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Bachelor of Music -
Church Music (Protestant)

To the good tale I bring so much / That I want to sing and say.

The Bachelor of Music in Protestant Church Music focuses on teaching choir and orchestra conducting, artistic and liturgical organ playing, as well as piano and singing. In addition, there are music-historical, -theoretical and theological subjects. Due to its high number of subjects prescribed by the church, the course of study is strongly interdisciplinary from the outset.
The development of the artistic personality and the teaching of comprehensive skills in the various areas of ensemble conducting and organ playing is just as important an aspect of the degree program as the acquisition of extensive instrumental and vocal skills as well as a broad background knowledge of theology, music theory and musicology.
The Bachelor of Music in Protestant Church Music program thus comprehensively prepares students for the diverse requirements of the profession of church musician.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact the relevant person.

Basic information

Degree Bachelor of Music
Period of study 8 Semester
Course begin Sommer- und Wintersemester
ECTS points 240 Credits
Continuing study options Master of Music Church Music (Protestant)
Impressions from the study program
Unterrichtssitutation Kirchenmusik in einem Orgelraum mit Professor und einem Studierenden.
Unterrichtssitutation Kirchenmusik in einem Orgelraum mit Professor und einem Studierenden.
Orgelraum der HfMT Köln
Orgelraum der HfMT Köln
Orgelraum der HfMT Köln

Special features of the study

The following organs are used in the college for practice and lessons:

  • Klais/Thomas III/47
  • Schuke - III/38
  • Ahrend - II/19
  • Cavaille Coll/Mutin - II/12
  • Eule - III/6 (various alternating loops)
  • Rohlf - II/5

Outside the university there are possibilities to use various instruments of the diverse Cologne church landscape. In particular:

  • St. Kunibert, Kuhn - III/42
  • Trinitatiskirche, Klais - III/44, inauguration January 2010
  • Cathedral, Klais - IV/89 and III/53 (students of the university play regularly at the weekday noon prayers in the cathedral)

Applications are submitted online via the muvac platform. All information on the procedure can be found on our application page.

Admission requirements

  • General university entrance qualification or a comparable university entrance qualification
  • Proof of a TestDaF 3 language certificate for non-German-speaking applicants
  • Successfully passed aptitude test

Qualifying examination

The aptitude test takes place in two parts.

  1. Artistic-practical examination in the subjects choral conducting, singing and speaking, organ literature, organ improvisation and piano ( duration in total approx. 60 minutes)
  2. Written (duration: 60 minutes) and oral (duration: approx. 15 minutes) examination in the subject of aural training.

Detailed information can be found in the Qualifying Examination Regulations, especially in the appendix for content requirements and conduct of the examination. Application for the course can be made for the winter semester as well as for the summer semester. The application deadline is either 01.03. (winter semester) or 01.10. (summer semester) each year.

The program is divided into a basic study period (1st and 2nd year) with a high proportion of compulsory modules and a differentiated main study period (3rd and 4th year).
The structural framework is formed by the 7 main modules in the interdisciplinary network:

  1. Core module
  2. Artistic-practical context
  3. Education
  4. Mediation
  5. Professionalization
  6. Bachelor thesis / Interdisciplinary project
  7. Supplement

You can find a list of our lecturers on the following page.

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Contact

Prof. Mareile Krumbholz
Orgel/Liturgisches Orgelspiel
Email Mareile.Krumbholz@hfmt-koeln.de
Address
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Unter Krahnenbäumen 87
50668 Köln