MA Music Pedagogy | instrument / voice | Chamber Music, Basel Academy of Music

Graduates of this degree programme are qualified to work as part of a professional chamber music ensemble and perform at specialist chamber music concerts. The pedagogical Master's qualification enables them to teach their instrument in music education institutions as well as independently.
Nearly all music schools in Switzerland now require prospective teaching staff to have a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy.

This degree programme is aimed at ensembles (with at least three performers) who already share a musical biography and have a clear professional focus as an Ensemble. At least one member of the ensemble must be matriculated at the Basel Academy of Music.
Matriculation in this Master's programme in Music Pedagogy instrument/voice requires a Master's degree in vocal or instrumental performance and enables students to combine their artistic profile with a Master's degree in pedagogy for their own instrument. The second artistic major replaces the artistic major instrumental/vocal.

In order to enter the FHNW Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy programme with a Chamber Music major, applicants must be awarded with a Master in Music Performance with an instrumental/vocal major or equivalent as well as they must have passed the entrance exam and were offered a free place at the Academy (limited places).

Only fixed ensembles of at least 3 musicians will be considered. At least one member of the ensemble must be properly matriculated at Basel Academy of Music.

For further information on the admission criteria, please see the Studienreglement of the Master of Arts FHNW in Music Pedagogy.

We expect students to have very good German language skills.
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).* This certificate must be complete, i.e. all modules (reading, listening, writing, speaking) have been tested separately and passed at a minimum level of B1 overall.
Only certificates that have been certified with the ALTE-Q-Mark seal of approval (e.g. the B1 certificate of the Goethe Institute or the telc certificate) are accepted. The required certificate B1 must be submitted with the confirmation of admission but not later than 31 May.

*For Swiss citizens whose native language is not German, the Matura is considered equivalent to the required language certificate, provided that the subject German was completed with at least a ‘sufficient/genügend’ grade.