Ensemble Conducting New Music Saarland College of Music and Dramatic Art
- Degree
- Master of 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 Master’s degree course in Ensemble Conducting New Music is aimed at advanced, experienced conducting students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or instrumentalists with conducting experience who want to focus on the special challenges facing music in the 20th and 21st century. 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’ insights into instrumentation are deepened and their sensitivity to new scores is refined in individual composition lessons. In addition, the university’s electronic studio and the conducting classes of Prof. Grün and Prof. Kamioka are open to broaden students’ perspectives. 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
Admission requirements
Bachelor
Bachelor’s degree in Conducting
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
Applications for the entrance examination for the winter semester are possible until 28.02. (all degree courses). Applications for the entrance examination for the summer semester are possible until 31.10. - but only for Bachelor's degree courses with the exception of the Bachelor of Music in Elementary Music Education.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German