In the Composition courses, which run throughout Semesters 1–6, the emphasis is on individual tuition focusing on your artistic development, primarily in relation to the various composition projects. During the final year, you have the opportunity to specialise in an area of composition that is of particular interest to you.
The Composition courses also include studies in counterpoint, instrumentation and arranging for different ensembles across a range of genres. Through studies in notation, you will develop your ability to communicate with instrumentalists and singers through the musical score in the various projects.
The composition seminars provide opportunities for composition students from all years of the specialisation to meet. Here you will encounter different teachers with broad expertise in a variety of repertoire areas. Discussions range from individual musical works to different aesthetic approaches to composition.
The Music Theory courses include components that provide additional tools for your development as a composer.
Within Ear Training and Arranging, studied during Semesters 1–2, the focus is on musical craftsmanship primarily from a historical perspective, together with training in the ability to perceive and reproduce musical processes.
Through studies in Music History, you will gain perspectives on how music and composition have changed over time.
In the Music Theory III–IV courses during the second year, the emphasis is on musical form and analysis. In addition, the component The Musician’s Professional Environment is introduced, preparing you for your future career through, among other things, knowledge of music law and skills in entrepreneurship.
There is scope for Elective courses during Semesters 3–6, allowing you to broaden or deepen your education with considerable freedom to shape the content according to your own interests.
The final year is also devoted to Preparation for Artistic Research and the concluding Independent Degree Project, in which you explore an artistic research question in greater depth and document your artistic process.
