Our master degree programs provide graduate studies in the artistic and artistic-pedagogical subjects.

Master programs

Master of Music, Artistic Profile Voice
The HfM Saar has developed in recent years a concept for her voice students, which in addition to supervision in class and in seminars, establishes a concrete practical relevance at an early stage. Thus, the annual opera projects, which usually take place in cooperation with the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, are also used early on by young Bachelor students. Many students also have the opportunity to gain experience in the extra choir of the SST. In addition to regular masterclasses and guest seminars, projects with old and new music complement the varied offerings. The support on the way to a successful career is the core idea of the section voice.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) Voice

before Winter semester 2018

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starting from Winter semester 2018

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Chamber Music
The aim of the master’s program chamber music is to further develop the artistic personality and to professionalize the musical and reflective skills. The graduates should be able to play at a high artistic level in chamber music formations and professional ensembles.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma). For ensembles or pianists in individual lessons.

before Winter semester 2018/19

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starting from Winter semester 2018/19

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Instrument
Aim of the Master program Instrument is to impart the skills and techniques that enable students to master their instrumental playing at a professional level and to confidently use it in different contexts.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) in the respective instrument

starting from Winter semester 2018

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Orchestra Instruments
The goal of the orchestral instruments program is to impart the skills and techniques that enable students to master their instrumental playing at a professional level and confidently use it in different contexts.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) in the respective instrument

No enrollment possible anymore. See Master of Music, Artistic Profile Instrument

before Winter semester 2018/19

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Keyboard Instruments/Guitar
Prestigious professors and lecturers stand for a high-quality education in the keyboard/guitar study program. The main subjects can be either piano, organ, guitar or mandolin.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) in the respective instrument

No enrollment possible anymore. See Master of Music, Artistic Profile Instrument

before Winter semester 2018/2019

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Improvisation Keyboard Instruments

starting in summer semester 2021

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Master of Music, Artistic-pedagogical profile Ear training
The prerequisite for the master’s program ear training is a bachelor’s or diploma degree in the major subject music theory.

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Composition
Main goal of the education in composition is the development of an individual musical language by studying and analyzing contemporary and historical compositional trends.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) Composition

Starting from Winter semester 2018/19

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Master of Music, Artistic profile Contemporary Music
The aim of the study program is to further develop the artistic personality and to professionalize the musical and reflective competences. The graduates should be able to play at a high artistic level as a soloist, in chamber music formations and in professional ensembles.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma)

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Master of Music Jazz
The study program “Jazz and Current Music” at the HfM Saar offers an intensive and contemporary master program in the center of one of the most exciting regions of Europe – in the Greater Region of Saarland / Palatinate / Lorraine / Luxembourg / Wallonia. With the specific, innovative “HfM-Saar Jazz-Philosophy” and a very individual profile, the Master program positions itself throughout Germany and offers highly professional support with internationally recognized lecturers and professors.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) Jazz

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Master of Music, Church music ev./cath.
The study program church music ev./cath. prepares comprehensively for the manifold demands of the profession of church musicians. The degree program is characterized by its high number of subjects prescribed by the church, which means that the degree program is strongly interdisciplinary from the outset.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) or comparable degree, Church music B

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Conducting with focus on Orchestral Conducting
The aim of the study program Conducting is to develop and strengthen musical skills (such as accurate musical hearing and musical memory, sense of rhythm, sense of style, creative imagination), the ability to interpret, the independent musical personality and the general musical education preparing students to succeed as conductors in orchestras, music theaters and ensembles.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) Conducting

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Conducting with a focus on Choir Conducting
The Bachelor and Master programs Conducting with a focus on Choir Conducting include a broad range of courses in which the major subject choir conducting consists of:

Several hours of small group lessons on 3 pianos
Methodology choir conducting (one hour)
Studio Vocale (two hours)
Colloquium (one-hour)

In addition to the main subject, piano and voice, piano playing for the practice of conducting, ensemble, orchestral conducting and ear training are taught throughout. The subjects of analysis, instrumentation, musicology and elective modules also play an important role in the curriculum.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) Choir Conducting

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Master of Music, Artistic Profile Conducting with a focus on Contemporary Music

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Master of Arts, Cultural Management (in cooperation with the HTW Saar)

The Master Program Cultural Management is a program for students who already completed a basic degree in Economics or Arts. It may also be of interest to students with a basic degree in Cultural Studies, Social Science, Tourism Science or Leisure Studies.

The program presupposes a broad base of basic knowledge and offers a specific further qualification with regard to a demanding management activity in a culturally oriented environment. Among other fields, the study program includes business aspects of the nonprofit sector as well as the transfer of cultural and art-specific expertise and methodological, social and scientific skills for a successful economic activity in the cultural sector.

Entry requirements: Bachelor Music, Musicology or Economics

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Master of Education, Advanced Education in Music Pedagogy
The three-semester master’s program is conceived for individuals who want to be active in the field of further musical education or either pursue a doctorate. An individual focus is set in the didactic and artistic fields, for which elementary music pedagogy also comes into consideration.

Entry requirements: Professional degree in Music pedagogy

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Master of Music, Artistic-pedagogical profile Music theory
The aim of the study is to bring the student to the best possible development of his creative or reflective abilities. It is intended to convey a confident approach to the musical material in all genres (instrumental, vocal and electronic music) and to lead to openness in dealing with newly developing music forms.

Entry requirements: Bachelor (Diploma) major subject Music theory

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Registration for the entrance exam for winter semester
until February 28 of the same year

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Framework for examinations in the bachelor and master programs at the HfM Saar
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Evaluation regulations of the HfM Saar

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