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Univ.-Prof. for Tuba / Director of the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg
This bachelor's programme enables students to express themselves on the bass tuba in interpretations of musical works from various styles at a high artistic level and to develop their technical skills and musicianship.
Department of Studies & Examinations
+43 676 88122 492
studienabteilung@moz.ac.at
Length of course
8 semesters / 240 ECTS-AP
Language
German
Registration deadline
1.2.–28.2.2024
Auditions
summer semester each year
to the dates
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This degree course is oriented around current developments and performance practice in the arts, as well as the latest, most up-to-date research in the academic disciplines involved. The goal of the BA in Performance is the practice-oriented and academically sound professional preparation for the following fields:
The goals of the BA in Performance at the Mozarteum University are artistic maturity and independence, critical self-reflection and evaluation, and the artistic and scientific ability to interpret musical works from all periods. The BA in Performance will equip students to pursue their chosen profession and to fulfil artistic, pedagogical and organisational tasks within cultural life.
The curriculum is competence-oriented. After completing the Bachelor's programme, students should:
The eight-semester bachelor's degree programme is modular in structure. Each module comprises teaching and learning content that has been combined to form thematically and didactically meaningful units of study. The names and content descriptions (study objectives) of the individual modules, the number of ECTS credits to be achieved for each module, and the type of performance assessment are specified in the curriculum. The module descriptions refer to the corresponding learning outcomes and competencies. The Bachelor's program is a face-to-face program and cannot be offered - not even in part - as a distance learning program. The courses from the Principal Study, as well as in other One-to-One Tuition, are designed to build upon each other. Prerequisite for enrolment in courses from the Principal Study or One-to-One Tutition is a positive evaluation of the previous semester (from the second semester onwards).
The curriculum provides an overview of the courses to be completed, which are grouped into modules.
The courses are visible online in Curriculum Support:
A prerequisite for beginning a bachelor's degree (BA) is passing an audition. Auditions take place once a year and consist of various partial exams. All information about the audition can be found under “Information about the admissions procedure” further down the page.
A high school diploma is not necessary.
PLEASE NOTE: You can only apply for study programmes for which you have not yet obtained a degree!
Students of the Bachelor's programme are encouraged to complete a semester abroad. Semesters 5 and 6 of the degree programme are particularly suitable for this. In addition to subject-specific competences, a study period abroad can also lead to the acquisition and deepening of:
Examinations and assessments taken during studies abroad can be approved by the Director of Studies as equivalents to compulsory subjects, elective sujects or free elective subjects required by the Mozarteum University for your degree course. The documents required for the approval procedure are to be submitted by the applicant immediately after their exchange semester.
Details at International Affairs.
A prerequisite for admission to the Bachelor's degree programme (BA) is passing an audition. Application for an audtion takes place online, with applicants being required to submit an application video.
PLEASE NOTE:
A pre-selection of applicants will be made by the audition panel based on the videos submitted. The selected applicants will be invited to an on-site audition, which consists of several parts.
Registration takes place via the application portal [Link], where you must first create an application account. Please note that the automatic email to activate the account can often be found in the spam folder, so please be sure to check there if you think you have not received it. If you still have problems activating your account, please contact studieninfo@moz.ac.at.
Please ensure that you can be reached at the email address entered in your profile throughout the entire application process. If there are any changes, please update your profile yourself.
A pre-selection of applicants will be made by the audition panel based on the videos submitted. The video should include:
The length of the recording should be approx. 15 minutes.
Important information about the video upload can be found HERE, as well as the data protection information. Applicants are kindly requested to adhere to the guidelines given here!
The programme presented must include pieces typical of the bass tuba repertoire from several styles or periods, taking into account technical and stylistic diversity. The following works should be prepared:
Examination in basic knowledge of general music theory (written and oral), including an aural test.
Requirements in the written part of the examination (approx. 60 minutes):
• Notation of melodies from memory
• Continuation of given melodies
• Composing a short melody to a given text
• Noting down one-part and easy two-part melodic dictations as well as rhythmic dictations
• Forming all triads and seventh chords including inversions (especially dominant-seventh chords in root position and 3rd inversion)
• Recognising and notating simple figured basses as well as harmony functions and harmony steps in a musical context
Requirements in the oral part of the examination (5-10 minutes):
• sight-reading
• Listening to and naming intervals and simple chord progressions
• Singing triads (in inversions) and dominant seventh chords (in root position only)
• Listening to harmonic steps and dissonant neighbour notes
• Extended cadence in major and minor in two different keys (on piano or guitar)
You can find an example of the exam as well as further help for preparation HERE.
Audition lasting approx. 10 minutes. The programme must consist of two pieces in different styles. The following examples illustrate the level of difficulty expected:
All applicants whose first language is not German must prove their German skills by the time of enrolment at the latest.
After passing Partial Examination A, candidates will be admitted to partial examinations B-D (possibly in a different order). The repetition of the partial examinations A-C 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.
Please note that the Mozarteum University Salzburg offers various support options at the time of your audition and during your studies if you have a disability or a chronic illness.
If this applies to you and you would like to take advantage of counselling, please contact Claudia Haitzmann: claudia.haitzmann@moz.ac.at oder +43 676 88122 337.
Here you can find more information about starting your studies: