Music Theory Major
Training the professional music theorists of tomorrow
Key data
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts FHNW in Musik, Studienrichtung Musiktheorie
- Study mode
- Full time
- ECTS points
- 180
- Start of semester
- Beginning of September
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Teaching language
- German, B1 level 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
The core aim of the FHNW Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Music Theory major is to provide students with broad-based skills in music theory, a comprehensive knowledge of the literature and repertoire, the capacity to engage reflectively with different compositional techniques and musical styles, and above all the ability to present artistic content in a practical, musical form and to competently express this in words.
The Music Theory major students can choose to specialise in one of two fields:
Contemporary music/composition is offered in conjunction with the Musicology Department of Basel University. Although the main focus is on 20th and 21st century music, the course also explores the historical and compositional fundamentals of earlier centuries.
Early music/ historical techniques of composition is offered in conjunction with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Musicology Department of Basel University. The course allows for a more in-depth engagement with the theory of early music. Students will take classes on one of the two courses of their major at the Schola Cantorum, as well as a number of additional courses, such as notation and partimento playing.
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