Mitbelegung

Wenn Sie sich als Studierende_r anderer Universitäten in Österreich für den Besuch einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen an der mdw interessieren, lesen Sie bitte die Informationen zur Mitbelegung.

Wenn Sie Studierende_r der mdw sind und an einer anderen österreichischen Universität einzelne Lehrveranstaltungen besuchen wollen, wenden Sie sich für eine Genehmigung der Mitbelegung bitte an die Studiendirektorin.

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Besuch einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen als außerordentliche_r Studierende_r

Wenn Sie einzelne Lehrveranstaltungen an der mdw besuchen möchten und an keiner anderen Universität in Österreich studieren, dann informieren Sie sich bitte über das außerordentliche Studium an der mdw (UT990).

The Global Conservatoire is a cooperation project between the mdw and four renowned music academies in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and New York City.

The innovative cooperation project brings together teachers and students at the five locations Vienna, New York, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen in an online lecture hall, thus promoting the international exchange of ideas. The asynchronously designed teaching programme enables students to organise their studies individually in three time zones and to complete courses despite their busy rehearsal and practice schedules. All Global Conservatoire courses can be credited towards a degree programme at the mdw (2 ECTS).

In addition to asynchronous classes, which are designed to give maximum flexibility in scheduling, each course will also include synchronous online sessions on Zoom to deepen the exchange between teachers and students.

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Global Conservatoire partner universities:
 

• Manhattan School of Music (New York)
• Royal College of Music (London)
• Royal Danish Academy (Kopenhagen)
• Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Amsterdam)

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Registration information
 

Registration deadline for all courses of the partner universities in the summer semester 2025:
29 January 2025, by e-mail to globalconservatoire@mdw.ac.at

Registration deadline for all mdw courses in the summer semester 2025: 
via mdwOnline, is expected to be possible from mid-January 2025. (Attention: limited places!)

Find more information about the Global Conservatoire on the websites of the Global Conservatoire and the International Office.

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Courses in the summer semester 2025 at the mdw:

Engaging with Audiences and Communities

Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Axel Petri-Preis

Course content: Audience and community engagement have become important tasks for musicians in the 21st century. In order to attract diverse audiences and to unfold societal relevance, cultural institutions and musicians have to think of presentation and participation formats that go beyond the classical concert format, with its rigid conventions and exclusion mechanisms. Instead of perpetuating existing power-relations, audience and community engagement seek to develop a transformative power, in order to develop a much more symmetrical understanding.

Dates:

• Synchronous sessions (live via Zoom): 04.03.2025, 01.04.2025, 06.05.2025 4pm - 5.30pm Vienna local time
• Asynchronous sessions: 11.03.2025, 18.03.2025, 25.03.2025, 08.04.2025, 29.04.2025

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Courses in the summer semester 2025 at the partner universities:

Danish Diction in Art Song

Institution: The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Eva Hess Thaysen

Course content: We will be working with repertoire from the anthology “Danish Diction in Art Song” which contains scores, translations (lyric and word to word), IPA written directly into the scores, and biographies of the composers. The anthology is available for free online at danishdictioninartsong.dk or for purchase through the publisher.

Through the asynchronous and synchronous sessions, you will be introduced to the historical and cultural context of these Danish art songs and receive coaching in language and musical interpretation.

Participants sign up as voice-piano duos. Knowledge of IPA is not a prerequisite.

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Sound, Music and Environment

Institution: The Royal College of Music, London

Study level: Master (yet open for advanced Bachelor students)
Course tutor: Nicholas Moroz

Course content: Aimed at both performers and composers, this course explores themes of Sound and Environment in music through recent scholarship and a diverse array of musical practices, from the twentieth century through to contemporary cultures, including examples from popular music, sound art, modernism, and experimental music. Students will encounter a range of perspectives that will enable them to critically and creatively engage with and reflect on topics including the aesthetics, techniques, and reception of site-specific artworks, modern spatial audio production practices, ecological thinking, soundscape, and field-recordings. Practical and creative tasks will also develop students’ listening skills while exploring their own experience of sound in different environments.

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The Underrepresented in Opera

Institution: Manhattan School of Music

Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: James Massol

Course content: This class covers the history of opera from the earliest works to the present, considering operas written or performed by underrepresented creators. The content for this course includes works by underrepresented composers/librettists and/or stories about BIPOC, LGBTQ, and woman characters, which would typically be performed by such performers. The chosen repertoire blends canonical works with lesser-known repertoire. Topics include biography of the creators, experiences in the creative process, choice of stories, context of stories, treatment of characters in the stories, casting of the roles, reception history, etc. In some cases, we will take a critical view of representation and in other cases not. Readings will include underrepresented authors, and all performances will include a high percentage of underrepresented artists.

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Free Improvisational Techniques

Institution: Conservatoriun van Amsterdam

Study level: Master
Course tutor: Yaniv Nachum

Course Content: Exploring the art of spontaneous musical creation in Free Improvisation techniques: This course covers foundational exercises, instrumental possibilities, and advanced methods in free improvisation.

Engage in live collaborative sessions, drawing insights from classical and jazz examples. Develop personalized improvisational skills through diverse practices and examples, bridging theory, analysis, and practical application in a dynamic learning environment.

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Contact

Melanie Karner, BA
Short Term Mobilities and International Scholarships
T +43 1 71155-7424
karner-m@mdw.ac.at

Mag.a Christine Seblatnig, MAS
International cooperations and projects
T +43 1 71155-7423
seblatnig@mdw.ac.at
 

Website of the Global Conservatoire
Website of the International Office