hold an undergraduate music degree or similar qualification from a Swiss education provider. Only applicants who have submitted the required registration documentation duly completed and on time will be invited to take the entrance examination. Applicants must also be sufficiently proficient in the German language from the outset (e.g. German B1 certificate).
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The entrance exam is divided into three parts (in two parts for applicants who have chosen to major in piano). The requirements are as follows:
Major: Applicants must prepare compositions from three different periods (including one from either the 20th or 21st century). Applicants who have chosen a vocal major must provide an expert phoniatric assessment. Additional information to these general requirements can be found in the repertoire requirements for each major. The audition takes 15 minutes.
Theory Relative pitch test; ability to perform non-instrumental musical processes as well as basic knowledge of music theory: listening to, singing and identifying intervals, note sequences, chords and rhythms; sight-singing of a chromatic and an atonal melody; ability to identify rhythm patterns from sight; vocal improvisation; melodic dictation.
Bachelor of Arts FHNW in Musik, Studienrichtung instrumental/vokal
Study mode:
Full time
ECTS points:
180
Start of semester:
Every Autumn
Duration:
6 semesters
Teaching language:
German, B1 level in German required
Place:
Campus Musik-Akademie Basel
Stay abroad:
Possible, not curricular
Application fee:
200 CHF
Semester fee:
700 CHF for Swiss citizens and students with legal place of residence in Switzerland | 1000 CHF for students from EU-/EFTA-countries | 1250 CHF for students from third countries | 250 CHF administration fee
