Stu­dy KAM: Fact sheet on or­chestra al­lo­ca­ti­on and sub­sti­tu­tes

The or­chestra re­gu­la­ti­ons ap­p­ly.

Plea­se note the e-mails and an­nounce­ments from the or­chestra of­fice.

This in­for­ma­ti­on sheet sets out some ad­di­tio­nal re­gu­la­ti­ons.

If or­chestra is a com­pul­so­ry sub­ject in your cur­ri­cu­lum, you will be as­si­gned to or­chestra pro­jects by the te­a­cher re­spon­si­ble for your main sub­ject if pos­si­ble. Ho­we­ver, the or­chestra pro­jects are plan­ned on a long-term ba­sis. Due to the in­stru­men­ta­ti­on re­qui­re­ments of the or­ches­tral li­te­ra­tu­re, it may be the case that in­di­vi­du­al stu­dents can­not be as­si­gned to or­ches­tral pro­jects even though they are re­qui­red to play in the or­chestra.

• How can stu­dents still re­cei­ve their or­ches­tral trai­ning as a sub­sti­tu­te?
• How can they pro­vi­de pro­of of per­for­mance and thus ob­tain the ne­ces­sa­ry cre­dit points?

The­re are se­ve­ral op­ti­ons for this:

1. On re­quest or ac­cor­ding to an­nounce­ments, other en­sem­ble trai­nings at the HfMDK can be re­co­gni­zed as a sub­sti­tu­te: Free en­sem­ble or or­chestra pro­jects at the HfMDK (for ex­am­p­le as part of the con­duc­ting stu­dio, "Di­ri­gier­ate­lier"), as well as big band pro­jects or par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in the HIP (ear­ly mu­sic) or­chestra. Plea­se cont­act the or­chestra of­fice in ad­van­ce if the pro­ject is not ex­pli­cit­ly mar­ked as a com­pen­sa­ti­on op­ti­on for or­chestra mem­bers. Al­ter­na­tively, the pro­jects de­scri­bed can also be cre­di­ted via the sub­jects cham­ber mu­sic or or­chestra in the elec­ti­ve area.
2. For wind class stu­dents, "wind se­re­na­des" with re­per­toire from the 18th-20th cen­tu­ry are of­fe­red via the wind cham­ber mu­sic de­part­ment and in co­ope­ra­ti­on with the con­duc­ting clas­ses. If you are in­te­res­ted, plea­se cont­act Prof. Jaan Bos­sier (jaan.bos­sier@hfmdk-frank­furt.de). Such pro­jects can be cre­di­ted in the com­pul­so­ry area if stu­dents are unable to earn their CPs in the uni­ver­si­ty or­chestra in a se­mes­ter. Com­pen­sa­ti­ons also ap­p­ly re­tro­spec­tively, so you can also com­ple­te the miss­ing cour­se­work in a la­ter se­mes­ter. Al­ter­na­tively, pro­jects in this area can also be cre­di­ted via the sub­ject Cham­ber Mu­sic or, if ap­pli­ca­ble, En­sem­ble New Mu­sic in the elec­ti­ve area.
3. The En­sem­ble Neue Mu­sik an­noun­ces pro­jects every se­mes­ter for which you can re­gis­ter. In­te­res­ted par­ties should note the an­nounce­ments or cont­act di­ri­gier­ate­lier@orga.hfmdk-frank­furt.de. The pro­gram plan­ning group tri­es to ful­fill all re­quests for par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on. If you would like to par­ti­ci­pa­te in the en­sem­ble be­cau­se par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in the HfMDK Sym­ph­o­ny Or­chestra is not pos­si­ble, plea­se cont­act us im­me­dia­te­ly af­ter pu­bli­ca­ti­on of the or­chestra sche­du­le. Com­pen­sa­ti­ons for miss­ing com­pul­so­ry CPs in the or­chestra sec­tion do ap­p­ly re­tro­spec­tively, so you can also com­ple­te the miss­ing cour­se­work in a la­ter se­mes­ter. Pro­jects of the En­sem­ble Neue Mu­sik can also be cre­di­ted via the sub­ject En­sem­ble Neue Mu­sik in the elec­ti­ve area.
4. You can also sub­mit ex­ter­nal or­ches­tral pro­jects as sub­sti­tu­te cre­dits if you have not been as­si­gned to pro­jects of the HfMDK Sym­ph­o­ny Or­chestra. In this case, plea­se sub­mit to the or­chestra of­fice an in­for­mal list of the ser­vices pro­vi­ded (in­di­vi­du­al pre­pa­ra­ti­on, re­hear­sals, con­certs), sta­ting the amount of work in­vol­ved, as well as pro­of of par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on (pro­gram book­let, con­tract, con­fir­ma­ti­on of en­ga­ge­ment or si­mi­lar). As a rule, only per­for­man­ces in a pro­fes­sio­nal con­text are re­co­gni­zed. 1 CP cor­re­sponds to a workload of ap­prox. 30 hours. Com­pen­sa­ti­ons also ap­p­ly re­tro­spec­tively, i.e. you can also com­ple­te the miss­ing cour­se­work in the com­pul­so­ry sub­ject of or­chestra in a la­ter se­mes­ter. Al­ter­na­tively, ex­ter­nal or­chestra pro­jects can also be cre­di­ted via the sub­ject Ex­ter­nal Pro­fes­sio­nal Prac­ti­ce, Work Pla­ce­ment in the elec­ti­ve area.
5. In cer­tain ca­ses, en­sem­bles can be put tog­e­ther to re­he­ar­se and work on or­ches­tral works as cham­ber mu­sic en­sem­bles. The of­fers are de­si­gned and ad­ver­ti­sed in the re­le­vant trai­ning are­as. Al­ter­na­tively, the pro­jects de­scri­bed can also be cre­di­ted via the sub­jects cham­ber mu­sic or or­chestra in the elec­ti­ve area.