Concert Examination: Ensemble Conducting New Music Saarland College of Music and Dramatic Art
- Degree
- Extended qualification in music
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Saarbrücken
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Conducting
Annotation
The degree course Concert Examination: Ensemble Conducting New Music is aimed at very advanced, experienced conducting students with a Master’s degree who want to focus on the special challenges facing music in the 20th and 21st century. In addition, it gives conductors already active the opportunity to expand their repertoire and to acquire the additional qualifications that are increasingly important in today’s concert life.
Key areas include the development of an extended, adaptable conducting technique, stylistic flexibility and the development of an overview of the very diverse repertoire. Students gain practical experience in close contact with the composition class and the instrumentalists. The degree programme regularly cooperates with the Saxon Wind Philharmonic, Sian Edwards’ conducting class at the Royal Academy of Music London, the European Academy of the Arts in Montepulciano and various guest ensembles.
Admission modus
Selection procedure / qualifying examination
Lecture period
- Summer semester 2027: 05.04.2027 - 09.07.2027Applications for the entrance examination for the winter semester are possible until 14 March (all degree programmes). Applications for the entrance examination for the summer semester are possible until 28.11. - but only for Bachelor's degree courses with the exception of the Bachelor of Music in Elementary Music Education.
- Winter semester 2026/2027: 18.10.2027 - 11.02.2028Applications for the entrance examination for the winter semester are possible until 14.03. (all degree programmes). Applications for the entrance examination for the summer semester are possible until 28.11. - but only for Bachelor's degree courses with the exception of the Bachelor of Music in Elementary Music Education.
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application Deadline for Aptitude Test
No information
Languages of instruction
Main language
German