Master's Programme Opera Coaching

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

For all external applicantsfor the Master's Programmes the following applies:

In the course of the required online application we need the following documents in time to the application deadline, in order to be able to forward your documents to our Dean of Studies for checking the equivalency of your preliminary studies:

• Your Bachelor's Diploma Certificate telling your academic degree (on your University´s letter paper and with your University´s stamps/seals and signatures)
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of the Bachelor's Diploma Certificate
• Your Bachelor's final examination Certificate (on your University's letter paper and with your University's stamps/seals and signatures)  
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of the Bachelor's final examination Certificate
• Your Transcript of Records (Diploma Supplement / Academic Record / complete list of all subjects that you have passed, the credits/semester hours and grades on your University´s letter paper and with your University´s stamps/seals and signatures)
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of your Transcript of Records / Diploma Supplement / Academic Records / list of subjects

Please also pay attention to any required diplomatic legalization* of your documents!
^{*  Information sheet from the Welcome Center}

Only after the Dean of Studies has confirmed the equivalency of your preliminary studies you will be notified for the entrance exam.

PREREQUISITES

Students who have graduated from the Bachelor's Programme “Conducting” at KUG will be admitted to the appropriate Master's Programme if they have completed the subject area in the Bachelor's Programme that has a related emphasis:

• Completed BA Conducting with the emphasis Orchestral Conducting -> MA Orchestral Conducting

• Completed BA Conducting with the emphasis Choral Conducting -> MA Choral Conducting

• Completed BA Conducting with the emphasis Correpetition (Vocal Coaching) -> MA Opera Coaching

If this is not the case, then admission to the Master's Programme is also only possible after it has been examined that candidates have met the qualitative admission requirements.

ENTRANCE EXAM

The examination of the qualitative admission requirements is made up of the following parts:

• Demonstration of the conducting talent by conducting the given compulsory programme (see entrance exam prerequisites) and solving the conducting tasks set by the examination board.
• Demonstration of practical musical abilities
• Additional requirement for "Conducting-Opera Coaching": Performing various piano arrangements in the given required programme.

The test of qualitative admission requirements is based on the content of the Bachelor's final exam (see curriculum) and represents a review of what is required at this level. The applicants have to prove that they have the artistic potential to meet the demands of the particular Master's Programme, which they want to take.

In the course of the colloquium it will be determined, if necessary, which courses the candidate still needs to complete from the Bachelor´s Programme in “Conducting”.

ADMISSION

Please mind: After passing the entrance exam you are not automatically admitted to the Degree Programme – the enrolment has to be carried out in due time via e-mail! See also "First steps to becoming a student"!