Music Education – Instruments (IME) | Guitar

Programme objective:
Certification to teach 2 instruments or
1 instrument and voice in academic secondary schools (AHS)

Teaching activities may include:
Instrumental and/or voice instruction as an optional subject at academic secondary schools and as a compulsory subject in special upper-cycle programmes. Teaching of groups.

Admission criteria:
The level of skill demonstrated by the applicant in the entrance examination must be such that the level needed to teach this instrument and/or voice can be attained within this programme of study.

Entrance Examination:

As a 1st Instrument (corresponds to BA IGP) 

1. 2 etudes, e.g., by L. Brouwer, S. Sor, or N. Costé (or equivalent performance pieces of an etude-like character)
2. 3 performance works of moderate difficulty from
   3 different eras

As a 2nd instrument (corresponds to ME: 1st instrument and IGP: complementary 2nd instrument):

3 performance pieces of moderate difficulty from different stylistic eras (playing time: at least 10 min.). If the candidate chooses to include an improvisation or composition in a popular style as one of these pieces, this shall count as a piece from the realm of contemporary music.

Bachelor’s degree examination:

As a 1st instrument (corresponds to IGP: bachelor’s degree examination)

1. Etudes:
   2 etudes by Sor, Guiliani, Villa-Lobos, or similar
2. Renaissance:
   1 work or a group of works by Dowland, Mudarra, Narvaez, or similar
3. Baroque:
   1 cyclical work (e.g., Weiss, Visée, Roncalli, etc.) or at least 3 movements of a suite by Bach or an individual work of at least 5 minutes’ duration
4. Classical:
   1 cyclical work (sonata, variations) or a single-movement work of at least 5 minutes’ duration
5. 20th/21st century:
   1 work each from
   a) the Spanish / South American repertoire
   b) the realm of contemporary music
    of at least 5 minutes’ duration each

Overall programme duration: at least ca. 30 minutes.

As a 2nd instrument (corresponds to ME: 1st instrument and IGP: complementary 2nd instrument) 

1. 2 etudes at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of Brouwer, Sor op. 60, Villa-Lobos No. 8
2. 3 movements from a baroque suite (Bach, Weiss, Brescianello, Visée)
3. 1 work from the classical or romantic period, minimum duration: 5 min.
4. 1 work from the 20th or 21st century that differs significantly from the Spanish / Latin American repertoire, minimum duration:
   5 minutes
5. One freely chosen piece, which can also be chamber music together with instruments other than guitar

One’s chosen artistic programme must be made available in printed form at the examination.