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Jazz Composition

The aim of the study is to prepare the graduate to be able to work with a wide range of performing or compositional-arranging skills, approaches and techniques, while at the same time to exercise his or her own developed creative imagination and fantasy.

Graduates should be able to handle a demanding, extensive and stylistically diverse repertoire and to analyse performance or compositional problems, including proposing solutions for themselves and for their students or colleagues.

In the course of their studies, they will gain in-depth knowledge of music history, art aesthetics and the development of artistic movements, as well as practical experience from faculty or school-wide projects (solo and ensemble projects, or experience from study abroad).

They will learn about the healthy physiological and psychological habits associated with practicing and performing music in public, and they will also learn techniques for creating scholarly work.

  • as an arranger or composer according to their artistic focus (work for theatres, orchestras, small ensembles)
  • artistic director – artistic and organizational management of own musical projects
  • studio player with knowledge and experience of making professional recordings
  • pedagogue at music schools, conservatories, music grammar schools, art colleges, private teacher
  • music journalist with a focus on jazz – music contributions, annotations, articles, reviews