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MA Specialized Music Performance | Solo performance

Hochschule für Musik Basel

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Institut Klassik offers budding soloists an ideal setting for their studies as a springboard to a successful career. Here, their individual artistic and communicative talents are optimally nurtured by the inspiring collaboration of the institutes on campus. This specialisation gives you enough time to expand and consolidate your skills on an individual basis.

  • Developing an independent artistic/interpretive profile
  • Targeted preparation for own concert and competition activities
  • Bringing competencies – whether instrument or voice – up to the highest international standards

Steckbrief

ECTS-Punkte
120
Abschluss
Master of Arts FHNW in Spezialisierter Musikalischer Performance, Studienrichtung Solistin/Solist
Studienbeginn
September
Dauer
4 semesters
Studienmodus
Vollzeit
Unterrichtssprache
Deutsch
Englisch
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Semestergebühr
750 CHF (CH) | 1000 CHF (EU/EFTA) | 1250 CHF (Not-EU/Not-EFTA)
Anmeldegebühr
200 CHF
Lernsetting
Präsenz
Auslandaufenthalt
möglich
individuell abzuklären
Ort
Campus Musik-Akademie Basel

Zukunftsaussichten

Learning outcomes

Due to its high level of specialisation, the FHNW Master of Arts in Specialised Musical Performancewith a Solo Performance Major is generally based on a master's degree in Music Pedagogy or Music Performance and has the following study objectives, among others:

  • Develop an independent artistic and interpretative profile
  • Internalise methods and techniques to prepare for concerts and competitions in a reflective manner
  • Bring your instrumental or vocal skills up to the highest international standards
  • Be inspired by outstanding fellow students and establish networks
  • Further develop the core skills acquired on the instrument/in singing in order to be able to compete on international concert stages with exceptional and creative performances

Career prospects

With a soloist degree, graduates will acquire the foundation for a solo career or a prominent position in a first-class orchestra. Of course, combinations with chamber music or teaching activities are also possible. As an outstanding musical personality, they will help shape the musical landscape of the near future.

Target audience

The Solo Performance Major is aimed at exceptionally talented instrumentalists or singers who aspire to a career as a soloist or a prominent position in a first-class orchestra.

What orchestra, choir and large projects exist at the Basel Academy of Music?

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Orchestra

The orchestra of the academy of music Basel is an important part of Music Performance and performs under the guidance of internationally renowned conductors such as Heinz Holliger, Ronald Zollman, Jonathan Nott, and Gábor Takács-Nagy, primarily large-scale repertoire works from the 19th and 20th centuries, often also in collaboration with the music academies in Lucerne, Geneva and Zurich.

Works performed included:
Franz Schubert: Messe in Es-Dur für Chor, Soli und Orchester, D 950
György Ligeti: Atmosphères
Richard Wagner: Vorspiel zum 1. Akt der Oper Lohengrin
Gustav Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 4 G-Dur für Sopran und Orchester
Arthur Honnegger: Le Roi David für Soli, Chor, Blaser und grosses Schlagwerk
Gustav Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1 (Der Titan)
Richard Strauss: Suite aus der Oper Der Rosenkavalier
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem für Soli, Chor und Orchester op. 45



Chamber Academy

The Chamber Academy Basel, the chamber orchestra of the Basel Academy of Music, performs without a conductor under the direction of the concertmaster, playing solo concertos and orchestral works from the Baroque period to the 20th century, often with professors from the academy as soloists.


Chamber choir

The chamber choir is considered the concert choir of the Basel Academy of Music FHNW. In addition to demanding a cappella vocal music, the chamber choir, conducted by Martin Wettges, also performs works with orchestra. Those who sing in the chamber choir are exempt from participating in the ‘large choir’. Chamber choir can also be taken as an elective subject. Participants must pass an entrance exam. Most of them receive voice training or attend lessons with singing teachers. The choir conducting class is also involved, leading sectional and full rehearsals.

Works performed included:
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Messe in Es-Dur für Chor, Soli und Orchester, D 950
Heinrich Schütz jubiliert – Glückwünsche aus dem Jenseits mit Musik von Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Distler, Knut Nystedt und Heinrich Schütz



Large Choir

All first- and second-year Bachelor's students sing in the large choir of the Basel Academy of Music FHNW. The focus is on discovering one's own voice, targeted voice training and a general introduction to choir singing and the a cappella vocal repertoire. One concert is held per semester. In addition to Martin Wettges, guest conductors also regularly lead this choir.

Final concerts

The final concerts offer students of all study courses at the Basel Academy of Music a unique opportunity to perform publicly as a soloist on the main stage, accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester Basel or the Kammerorchester Basel.
The selection process takes place within the framework of an internal university competition.


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Opera project “The Cunning Little Vixen” by Leoš Janáček

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Aufbau und Inhalte

The two-year programme focuses on developing a soloist profile and specialisation. Internationally renowned lecturers pass on their experience, motivate and encourage their students. In addition to the students own concert and competition activities, the greatest importance is attached to work on the instrument/voice.

Performing as a soloist with renowned orchestras

The university organises solo concerts with orchestras (Sinfonieorchester Basel or Kammerorchester Basel) for soloists. Master's students have the opportunity to distinguish themselves in solo concerts with large ensembles, as well as to find and develop their own musical language in a wide variety of contexts.

Modules and Reglements

The BA and MA degree programs at the Basel Academy of Music are based on modules.

The legally binding structure provides an initial guide to the content and weighting of the subjects on the degree program.
The detailed content and modalities of the individual subjects can be found in the module descriptions.
The study regulations come into force together with the study and examination regulations of the Basel Academy of Music FHNW and form the legal framework.

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Structure

Structure

Majors: everything DESPITE Singing, Piano, Organ, Percussion, Trumpet
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major everything despite the following in German

Major: Singing
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major: Singing in German

Major: Piano
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major: Piano in German

Major: Organ
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major: Organ in German

Major: Percussion
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major: Percussion in German

Major: Trumpet
Structure MA SP Klassik Solo Performance Major: Trumpet in German

Module descriptions

Below please find the link with all the information on the module descriptions of several FHNW universities.

  • At the top right, switch the language settings to English.
  • At the bottom right, filter by semester, Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW, the desired degree programme or other criteria to display the relevant module information.
  • Use the PDF button at the top left to call up a document from each overview and save it for yourself.
  • Course registrations are made via the intranet.
Study Regulations

Study Regulations MA Specialized Music Performance

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Admission criteria

‍In order to enter the FHNW Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance programme with the Major soloist, applicants must be awarded a Bachelor in Music/Music and Movement or equivalent as well as they have to have passed the entrance exam and were offered a free place at the Academy (limited places). Applicants who have submitted all the necessary registration documents in time and have passed the first round of the entrance exam will be invited to play a live audition.
For further information on the admission criteria, please see the Study regulation of the Master of Arts FHNW in Specialized Music Performance.

Required skills

  • Exceptional stage presence and self-assuredness as well as the technical mastery of the instrument/voice.
  • excellent musical expression abilities and outstanding musical expressiveness
  • Considerable ease with the role of soloist, whether in a solo recital or solo appearances with an orchestra.
  • Proof of a broad yet individual repertoire.
  • Documented participation in international competitions.

Admission criteria for internal Bachelor applicants
To transfer to the MA SP Soloist, internal students must complete the regular aptitude assessment. Further requirements are:

  • The consent of the Major professor (to be submitted with the registration)
  • Having passed the aptitude assessment
  • Availability of a place to study

Language Skills

‍We recommend having sufficient German language skills.

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Entrance exam

The entrance exam is split into the first round, which is held “by video”, and the second one, which is a live audition.

Procedure
First round: Video recordings
Applicants must submit a video when registering.

Video requirements
Repertoire requirements
The single works/movements submitted must indispensably be recorded without any cuts. If applicants submit one straight video with the whole programme, the applicant must set marks after every work/movement so that it is possible for the jury to purposely skip within the video.
Microphone: We recommend using a suitable stereo microphone and place it conveniently. If necessary, you may also use the microphone of a camera, computer, or smartphone.
Please record the video from a fixed point of view. The hands and the face of the musician must be visible. Publicly recorded concerts may be submitted as long as they correspond to the above-mentioned requirements (no cuts) and as long as they are not older than 6 months.
Please upload the video onto YouTube and add the link in the registration tool.
Please add the worklist to your application or send it by mail to registration.hsm@fhnw.ch until 1st March at the latest.
Only those applicants who will be considered for the second round will be invited for the live audition.

Second round: Live audition
Repertoire requirements
The choice of the programme may be identical as the one of the video. However, changes of the programme for the live audition can only be made until 14 days prior to the audition date.
The candidate may choose the first piece. Then, the jury will decide which works to play and is allowed to interrupt the audition at any time. Afterwards, there will be a short conversation about the goals of the studies and the study course content as well as the applicant’s prior education, experience, the choice of the professor, etc.
In exceptional cases, an invitation to the live audition can be waived. In this case, an online interview with the examination board is mandatory.

Dates

Registration
You may apply between 15th December and 1st March.
Along with the registration, it is mandatory to submit the following documents:
A curriculum vitae, a motivational letter, the school leaving qualification, the Bachelor Diploma. In case that the applicant already holds a Master Diploma, we also need a copy of that.

On-site
The live auditions will take place at the end of April. The exact dates may be seen here.

Announcement of the results
The results of the first round will be communicated by mail at the end of March.
The results of the second round will be communicated by mail at the beginning of May.

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Organisatorisches

Projects / Ensembles

At Hochschule für Musik Basel, students have the opportunity to participate in various project and ensemble programmes.
To the overview of the recurring offers.

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Kontakt

Studierendenadministration Klassik

klassik.hsm@fhnw.ch