University Course Music Education

Music in Context

The University Course Music Education – Music in Context offers a contemporary education for the diverse fields of practice in music education in the cultural and educational sectors. Music education takes place in the context of moderated and staged concerts, concert educational introductions and workshops, or conceptual work at the interface between art and education. In doing so, it meets the needs of the audience for new forms of engagement with music.

Facts

  • Degree: Master of Arts (MA)
  • Duration: 4 semesters
  • This programme is offered on a part-time basis.
  • The courses take place on weekends (Friday, 11 am - 9 pm and Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm). In addition, two one-week summer and winter academies serve to deepen the knowledge acquired so far.
  • Costs: see tuition fees

Profile

The university course, in collaboration with experts from the field, uses case studies, literature and theories on music mediation, as well as the students' own projects, to explore the diversity of current Austrian and international music mediation. The connections between cultural participation and contemporary music-making are highlighted and explored: music education in concert life, in the media, in the digital space, resource-oriented and participatory methods, audience engagement, community building, curation, and aspects of cultural management are topics in theory and practice. Training phases in stage presence, moderation, and improvisation deepen the students' professional approach.

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The University Course Music Education will be offered for the last time from 2023-2025. An in-service Master's programme is currently being developed, with the application period for the start of the programme expected to begin in April 2025.

18 modules cover individual topics of music education. 16 of them take place over 4 weekends per semester, concentrated in time and thematically rounded off. 2 of them (Practice Music Education & Basics Music Education) are offered throughout the entire certificate programme.

The modules “Practice of Music Education” and “Basics of Music Education” deepen students' knowledge and skills in stage presence, improvisation with groups, moderation techniques, writing, use of the voice and basic knowledge of cultural management during all 4 semesters.

2 academy weeks enable students to deepen their knowledge of the course content in the context of year projects.

A final project and a Master thesis conclude the programme.

  • A completed university degree as a musician or musicologist or the teaching qualification in music education. Equivalent qualification through professional experience can be recognized in exceptional cases.
  • Practical experience in a field of music education
  • Versatile musical and artistic interest

DATES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/25 (subject to change!):

DATES 3rd semester:
SEM 3/ 1st weekend: October 18-19, 2024
SEM 3/ 2nd weekend: November 8-9, 2024
SEM 3/ 3rd weekend: December 13-14, 2024

Appointment for the WINTER ACADEMY 2025
February 7-11, 2025, Anton Bruckner Private University

Appointment for the MUSIC MEDIATION SYMPOSIUM:
February 27 to March 1, 2025, Anton Bruckner Private University

DATES 4th semester:
SEM 4/ 1st weekend: March 14-15, 2025
SEM 4/ 2nd weekend: April 4-5, 2025
SEM 4/ 3rd weekend: May 23-24, 2025
SEM 4/ 4th weekend: June 13-14, 2025