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Teacher Training for Instrumental Music Education

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Musikpädagogik - Universität Mozarteum | © Michael Klimt & Christian Schneider
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The master's degree programme serves to provide specialised training in academic, didactic and practical aspects of instrumental teaching in the secondary school setting, and can only be chosen in combination with the master's degree programme in music education. The focus is on further artistic development in the two chosen instruments.

Information Events

  • 20.3.2025
    08:30 am
    Universität Mozarteum
    Open House: Music Education Salzburg
    Information sessions, presentations, small performances, exhibitions & classroom visits
    Open Days
    · Free
  • 11.4.—12.4.2025
    Music theory workshop
    This workshop weekend offers an ideal supplement to your own preparation. In a group rotation principle, all important areas of the licensing exam are taken with a focus on ear training and tone setting.
  • 23.5.2025
    01:00 pm
    Online
    Check Up Piano & Check Up Voice
    with Gereon Kleiner (piano in IGP / ME / IME for major or compulsory subject) & Regina Prasser (voice in IGP / ME / IME for major or compulsory subject). An audition will be organised in one or both subjects as a final check-up before the entrance exam.
  • 4.6.2025
    06:00 pm
    Online
    Music theory Q&A session
    You can ask your individual questions about the procedure and content of the entrance examination in music theory and aural training. Online registration: https://bit.ly/MusiktheorieFragestunde2025
  • 18.6.2025
    06:00 pm
    Online
    Music theory Q&A session
    You can ask your individual questions about the procedure and content of the entrance examination in music theory and aural training. Online registration: https://bit.ly/MusiktheorieFragestunde2025

Career paths

The planned duration of the Master's degree programme in Secondary Education is 4 semesters. Two teaching subjects must be chosen, in addition to which students are required to complete free elective subjects, a general grounding in educational science, and integrated teaching placements. The teaching subject Instrumental Music Education can only be studied in combination with the subject Music Education.

Teacher employment law stipulates that new teachers must complete a Master's degree within five years of obtaining their Bachelor's degree in order to be able to enter into permanent employment. In addition, students must also complete a one-year induction phase in which they teach regularly and receive mentoring. The induction phase can be completed directly after the Bachelor's programme and recognised as a practical placement within the Master's programme in accordance with the respective curricular requirements and the current legislation (University Act and Higher Education Act).

In the Master's programme, the academic courses offerd at the university are complemented by practical projects in cooperation with schools. The courses in Music Pedagogy play a key role helping students to develop their individual teacher profile: On the one hand, these challenge future teachers to reflect on fundamental aspects of the discipline (preparing the way for a doctorate in this area, if they wish). On the other hand, these projects also build bridges to important cultural institutions, thereby underlining the essential role played by teachers in encouraging both productive and receptive participation in public musical life.

This degree course is orientated around current developments and performance practice in the arts, as well as the latest, most up-to-date research in the academic disciplines involved. It refers to the curricula of secondary schools and the general and holistic educational goals contained therein. Within the framework of the study programme, principles such as learner-centred orientation, questions of performance assessment, flipped classrom, flexible differentiation, competence orientation, diversity as well as teacher leadership are also taken into account.

Link to the curriculum

The Master's degree programme in Secondary Education entitles the holder to full employment as a teacher of grades 5 - 13 in:

  • Special needs schools
  • Middle schools
  • Polytechnic schools (PTS)
  • Grammar schools (AHS)
  • Vocational schools and colleges (BMHS)

General course information

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)

Applicants to this course should...

  • enjoy making music
  • be keen to develop as musicians and be diligent in their practice habits
  • enjoy working musically with children and young people
  • be able to enthuse others about engaging with music
  • meet the admission requirements

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.

Several steps are necessary for registration for the artistic entrance examination. Applicants who are currently studying or have previously studied teaching traing in the Central Region Partnership (Verbund LehrerInnenbildung Mitte) should start with step 3.

1. Create a basic account in MOZonline
2. Once in the MOZonline account: fill in the mandatory statistics UHstat1 (pre-registration for studies) and make a note of the application number that is sent by email upon submission of this information.
3. Create an application account in Muvac
4. (minimum requirements: personal data, information on expertise matching the desired degree programme, in the CV: current employment and information on previous training)

During the application period:

5. Select your desired degree programme in Muvac (Browse -> Studies)
6. Fill out the application form in Muvac ("Apply now"), being sure to enter your application number (see step 2) or Austrian matriculation number in the appropriate field
 
Detailed instructions with screenshots can soon be found HERE.
Please take a look at the FAQs about registration in Muvac if you get stuck at any of the steps.
 
Communication during the application process takes place via Muvac or email, depending on the degree programme. Please ensure that you can be contacted at the email address entered in your profile throughout the entire application process and regularly check whether you have received any new messages in Muvac. You can set your own profile to inform you of any new messages in Muvac by email (Account settings -> Notifications). If your contact details change, please update your profile yourself.
 
 
Admissions procedure
 
  • Online registration during the general admission procedure to teaching degrees: registration and completion of the general admissions procedure
  • Online registration during the application period via the application portal Muvac (Please note: Registration is only possible if all required information and documents have been submitted!)
  • Once the online application has been processed: invitation to on-site audition. The invitation will be sent via Muvac.
  • The invitation to the on-site entrance examination must be accepted or rejected in Muvac. Details to the audition programme in the principal study should also be given, if required for the respective instrument).
  • Participation in the on-site audition
  • Upon passing the audition and being offered a place: invitation to enrol in the degree programme
  • Enrolment (in person) during the general admission period 
 
The repetition of composite parts of the audition in case of failure is not permitted; the audition can only be repeated in its entirety and only in the next academic year. The audition can be repeated an unlimited number of times.

Demonstrating the requisite artistic skills for this study programme is only a requirement for candidates who completed their undergraduate studies at an institution other than the Mozarteum University.

Registration for the entrance examination takes place via the application portal Muvac - information see 'Registration for the entrance examination'.

Link to the registration deadlines
Link to the examination dates

Registration may only be made for one location, either Central Region (for Salzburg and Linz) or Western Region (for Innsbruck). Multiple registrations at different locations are not permitted and will be cancelled.

Documents required for online registration

  • Curriculum vitae in tabular form with photo
  • Letter of motivation (approx. one DIN A4 page)
  • (final) certificates as well as examinations and transcripts of records of all previous artistic and/or pedagogical studies
  • Proof of German language proficiency

Form of the documents

  • The documents can be uploaded as PDF in the application form.
  • If the documents mentioned are not available in German or English, an official translation must also be submitted.

Audition requirements

Partial examinations must be passed in the following areas:

  1. Audition in the principal artisic major
  2. Audition in the secondary artistic major
  3. Mastery of the German language (at least level B2) for all those whose first language is not German (further information HERE).

The requirements in the auditions are based on the requirements of the final examination of the BA Teacher Training for Instrumental Music Education in the Central Region. An artistic programme must be performed that corresponds to the examination requirements in the artistic major.

Some auditions in the Artistic Major are held during the same session as the auditions for performance studies, depending on the instrument. Candidates are advised to check the examination dates to establish whether this applies to them. All other partial examinations take place on the dates announced.

Any questions?

You can find more information about starting your studies here:

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Martin Losert | © Elsa Okazaki
Martin Losert

Univ.-Prof. of Instrumental & Vocal Pedagogy / Coordinator of the Cooperation with the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium GmbH

Senate
Department Head
Faculty
Curriculum Committee
Britta Bauer | © Privat
Britta Bauer

Private Docent for flute / Head of Pre-College / Chair of the Curriculum Committee (Performance) / Member of the Curriculum Committee (Pedagogy)

Senate
Deputy Department Head
Faculty
Curriculum Committee
Stan Ford

Univ.-Prof. for Piano

Faculty
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Claudius Tanski | © Elsa Okazaki
Claudius Tanski

A.o. Univ.-Prof. for Piano

Faculty
Regina Prasser
Regina Prasser

Senior Lecturer for Voice, Elocution / Rhetoric, Children & Youth Voice Education (Music Education)

Faculty
Curriculum Committee
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