Intake
30 minute audition + interview with a jury committee - based on application documents and audition video.
Dates & Deadlines
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Audition & Interview
In person on campus
The audition consists of two parts:
A proposal for an artistic Research Project on the one hand and a concert-lecture on the other.
A. Proposal Artistic Research Project (Master Proposal)
The proposal is a document in which the candidate will describe the starting point and more or less concrete outlines of an artistic research project in the field of music performance. This artistic research project will be the steering topic during the postgraduate program and the activities in both the courses performance practice & arts in practice as well as in the research seminars.The proposal needs to be between 1500 and 2000 words and needs to contain the following elements:
Part 1: A Working Title + a personal statement why you are a suitable candidate for the course. What you hope to achieve during your postgraduate studies at the School of Arts and how this relates to your career aspirations. Give details of your subject interests, relevant experiences and abilities in arts.
Part 2: Discuss the research question(s) you would like to elaborate on in your artistic project, which interests, ideas and media you wish to explore through the postgraduate program and how your project would help to attain your long-term goals. Mention artistic and/or theoretical references. Illustrate how you would start up this project, on a practical and technical level as well as on the level of contents.
Part 3: Add any relevant info that can support your motivation and artistic research project.The proposal is a central part of your application and will also be a central part of the interview at the audition with the Orientation Committee. The document connects with the principle that we, as a school of arts, wish to start from the viewpoint of the student. From the start, the proposal will also lay the foundation for the ideal approach and guidance of the student and his/her idea(s).
B. Concert-Lecture and Interview
At the audition with the orientation committee the candidate gives a concert lecture of 30 minutes. A concert lecture is musical work interspersed with brief textual interventions. These interventions can be reflections on the music pieces that the candidate played, own motivations and insights herein as well as an explanation of how this musical work is linked to the formulated artistic project. The candidate prepares a minimum of 20 minutes music and 10 minutes lecture. There are no restrictions in the composition of the repertoire.After the concert lecture there will be an interview with the orientation committee. This interview will have a focus on the motivation of the candidate for the postgraduate program, a discussion on the proposal for the artistic research project as well as a conversation on the concert lecture itself.
C. Remarks: Following a motivated request by the candidate during the application procedure, the orientation committee may consider alternatives for your audition. An application may be done individually but also as an ensemble. In the second option as well as the artistic research project as the concert-lecture may be done together with the ensemble. However, if accepted, every member of the ensemble has to subscribe for the postgraduate individually.
General Intake Requirements
Holder of a master degree in performing music.
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