Kron­berg Aca­de­my Ba­che­lor

This Ba­che­lor's pro­gram­me pre­pa­res mu­si­cal­ly gifted stu­dents for an in­ter­na­tio­nal ca­re­er as a solo ar­tist for the in­stru­ments vio­lin, vio­la or cel­lo.

Stu­dents re­cei­ve in­st­ruc­tion from in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly re­now­ned ar­tists, en­ab­ling them to achie­ve the hig­hest le­vel of tech­ni­cal and ar­tis­tic pro­fi­ci­en­cy. They de­ve­lop an in­ter­pre­ta­ti­ve, crea­ti­ve and broad­ly edu­ca­ted form of ex­pres­si­on, are trai­ned in the un­der­stan­ding of theo­re­ti­cal, his­to­ri­cal and cul­tu­ral as­pec­ts of mu­sic, make mu­sic alo­ne or with others and move in an en­vi­ron­ment in which ar­tis­tic, in­tel­lec­tu­al and so­ci­al skills can be fos­te­r­ed and de­ve­lo­ped.

The stu­dents re­cei­ve in­st­ruc­tion from in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly re­now­ned ar­tists, en­ab­ling them to achie­ve the hig­hest le­vel of tech­ni­cal and ar­tis­tic pro­fi­ci­en­cy.

Tho­se who suc­cess­ful­ly com­ple­te two ye­ars of stu­dy (BA pha­se) gra­dua­te with a Ba­che­lor of Mu­sic (B.Mus.)

Suf­fi­ci­ent know­ledge of the Ger­man lan­guage is re­qui­red for ad­mis­si­on to the cour­se (Test­DaF le­vel 3, Zer­ti­fi­kat B1 (GER), DSH ex­ami­na­ti­on le­vel 1 or Ger­man lan­guage di­plo­ma of the KMK 1st le­vel).

The pre­re­qui­si­te for ad­mis­si­on to the ap­ti­tu­de test is nor­mal­ly pre­vious par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in in­ter­na­tio­nal com­pe­ti­ti­ons, mas­ter clas­ses or cham­ber mu­sic pro­jec­ts or­ga­ni­zed by or as­so­cia­ted with the Kron­berg Aca­de­my.

Ad­mis­si­on to the BA pha­se of the pro­gram­me is con­di­tio­nal upon suc­cess­ful com­ple­ti­on of an ap­ti­tu­de test in ac­cordance with § 3.

The ap­ti­tu­de test for the Kron­berg Aca­de­my Ba­che­lor con­sists of the parts in­stru­men­tal main sub­ject, mu­sic theo­ry and lis­ten­ing skills.

In­stru­men­tal ma­jor

The fol­lo­wing pie­ces are ex­pec­ted to be per­for­med:

• An etu­de
• An un­ac­com­pa­nied sui­te, so­na­ta, or par­ti­ta by J.S. Bach
• A so­na­ta from the late 18th, 19th, or 20th cen­tu­ry
• A con­cer­to from the late 18th, 19th, or 20th cen­tu­ry
• A cha­rac­ter pie­ce
• A work by a com­po­ser born wi­t­hin the last se­ven­ty ye­ars
• Sight rea­ding per­for­mance

In ad­di­ti­on, the can­di­da­te must pro­vi­de the ex­ami­ning com­mit­tee with a list of the re­per­toire he or she has al­rea­dy per­for­med.

With the ex­cep­ti­on of the so­na­ta and the con­tem­pora­ry pie­ce, all pre­pa­red works are ex­pec­ted to be per­for­med from me­mo­ry. The com­mit­tee re­ser­ves the right to dis­con­ti­nue the re­ci­tal. An ac­com­pa­nist will be pro­vi­ded if nee­ded, but ap­p­li­cants are ad­vi­sed to bring their own.

Mu­sic Theo­ry

In a writ­ten ex­ami­na­ti­on (las­ting ap­pro­xi­mate­ly 90 mi­nu­tes), the fol­lo­wing tasks are to be com­ple­ted:

• De­ter­mi­ning and forming in­ter­vals and sca­les (in­clu­ding church sca­les)
• De­ter­mi­ning and forming chords and chord pro­gres­si­ons
• Ar­ran­ging a gi­ven me­lo­dy in two, three or four part har­mo­ny
• Com­men­ting on a gi­ven score ex­cerpt, ta­king into ac­count in­stru­men­ta­ti­on, tim­bre, sty­listic-his­to­ri­cal clas­si­fi­ca­ti­on, form, com­po­si­tio­nal tech­ni­que, cha­rac­ter

Au­ral test

In a writ­ten test of about 60 mi­nu­tes du­ra­ti­on, the ap­p­li­cant has to de­mons­tra­te the abi­li­ty to re­co­gni­ze ele­men­ta­ry rhyth­mic, me­lo­dic, har­mo­nic, to­nal and for­mal re­la­ti­ons­hips by hea­ring.

If the theo­re­ti­cal parts of the ex­ami­na­ti­on are not pas­sed, the cour­se of stu­dy can still be ta­ken up if the ap­ti­tu­de test in the in­stru­men­tal main sub­ject is pas­sed; the ex­ami­na­ti­on re­sults will then de­ter­mi­ne the amount of time the stu­dent has to at­tend ad­di­tio­nal cour­ses in the area of "mu­sic theo­ry" or "au­ral trai­ning". If the stu­dent fails the exam, he/she has to re­peat it wi­t­hin one year.

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.