Music - Organ improvisation

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University Mainz University
Degree Master of Music

Degree Master of Music, M.Mus.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission selection procedure / qualifying examination
Application Deadline for Aptitude Test 15.05.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Mainz
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Instrumental Music gehört zum Studienbereiche Music der Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
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Instrumental Music

Das Liturgical Music gehört zum Studienbereiche Music der Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
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Liturgical Music
Areas of Concentration Organ Improvisation, Organ Repertoire

Field of study
- Target group The aim of the course is to provide students who have been adequately pre-trained in the subject Organ with the in-depth artistic skills, technical command of their instrument and career-relevant competencies they need for an artistic profession or career in the field of church music specialising in the organ for high-profile positions. Graduates will be able to perform a demanding concert programme on the organ with the emphasis on improvisation. They will also be able to fulfil the requirements for religious services as a creative improviser. They will be familiar with the key forms and styles of improvisation and a representative selection of works of organ literature.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Applications are made via the Admission Office of the University Mainz.
  Registration for the aptitude test is via the University of Music.
  If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be proven: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted.
  If the degree was obtained abroad: Officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission selection procedure / qualifying examination
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- Bachelor's degree in Church Music, Organ or Organ Literature or a degree from a university in Germany or abroad, to which there is no significant difference.
  
  Pass the aptitude test (see https://www.musik.uni-mainz.de/studium/bewerbung/).
  
  For applicants who have not obtained their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution or a degree in a German-language course, proof of sufficient German language skills (comparable to level A1 CEFR) must be provided. This evidence is provided either by submitting appropriate test certificates or by talking to the examination committee as part of the aptitude test. If this proof is not provided at the latest when the course begins, the admission expires. Possibly. the examination committee recommends attending German courses in accordance with the respective language skills.
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Area of study: Music
- Further admission requirements Passed admission test
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - - Application Deadline for Aptitude Test 15.11.2025
- Wintersemester 2026/2027
- - - Application Deadline for Aptitude Test 15.05.2026
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Studierendenservice - Zulassung International
- Street address Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis 1, 1. OG, 55128 Mainz
- Phone 06131 39-22525
- Fax 06131 39-25548
- incomings(at)international.uni-mainz.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Hochschule für Musik
- Contact person Univ.-Prof. Gerhard Gnann
- Street address Jakob-Welder-Weg 28, 55099 Mainz
- Phone 49 6131 / 39-28007
- Fax 49 6131 / 39-28005
- studienbuero-hfm(at)uni-mainz.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung, Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis, Eingang 1, 1. OG
- Street address Forum universitatis 1, 55128 Mainz
- Postal/mail adress 55099 Mainz
- Phone 06131 39-22122
- Fax 06131 39-25004
- zsb(at)uni-mainz.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Beate Lipps
- Function Leiterin
- Phone 06131 39-22122
- Fax 06131 39-25004
- zsb(at)uni-mainz.de
- Internet page

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