Fa­cul­ty 2

At pre­sent, around 300 stu­dents are stu­dy­ing on the tea­ching de­gree cour­ses for all ty­pes of schools, the Mas­ter's de­gree in Mu­sic Edu­ca­ti­on, the com­po­si­ti­on cour­ses, the MA Big­band - for play­ers, wri­ters and con­duc­tors and the Mas­ter's de­gree cour­se at the In­ter­na­tio­nal En­sem­ble Mo­dern Aca­de­my (IEMA).

We are de­light­ed that you are in­te­rested in the wide ran­ge of cour­ses and ac­tivi­ties of­fe­red by our de­part­ment, for which you can find fur­ther and up-to-date in­for­ma­ti­on here.

If you have any fur­ther ques­ti­ons, plea­se do not he­si­ta­te to con­tact the de­part­ment­'s con­tact per­sons.

Stu­dy

Study

Studies in Faculty 2

News

News

News

Eine Gruppe von Schüler*innen läuft beim Infotag Lehramt durch das Foyer und Treppenhaus der HfMDK Frankfurt.
(Foto: Robert Schittko)

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Dean & Vice Dean

Dean & Vice Dean

Dean and Vice Dean

De­an's of­fice

Dean's office

De­an's of­fice

Stu­dy Di­rec­to­ra­tes

Study Directorates

Com­po­si­ti­on

Prof. Orm Fin­nen­dahl

Tea­ching de­grees

Prof. Dr. Ka­tha­ri­na Schil­ling-Sand­voß for the de­grees L1, L2 and L5
Prof. Dr. Chris­ti­na Rich­ter-Ibáñez for the de­gree L3
de­pu­ty Prof. Fa­bi­an Senn­holz for all tea­ching de­grees

Pro­gram Di­rec­tors

Program Directors

Mas­ter's pro­gram Edu­ca­tio­nal Sci­ence in Mu­sic

Dr. Fran­zis­ka Ol­bertz

Mas­ter's pro­gram MA Big­band - For Play­ers, Wri­ters and Con­duc­tors

Prof. Ralph Abe­lein
Hen­dri­ka Ent­zi­an

Mas­ter's pro­gram In­ter­na­tio­nal En­sem­ble Mo­dern Aca­de­my - Con­tem­pora­ry Mu­sic Per­for­mance (MA IEMA CoMP)

Prof. Dr. Ul­rich Krepp­ein
Prof. Esa Ta­pa­ni
Diet­mar Wies­ner (En­sem­ble Mo­dern)
Jag­dish Mistry (En­sem­ble Mo­dern)

Portrait von Orm Finnendahl
(Foto: privat)

Prof. Orm Finnendahl

Professur KompositionKompositionAusbildungsdirektor Komposition
Porträt von Ralph Abelein
(Foto: Rebecca Hahn)

Prof. Ralph Abelein

ProfessorSchulpraktisches InstrumentalspielProgramme Coordinator MA Bigband
FO

Dr. Franziska Olbertz

Acting professorEmpirische Musikpädagogik
Porträt von Christina Richter-Ibáñez
(Foto: Fany Fazii)

Prof. Dr. Christina Richter-Ibáñez

ProfessorMusikwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Performance Studies, zeitgenössische und populäre MusikAusbildungsdirektorin Lehramt L3
Porträt von Fabian Sennholz neben zwei Keyboards
(Foto: Rebecca Hahn)

Prof. Fabian Sennholz

ProfessorEnsemblearbeit, Bandcoaching und Gruppenmusizierenstellv. Ausbildungsdirektor Lehrämter
Porträt von Hendrika Entzian vor einem schwarzen Hintergrund.
(Foto: Hendrika Entzian)

Hendrika Entzian

GastprofessurBigbandleitung, Jazzkomposition und JazzarrangementProgramme Coordinator MA Bigband
Portrait-Foto_Kreppein
(Foto: ©Maria Svidryk)

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kreppein

ProfessorKomposition/MusiktheorieVice President for Quality Development in Teaching and Research
Porträt von Esa Tapani mit Horn
(Foto: Heikki Tuuli)

Prof. Esa Tapani

ProfessorHornPart of the MA IEMA CoMP program management

Fa­cul­ty Coun­cil

Faculty Council

Chair: Dean Prof. Dr. Fa­bi­an Kolb

Full-time lec­tu­rers (pro­fes­sors)

Prof. Dr. Chris­ti­na Rich­ter-Ibáñez
Prof. Orm Fin­nen­dahl
Prof. Dr. Ka­tha­ri­na Schil­ling-Sand­voß
Prof. Me­lin­da Paul­sen
Prof. Ralph Abe­lein
Prof. Fa­bi­an Senn­holz

Stu­dents

unoc­cu­pied

Aca­de­mic-ar­tis­tic mem­bers

Da­ni­el Kem­mi­ner

Ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­ve-tech­ni­cal mem­bers

Kirsti Pärs­si­nen

Start of term: April 1st, 2025

Tea­cher Trai­ning Ad­vi­so­ry Board (LBB)

Teacher Training Advisory Board (LBB)

The Tea­cher Trai­ning Ad­vi­so­ry Board (LBB) at Fa­cul­ty 2 for Tea­ching Qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons, Sci­ence and Com­po­si­ti­on deals with all mat­ters re­la­ting to tea­cher trai­ning, ad­vi­ses the fa­cul­ty and sup­ports it in in­ten­si­fy­ing its con­tac­ts with the mi­nis­tries and Goe­the Uni­ver­si­ty. The ad­vi­so­ry board is made up of sub­ject re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ves from tea­cher trai­ning, re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ves of the de­part­ment and stu­dents and meets ap­pro­xi­mate­ly once a se­mes­ter, usual­ly on a pro­ject-re­la­ted ba­sis.

Mem­bers

Prof. Dr. Hol­ger Horz (Ma­na­ging Di­rec­tor of the Aca­de­my for Edu­ca­tio­nal Re­se­arch and Tea­cher Trai­ning (ABL))
Dr. Pe­ter Ick­stadt, Chair­man LBB (Head of the Frank­furt Ex­ami­na­ti­on Of­fice for Mu­sic at the Hes­si­an Tea­cher­s' Aca­de­my)
Jo­han­nes Ka­bal­lo (Fe­deral As­so­cia­ti­on for Mu­sic Edu­ca­ti­on, sta­te re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve for "Schools in Hes­sen make mu­sic")
Mar­cus Kau­er (Head of the De­part­ment of Cul­tu­ral Edu­ca­ti­on and Sport at the Hes­si­an Mi­nis­try of Cul­tu­re)
An­dre­as Lenz, De­pu­ty Chair­man LBB (Hes­si­an Tea­cher­s' Aca­de­my)
Dr. phil. Ste­fan Lü­ckel (De­pu­ty Pro­fes­sor of Mu­sic Edu­ca­ti­on)
Kirsti Pärs­si­nen (Ma­na­ging Di­rec­tor of Fa­cul­ty 2)
Lea Rau (stu­dent re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve)
Prof. Dr. Fa­bi­an Kolb (Dean)
Prof. Dr. Ma­ria Spychi­ger (Head of the Mas­ter's in Mu­sic Edu­ca­ti­on)
Ka­tha­ri­na Zink (stu­dent re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve)