Teacher Training for Instrumental Music Education

The teacher training programme at secondary level is carried out in cooperation with the following partner institutions (Central Region Partnership):

Salzburg location

• Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS)
• Salzburg University of Teacher Education (PHS)
• Edith Stein University of Teacher Education (KPH)
• Mozarteum University Salzburg (MOZ)

Location Linz

• Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)
• University College of Teacher Education Upper Austria (PH OÖ)
• Private University College of Education of the Diocese of Linz (PHDL)
• Linz University of Arts (UFG)
• Anton Bruckner Private University (ABPU)
• Catholic Private University Linz (KU Linz)

Graduates of the Master's programme in Instrumental Music Education:

• are able to reflect on central academic content, theories, development perspectives and areas of application, modify these and apply them to teaching practice.
• are able, based on their own experiences as musicians, to classify and analyse musical performances from an artistic point of view, to express themselves adequately in different artistic forms of expression and to critically assess their own performances
• can recognise differences and similarities between the sub-disciplines of the subject and establish connections between essential findings in the different areas
• are able to apply subject-specific procedures and methods, especially in the field of instrumental music pedagogy, in a situation-appropriate manner
• are able to develop, communicate and document subject-specific content and findings in a form which corresponds to the conventions of the subject, or to express them artistically
• are able to recognise and work on subject-specific questions and problems independently and in cooperation with others
• are able to present ways of learning processes in the artistic and scientific elaboration of subject content and align them to the requirements of teaching practice
• are able to establish cross-connections between subject content, subject didactic concerns and school practice and document this on the basis of concrete tasks.

The prerequisite for admission to the Master's degree programme Teacher Training at Secondary Level is the completion of the relevant Bachelor's degree programme Teacher Training (General Education) in the Central Region Partnership (e.g. BA Teaching Training in Music Education from the Mozarteum University) or another relevant Bachelor's degree programme or another equivalent degree programme at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution.

If the undergraduate qualification is deemed in essence to be equivalent with the BA Teacher Training for Music Education, with the exception of only individual elements, the Mozarteum University is entitled to admit the candidate to the MA programme on the basis that they work towards fulfilling additional requirements prescribed by the university in order to achieve full equivalence; proof that these requirements have been fulfilled must be provided in the course of the Master's degree programme.

Applicants whose undergraduate degree was not awarded by an institution in the Central Region Partnership are required to pass an entrance examination to determine their artistic and pedagogical aptitude. 

Applicants whose first language is not German must also provide proof of German language skills.

The teaching subject Instrumental Music Education must be combined with the teaching subject Music Education. If the Bachelor's degree was not awarded by the Mozarteum University, the candidate must demonstrate that they meet the artistic requirements of the study programme by passing an additional entrance examination.