Bachelor of Music -
Organ

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 consists of the following two parts:

1. Artistic-practical examination in the main subject (duration approx. 15 minutes)
2. Music theory (approx. 90 minutes)

Detailed information can be found in the aptitude test regulations, especially in the appendix for content requirements and conduct of the test. For the artistic courses of study, we recommend that you contact the main subject teacher of your choice in good time; they will be happy to advise you personally.

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 6 main modules and the 7th profile-forming main module:

1. Core module
2. Artistic-practical context
3. Education
4. Mediation
5. Professionalization
6. Bachelor thesis / Interdisciplinary project
7. Profile Solo or Instrumental Pedagogy

• Wolfgang Abendroth, Organ Literature and Liturgical Organ Performance
• Otto Krämer, Liturgical Organ Performance
• Prof. Mareile Krumbholz, Organ Repertoire and Liturgical Organ Performance
• Christoph Kuhlmann, Organ Pedagogy
• Prof. Thierry Mechler, Organ Literature and Liturgical Organ Performance
• KMD Prof. Dr. Markus Uhl, Organ Literature and Liturgical Organ Performance

The following organs are used for practicing and teaching at the college:

• Klais/Thomas - III/46 (2 transmissions)
• Woehl - III/49 (5 extensions, 5 transmissions)
• Thomas - III/25 (9 alternating loops, 2 transmissions)
• Muhleisen - III/6
• Eule - III/8 (2 transmissions)
• Rohlf - II/6 (1 alternating loop)

Cooperation agreements exist with the following churches:

• St. Kunibert, Kuhn - III/42
• Ursuline Church, Ahrend - II/19
• St. Heribert, Cavaille Coll/Mutin - II/12

Outside the university, there are opportunities to use various instruments in Cologne's diverse church landscape. In particular:

• Cathedral, Klais - IV/89 and III/53
• Church of the Holy Trinity, Klais - III/44