The Audition for the Bachelor of Arts in Music with the Specialization in School Music, Classical Music includes
- A specialization-specific test for School Music.
Duration: 15 minutes, individual
Contents:- Singing one of the set pieces or songs with accompaniment
- Playing one of the set pieces pop, jazz or classical music piece on the piano
- Playing a piece from sheet music on the piano (lead sheet from pop or jazz, simple choral movement)
- Reproducing rhythmical patterns with voice, percussion instruments and through movement
- Interview about previous experience in the education area, working with young people, musical stage experience, and about personal musical and educational goals.
2. Instrumental/vocal performance and aptitude interview
Duration: approx. 20 minutes, individual
Instrumental/vocal performance
- Artistic musical performance (for all instruments and singing)
- of pieces or individual (complete) movements from different periods, including one modern piece/movement.
- The jury will listen to a selection.
- Candidates are expected to perform pieces/movements of at least medium difficulty.
- If candidates request a piano accompaniment organized by ZHdK must indicate this on the registration.
- The following specific repertoire requirements also apply:
- Piano: candidates are required to play compositions from at least three different stylistic periods, including a movement from a classical sonata and an étude (Clementi, Cramer, Czerny, Chopin, Liszt or similar).
- Voice: candidates are required to perform compositions from the baroque, classical and modern periods as well as a German Lied. The performance should include works in at least one other language (e. g. Italian or French). A short recitation (of a poem o. s.) should also be included.
- Flute: candidates are required to perform an étude from Anton Bernhard Fürstenau’s “Le Bouquet des Tons”.
- Trumpet: candidates are required to perform Paolo Longinotti’s No. 1 from “Studies in classical and modern style” (IMC).
- Aptitude interview
- The interviews are conducted by the examination panel and will include questions about the candidate’s previous training, their personal goals, career aims and course organization. The questions refer to the covering letter submitted with the application.
- The interview also serves to test the candidates’ language skills (German or English).
3. Written examination in music theory (independent online test on the computer)
Duration: one hour.
This examination will take place on 4 May 2022.
The ZHdK Examination Office will publish the time and link to the online examination shortly.
Content of the examination:
- One-part diatonic melodic dictation
- of a melody and
- a bassline
- Rhythmic dictation in simple (3/4. 4/4 etc.) and compound (6/8, 9/8) time.
- Listening analysis: description of a short excerpt of music from the 15th to 21st centuries.
- Score analysis: description of a short score excerpt from the 15th to 21st centuries.
- Composition: creation of a four-part bass harmony (only triads in root position, dominant chords with suspensions)
- Harmonic analysis of a four-part movement (only triads, in all inversions, dominant chords with suspensions)
→ Sample examination: written aptitude test in music theory
4. Oral examination in music theory (online meeting)
Duration: 20 minutes. This examination will take place on 5 May 2021 in the form of a zoom meeting.
The ZHdK Examination Office will publish the time and link to the meeting platform shortly.
Content of the examination:
- Identification of intervals (all intervals up to the octave, both notes played simultaneously)
- Identification of triads (tonal triads, in all inversions, played in four parts)
- Sight-reading of rhythms: rhythmic dictation in simple (3/4. 4/4 etc.) and compound (6/8, 9/8 etc.) time. The rhythm is spoken using an arbitrary syllable while the pulse is tapped.
- Sight-reading: unaccompanied singing
- a) of an atonal and
- b) a tonal melody
Examination panel for part 3
The panel comprises ZHdK lecturers in music theory.