Correpetition

• Advanced musical ability in the programme subject which must be demonstrated in the audition exam
• Applicants without German university entry permission must provide evidence of their German language skills through:
  • Language certificate B 2.2 (GER) of the Goethe Institute, ÖSD, telc GmbH or TestDaF – Level 4, DSD II, DSH I or UNIcert II.
    Language certificates must be submitted during enrolment at the latest.
  • Technical German language skills in music will be assessed during the music theory examination.

For the pre-selection the platform muvac is used.

On muvac you can link video and audio recordings from YouTube, Vimeo, Youku and Soundcloud on your profile.

Based on the linked audio/video recordings the pre-selection is made subsequent to the application period.

Please check that the recordings are available and accessable via the links provided (without password/no login function).

• One video or three individual videos according to the requirements of the repertoire.
• The applicant must be clearly visible.

Three works of free choice as follows:

• of a self-directed rehearsal with a singer or instrumental soloist
• of an opera scene (singing and playing)
• of a solo work on the piano

The audition exam consists of two rounds. After the first round, the Exam Committee will decide who
will proceed to the following round.

• knowledge about musical theater and its artistic relationship with theater
• comprehensive knowledge of musical theater repertoire, as well as lied and chamber music literature

• presentation of a chamber musical duo work with own soloist, difficulty level of a Beethoven sonata
• presentation of a chosen opera scene with several characters (singing and playing) in original language (max. 10 min.)
• presentation of a chosen discerning solo work on piano. The examination criteria are equivalent to those of an entrance exam for the major of the instrument played.

• Ensemble auditions
  • opera segment with voice soloist – approx. 10 min.
  • chamber music of trio repertoire with instrumental soloist – approx. 10 min.

The works will be announced 4 weeks before the exam. The voice and instrumental soloists are provided by the school.

• Prima vista
  • sight-read opera passages
  • sight-read singing (atonal passages without rhythm)
• Piano minor
  • presentation of two chosen solo works, one of which must be a slow movement of a classical sonata or a baroque work in slow tempo.

• Knowledge of treble and bass clef (also C clef, if applicable)
• Knowledge of key signatures in major and minor
• Determining and notating intervals in various octaves
• Knowledge of major and minor scales, including modes
• Determining and notating triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented) and dominant seventh chords, including their inversions
• Recognizing and writing different types of cadences (authentic, plagal, half and deceptive) in various keys
• Realizing a simple figured bass in four parts
• Harmonic analysis (Roman numerals and German functions)
• Formal and compositional analysis of a short musical example (or excerpt)

• Determining intervals (melodic and harmonic)
• Determining triads and dominant seventh chords, including their inversions (simultaneous and arpeggiated)
• Determining major and minor scales as well as modes
• Rhythm dictation (binary and ternary rhythms, tied and/or syncopated)
• Melody dictation (baroque and/or classical style)
• Two-part (polyphonic) dictation
• Harmonic dictation
• Aural analysis of a short musical example

Small colloquium on general music questions in German language with the following issues:

• foundation of music history from Bach to present (problematic nature of era categories: baroque/classical/romantic/modern/postmodern)
• development of orchestral genres
• development of opera

• Applicants for undergraduate studies who have already studied at a RKM-recognized German music school and are applying to transfer to HFM are exempt from taking the exams in piano, composition, and ear training if they are able to provide a matriculation certificate/certificate of enrolment.

• For winter semester: 8 April
• For summer semester: 8 November

• For winter semester: May/June
• For summer semester: January/February