Music Education (ME) | Harp


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: complementary 2nd instrument)

  1. 1 etude at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    F. Pozzoli, Studi di media difficolta
  2. 1 sonata at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    F. J. Naderman, No. 2–4
    J. B. Krumpholtz, Sonata in B Major
  3. 1 solo work at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    M. Tournier, 4 Preludes
    P. Angerer, Stadium Veronicae
  4. 1 piece from the realm of folk music (Irish, Alpine, or Latin American)


Bachelor’s degree examination: only as a 1st instrument (corresponds to IME: 2nd instrument and IGP: complementary 2nd instrument)

  1. 1 sonata at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    J. B. Krumpholtz, Sonata in F Major
    J. B. Cardon, Sonatas
    G. Rossini, Sonata
  2. 1 solo work at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    D. Watkins, Dance Suite
    M. Tournier, Images
  3. 1 contemporary work at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    L. van Delden, Notturno
    S. Natra, Sonatina for Harp
  4. 1 chamber work for any combination of instruments, performed with ensemble and at a level of difficulty equivalent to that of:
    J. G. Albrechtsberger, Partita
    M. Tournier, Preludes Romantiques

All solo works, excepting difficult contemporary works, should be played from memory.

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