Instrumental Studies and Conducting Bachelor (Focus: Performance)
Course content
The bachelor's degree program in Instrumental Studies and Conducting Bachelor (Focus: Performance) (KIA) leads to a first professional qualification that prepares students for the complex and multifaceted demands of today's profession as a musician in a practice-oriented education. The goal is the acquisition of profound knowledge and skills appropriate to the profession of musician and music educator.
Repertoire, Expression, Methods
Graduates master a versatile and demanding repertoire and possess the skills for sophisticated artistic expression as well as the application of methodological competencies in the respective major subject.
Dates & Deadlines
Instrumental Studies and Conducting (Focus Performance) : application deadline for winter semester 2024/25
Notes
*Most of the aptitude tests (EPs) take place during the aptitude test week (June 3-8, 2024), especially for the music majors. Details about these and the deviating EP dates can be found in time here and on the page of the respective study program.
WiSe = winter term, SoSe = summer term
Requirements
The prerequisite for admission to the Bachelor's degree program in Instrumental Studies and Conducting Bachelor (Focus: Performance) (KIA) is proof of the university entrance qualification (Abitur) according to § 54 para. 2 of the Hessian Higher Education Act of December 14, 2009 as amended on December 21, 2010. A missing university entrance qualification can be replaced by an outstanding artistic talent (at least 19 out of a possible 25 points in the aptitude test) according to § 54 para. 4 sentence 3 HHG
For admission to the bachelor's degree program in Instrumental Studies and Conducting Bachelor (Focus: Performance) (KIA), sufficient oral and written knowledge of German is required. Admission requires successful completion of an aptitude test.
Application
What do I need for the application?
Proof of German language skills
Here you will find a list of required German language skills for all degree programs. Please check which of these requirements apply to your degree program.
Digital preselection
In some subjects, there is a digital video preselection round in the qualifying exam. The requirements can be found below
Technical requirements for all instruments concerned
Please make every effort to produce good sound and image quality within your capabilities. However, it is not necessary to produce a professional studio recording. You are free in your choice of recording equipment.
They must remain visible in the picture during the performance and be clearly identifiable. Within the works (single movements in the case of cyclical works such as sonatas or suites), no image or sound recordings are permitted. Video recordings that have already been produced on another occasion are also accepted; settings from different cameras are also permitted.
Recordings must not be older than 6 months.
Please upload your videos to a streaming platform of your choice (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, Clouds, etc.). Videos must be accessible without a password and streamable without downloading the file.
Please create one video file per work (e.g. a sonata, suite, aria). You can provide up to 6 links.
Professional requirements in the digital preselection
Aptitude test
Requirements in the major
Hearing
In a written test lasting about 60 minutes, the applicant must demonstrate the ability to recognize elementary rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, tonal and formal relationships by hearing (see sample test).
Mustertest Hörfähigkeit B
Für die Bachelorstudiengänge Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung, Gesang und Komposition.
Lösungen Mustertest Hörfähigkeit B
Für die Bachelorstudiengänge Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung, Gesang und Komposition.
Mustertest Hörfähigkeit A
Für den Studiengang Lehramt an Gymnasien (L3) sowie die Bachelorstudiengänge Dirigieren und Kirchenmusik.
Lösungen Mustertest Hörfähigkeit A
Für den Studiengang Lehramt an Gymnasien (L3) sowie die Bachelorstudiengänge Dirigieren und Kirchenmusik.
Music theory
In a written exam (duration approx. 90 minutes) the following tasks are to be worked on:
- Determining and forming intervals and scales (including church scales)
- Determination and formation of chords and chord progressions
- Arrangement of a given melody in two-, three- or four-part harmony
- Commenting on a given part of a score, taking into account instrumentation, timbre, stylistic-historical classification, form, compositional technique, character
Mustertest Musiktheorie
Für die Bachelorstudiengänge Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung, Kirchenmusik, Komposition und Gesang.
Mustertest Musiktheorie
Für die Bachelorstudiengänge Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung, Kirchenmusik, Komposition und Gesang.
Notenbeispiele Musiktheorie
Für die Bachelorstudiengänge Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung, Kirchenmusik, Komposition und Gesang.
Compulsory instrumental subject
- In the compulsory subject piano (or alternatively harpsichord in the case of viola da gamba and recorder), two pieces from different stylistic periods must be performed, e.g. inventions by Bach, sonatinas by Clementi op. 36.
- If a melodic instrument is chosen as a compulsory subject (possible with lute and harpsichord as the main subject), two pieces from different stylistic periods must be performed.
- If voice is chosen as the compulsory subject (possible for lute and harpsichord majors), one folk song and one art song must be performed.
- The duration of the examination in the instrumental compulsory subject is approximately 10 minutes
- In the orchestral conducting qualifying examination, the piano examination is already part of the main subject examination
- For guitarists and pianists, the piano/vocal/melodic instrument minor subject examination is omitted
Please note for all instruments:
- The examination takes place in two parts and can therefore extend over several days; in the first part the main subject is examined; those who pass this part are admitted to the second part of the examination; this consists of the examinations in the compulsory subjects
- The performance in the aptitude test of subject area 1 must demonstrate the degree of artistic talent that can be expected to make the student fit for a profession
- Examples given for the contents of the examination are indications of the minimum degree of difficulty
- For all works that require accompaniment, this is provided by piano or harpsichord; the accompanist is provided by the university; if the accompanist is provided by the applicant, the university must be informed in good time
Lesefassung: Eignungsprüfungsordnung der HfMDK Frankfurt
[Nicht-amtliche Lesefassung. Stand: 21.11.2023]
Study and Examination regulations
The Study and Examination Regulations (SPO) set out the framework conditions and regulations for your studies. They apply together with the General Regulations (for Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes) or the SPoL (for teacher training degree programmes). All versions of the SPO for your degree programme (including earlier versions for students of previous academic years) can be found at Examinations.
Lesefassung: Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für den Bachelorstudiengang Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung
nicht-amtliche Lesefassung
Course of study
Studienverlaufsplan: Streicher, Bläser, Harfe, Schlagzeug
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Studienverlaufsplan: Klavier, Gitarre
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Studienverlaufsplan: Cembalo, Blockflöte, Gambe, Laute
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Studienverlaufsplan: Orgel
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Studienverlaufsplan: Orchesterdirigieren
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Modules
Module: Streicher, Bläser, Harfe, Schlagzeug
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Module: Klavier, Gitarre
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Module: Cembalo, Blockflöte, Gambe, Laute
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Module: Orchesterdirigieren
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor
Module: Orgel
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Orgel
Module: Wahlkatalog
Künstlerische Instrumentalausbildung Bachelor