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[Translate to English:] Dekorative Abbildung einer Unterrichtssituation in «Musik und Bewegung»

Course content.

The main focus is on teaching practice with children, which necessitates a multi-faceted instrumental and vocal training programme. You study rhythm and percussion, piano and voice as well as other instruments. You also learn the basics of movement and dance, and gain an insight into music and movement education, dance, creative movement and scenic work. The in-depth, subject-specific focus and intensive teaching practice prepare you to work in the music and movement educational field. 

Course structure.

Core
This full-time course is based on three areas: Performance, Teaching and Subject-Specific Practice. 
 

Context
Music and movement didactics, dance and movement didactics, collective music-making, voice training and singing, percussion and improvization as well as various internships are integral components of this course. 
You receive individual and group tuition, undertake self-study, attend courses and project weeks and enjoy individual support from mentors. 
 

Experience
Module 1
In the Performance area, the focus is on providing a wide range of practice, with subject-specific artistic skills in music and movement as the basis for the teaching work. You attend seminars in singing, piano, percussion, an optional instrument, new media, dance, theatre as well as music and movement.

Module 2
In the Teaching area, you study topics related to music didactics and undertake teaching practice with children between the ages of three and twelve. During this time, you have the opportunity to put the subject-specific theory that you learn into practice. 

Module 3
The Educational Science area focuses on applied music theory and aural training, music and dance history, dance and anatomy, and educational psychology. It also provides an introduction to writing academic papers. 
The study of music education-related subject matter, such as children’s voices and improvization with music and movement, leads to children’s choir projects, rhythm workshops in schools, etc. The subject-specific content relates to the professional field of early childhood music education and the primary school. Students are carefully prepared to enter the profession and undertake internships with qualified specialist teachers. 


Graduation project/teaching observation/assessment
One of your own teaching sequences with children in the area of music and movement, basic music education or elementary music education is observed and assessed. You plan and implement your Bachelor project independently. You have considerable scope to express yourself creatively in an artistic presentation (composition, choreography, music and movement) and a written academic paper. Support is provided in the form of colloquia and individual mentoring sessions.
 

Module plan:

Skills acquired in the course.

  • Support children in creative projects with music, movement and material. 
  • Express yourself individually in dance with a broad repertoire of movements.
  • Use your voice, instrument, ensemble playing and improvization.
  • Recognize the correlation between process and work in your own creative endeavours. 
  • Reflect on artistic and teaching practice.

Entry requirements.

Participants are expected to have a particular interest in connecting music, movement and education, long-standing musical experience and a good basic educational background in instrumental performance. Further requirements:

  • Musical-artistic potential
  • Practical musical skills – instrumental, vocal, improvization
  • Skills in rhythm coordination, dance and creative movement
  • Basic knowledge of teaching practice-related music theory
  • Teaching aptitude
  • Ability to reflect and self-assess
  • Communication and social skills

→ Detailed information on the entry requirements and admission procedure is available here

Benefits of studying at ZHdK.

Studying at ZHdK offers you the following benefits:

  • You have access to the Toni Campus: a public, cultural and university campus for all artistic disciplines that is unparalleled in its dimensions anywhere in Europe.
  • You benefit from possible collaboration with students from other artistic disciplines. 
  • The self-designed graduation projects motivate you to organize your work independently. 
  • You gain extensive practical experience and have many opportunities to perform thanks to the diverse relationships with the regional cultural scene and its event organizations. 
  • Compared with other institutions abroad, you also benefit from broad training in music, movement and dance.