Music Education (ME) | Guitar
Programme objective:
Certification to teach music at Austrian academic secondary schools (AHS), colleges for higher vocational education (BHS), and similar institutions in combination with certification in another teaching subject. The course offerings in one’s artistic field of study are meant to enable future music teachers to also play an active role in local and/or regional musical life beyond their work in schools.
Teaching activities may include:
Teaching the school subject of Musikerziehung [Musical Education] at AHS, BHS, and similar educational institutions (compulsory for lower-cycle students, compulsory for some upper-cycle students, and as an elective subject for others).
Admission Criteria:
Assessment of the applicant’s suitability for their instrument and ability to achieve the objectives of study on their instrument.
Entrance Examination:
As a 1st Instrument (corresponds to IME: 2nd Instrument and IGP Area of Specialisation: 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: only as a 1st instrument (corresponds to IME: 2nd instrument and IGP: complementary 2nd instrument)
- 2 etudes at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of Brouwer, Sor op. 60, Villa-Lobos no. 8
- 3 movements from a baroque suite (Bach, Weiss, Brescianello, Visée)
- 1 work from the classical or romantic period, minimum duration: 5 min.
- 1 work from the 20th or 21st century that differs significantly from the Spanish / Latin American repertoire, minimum duration: 5 minutes
- 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.