MA Music Pedagogy | Music Secondary Education II, Basel Academy of Music

Music is present in everyone's everyday life. Music teachers have a high level of musical competence and the ability to actively participate in musical life. They are open and curious about a wide variety of musical styles and forms of expression and incorporate this into their teaching. Active music-making together is an important part of teaching. As a music teacher, you have the desire to shape, listen to and analyse musical processes with your students. You help them to deepen their musical experiences and recognise and encourage musical talent.

You have the ability to understand music in a broader context and thus teach students to approach music in a differentiated way. Recognising similarities and points of contact between music and other areas of life enables you to design diverse and interdisciplinary lessons. You are familiar with new music technologies and their application in the classroom. You have a good command of the basics of studio technology, are familiar with common music software and are therefore able to support students in using it. You actively participate in shaping the cultural life of a school (performances, musical accompaniment for events). As a music teacher, you are the point of contact for musical matters at the school.

This course is aimed at prospective teachers at Swiss upper secondary schools who wish to study music at a music academy in order to gain pedagogical skills alongside artistic and specialist knowledge.

Please remark: German Level C1 is required, the teaching language is German.

For internal Bachelor students BA SM II A/B, the artistic entrance exam takes place as part of the Bachelor qualification.
The following requirements apply:

• Unanimous recommendation by the jury for the chosen MA MP SM II course of study
• Consent of the main subject lecturer or the specialisation subject lecturer

In the event of a change of lecturer, an artistic entrance exam must be completed.

We expect students to have very good German language skills at the beginning of the studies. Students who are not German native speakers must present at least a C1 German language certificate according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) at the beginning of the studies.
This certificate must be complete, i.e. all modules (reading, listening, writing, speaking) have been tested separately and passed at least at level C1 overall. Only certificates that have been certified with the ALTE-Q-Mark seal of approval (e.g. the C1 certificate of the Goethe-Institut or the telc certificate) are accepted. The required certificate C1 must be submitted with the confirmation of admission but not later than 31. Mai. Exceptions will be decided upon by the head of degree programme.