In­stru­men­tal Stu­dies (Fo­cus: Tea­ching)

In­stru­men­tal Stu­dies with a fo­cus on tea­ching is a case for dual care­ers - in the arts and in pe­dago­gy: the Mas­ter's de­gree at the HfMDK is one of the rare cour­ses that im­parts ar­tis­tic, pe­dago­gi­cal and sci­en­ti­fic per­spec­ti­ves at an equal­ly high le­vel. It thus goes far bey­ond a tra­di­tio­nal mu­sic te­a­cher trai­ning.

Art, pe­dago­gy and sci­ence at eye le­vel

Fos­te­ring and de­ve­lo­ping ta­lent, sha­ping and hel­ping to shape mu­si­cal life, in­spi­ring and mo­ti­vat­ing others th­rough one's own ar­tis­tic ex­cel­lence – all of the­se skills have al­ways been im­portant, but are even more so to­day. Our gra­dua­tes en­coun­ter al­most un­li­mi­t­ed job op­por­tu­ni­ties, whe­ther free­lan­ce, at a mu­sic school, vo­ca­tio­nal col­lege or aca­de­my. Some also use their de­gree for a tran­si­ti­on to a con­cert exam or doc­to­ra­te.

Four se­mes­ters of prac­ti­ce

Stu­dents can ex­pect a lot of theo­ry – and at least as much prac­ti­ce:  Weekly tea­ching re­hear­sals, also in co­ope­ra­ti­on with the Frank­furt Mu­sic School, are an in­te­gral part of their stu­dies right from the start. In in­di­vi­du­al les­sons on the in­stru­ment, they also crea­te new free­dom for them­sel­ves to de­ve­lop ar­tis­ti­cal­ly.