Early music has long since ceased to be a marginal phenomenon in the cultural scene and has also been included in the educational offerings of music schools and universities for some time now. The master’s qualification at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis enables graduates to teach in music schools and conservatories around the world in a sound and inspiring manner. At the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, you will find a unique international community of high-calibre lecturers and students for your educational and artistic development.
Factsheet
- Degree
- Master of Arts FHNW in Musikpädagogik, Studienrichtung Alte Musik instrumental / vokal
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Learning mode
- Onsite
- ECTS credits
- 120
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Teaching language
- level B2 in German is required
- Stay abroad
- Not applicable
- Application fee
- 200 CHF
- Semester fee
- 750 CHF (CH) | 1000 CHF (EU/EFTA) | 1250 CHF (Not-EU/Not-EFTA)
At a glance
- Learning the tools and skills of historical didactics and methodology
- Gaining a high level of artistic qualification to develop a distinctive profile as a musician
- Developing the theory and history of early music in order to make competent performance and aesthetic decisions
Why study this?
The MA programme in Music Pedagogy is geared towards students who wish to add teaching qualifications to a well-founded course of study as a practising musician. Essential prerequisites are an interest in teaching and a flair for communication, as well as conversational fluency in the German language.
The aim of this Master’s degree programme is to develop the independent artistic personality of instrumentalists and singers with excellent musical and technical ability, both as soloists and ensemble performers. It also imparts specific knowledge of music theory and history pertinent to Early Music, which will equip students to make independent and well-founded decisions about performance practice and aesthetics. This artistic and intellectual autonomy is necessary in order to succeed in a market which is dominated less by traditional institutional employers and more by an interest in the creativity and persuasiveness of individual musicians.
Holders of an MA in Music Pedagogy with an Early Music specialisation are equipped to share and teach their specialist knowledge and skills within music school and upper-secondary settings.
The MA in Music Pedagogy with an Early Music specialisation offered by the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis enables students to provide professional instrumental/singing tuition at music schools and at the upper-secondary level. Generally speaking, teaching positions are rare in this highly specialised field. The one notable exception is recorder teaching, which remains in demand among the amateur musician community and draws on a repertoire that extends beyond Early Music.
Structure and programme contents
The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB), together with the FHNW School of Music (HSM), offers a Master’s degree in Music Pedagogy with an Early Music specialisation. Teaching methodology specific to Early Music as well as courses in the major subject take place at the SCB, while the HSM is responsible for the general music pedagogy courses. Alongside teacher training, the programme also nurtures the students’ own artistic development as a harmonious combination of these two aspects, one that is essential for a truly effective and fruitful pedagogical qualification. Students will also acquire a sound background in theoretical and practical subjects relevant to Early Music.
What sets certain major instruments (baroque bassoon, baroque oboe, recorder, harpsichord, voice, lute, organ, viola de gamba) apart from others is a current and ongoing demand for teachers of these instruments. Consequently, the SCB offers these majors as part of its regular MA in Music Pedagogy programme. Other instrumental majors that exist in a modern form (violin, cello, fortepiano, flute, trombone etc.) are only offered through the SCB under special conditions and generally require a previous Master's degree on the modern instrument.
Such holders of a recognised Master’s degree may, in close consultation with the FHNW Academy of Music, Klassik, tailor their Music Pedagogy studies to their chosen instrument. The relevant instrumental teaching methodology classes are dispensed by the HSM.
Please note that the SCB may not offer the MA programme in Music Pedagogy every year.
Modules and Reglements
The BA and MA degree programmes at the Basel Academy of Music are based on modules.
The legally binding structure provides an initial guide to the content and weighting of the subjects on the degree programme.
The detailed content and modalities of the individual subjects can be found in the module descriptions.
The study regulations come into force together with the study and examination regulations of the Basel Academy of Music FHNW and form the legal framework.
Structure
Module descriptions
Study Regulations
Lecturers
Music practical subjects
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Requirements, admission, entrance exam
We expect students to have good German language skills at the beginning of the studies. Students who are not German native speakers must present at least a B1 German language certificate (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)) at the beginning of the studies.
Admission criteria
Entrance exam
The entrance exam is individual for each study programme direction.
Dates
Procedure
Organisational matters
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Advising and information events
Contact
Prof. Kelly Landerkin
- Phone
- +41 61 264 57 57 (Central office)
- kelly.landerkin@fhnw.ch
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