Brochure Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Engels)

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Conservatorium van Amsterdam

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Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Students who choose to study at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA), choose for a high level, multi-faceted education at an internationally leading insti-tute. We expect talent, enthusiasm and curiosity from you and can offer you instruction by eminent teachers, inspiring musical surroundings, and a fantastic building. You not only benefit from the high quality teaching within the conservatory, but also from the rich and international cultural climate in Amsterdam.

The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is the largest and most versatile conservatory in the Netherlands, with bachelor and master degree programmes in classical music, jazz, early music, opera and pop music. We also offer a degree programme in music education. The CvA cooperates with renowned insti-tutions such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Dutch National Opera, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, and the Bimhuis. The many special projects during your study fami-liarize you straight away with the professional field and offer you the opportunity to look beyond the boundaries of your own field. Besides performing at the conservatory concert halls, students also per-form elsewhere, for example at the Concertgebouw, the Bimhuis, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Melkweg and Paradiso. In addition, both the bachelor and master degree programmes are set up in such a way that you have ample opportunity to make your own choices.

The atmosphere at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam is international and the conservatory works together with the best conservatories over the whole world, with many possibilities for exchange. Moreover, each year we invite numerous visiting teachers from The Netherlands and abroad to give workshops, clinics and masterclasses. Studying at the CvA prepares you for the international music field of the future.

Janneke van der Wijk,Director Conservatorium van Amsterdam

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Studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Teachers Faculties Exchange Programmes Housing Funds and scholarships Entrance exam After graduation

Degree Programmes Bachelor’s Degree Programme Master’s Degree Programmes Preparatory course / Young Talent

Departments Classical Music: Classical Music, Early Music and Opera Jazz Pop Music Music in Education Preparatory Course Study Programme for exceptionally gifted young musicians Sweelinck Academy Junior Jazz College

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introduction

Whether you want to become a musician in classical music, jazz or pop music, or a music teacher, if you are ambitious and want to give your all, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam offers you every opportunity. You are taught by the best teachers in the Netherlands and from abroad, allowing you to develop both your technical and musical qualities, and your creative and organizational talents. Collaborations with other top schools and insti-tutes, interesting projects, programmes for studying abroad, and excellent preparation for the business aspects of the professional practice are all at your disposal.

The conservatory offers bachelor and master degree programmes in classi-cal music, early music, jazz, pop, opera, and music teaching. In addition, we have a preparatory programme and a national programme for exceptionally gifted children.

Studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam

TeachersAt the Conservatorium van Amsterdam you are taught by internationally renow-ned teachers. Many teachers at the classical department are members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra or other orchestras of name, or have an interna-tional reputation as a soloist or with an ensemble. The jazz teachers also belong to the absolute best and work together with celebrities in the international jazz world. Pop students are taught by key figures in Dutch pop, musicians active in high-level productions and performances. In addition, all departments regularly invite renowned musicians as visiting teachers to give clinics, workshops and masterclasses. For a list of our teaching staff, please go to www.conservatory-vanamsterdam.nl.

FacilitiesOur building is excellently geared to your study. In addition to an extensive multi-media centre, recording studios, excel-lent computer facilities and opportunities to make your own publicity materials, we have four performance halls: the Bernard Haitink Hall, a large concert hall; the Amsterdam Blue Note, a hall for jazz and

pop concerts with a club atmosphere; the Sweelinck Hall, a smaller recital hall; and the Theatre Hall annex studio. You can attend concerts, student recitals or masterclasses, or give a concert yourself. All teaching and studying rooms have high quality acoustics geared to your instrument so that you can practice undisturbed.

Amsterdam is known all over the world for its rich cultural climate. With the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and Bimhuis within walking distance and the Public Library next door, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam is literally positioned at the heart of cultural life. We offer the ideal location to develop your talents, to meet artists and musicians from a multitude of cultures and backgrounds, and of course to meet other students. Because all programmes are located within a single building, you come across students from other tracks and collabo-rations are easily arranged. Because the conservatory is part of the Amsterdam School of the Arts, it is also easy to orga-nize interesting projects with artists from other disciplines.

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Exchange ProgrammesThe conservatory has exchange pro-grammes with centres for professional music training worldwide, including the Manhattan School of Music New York, the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing, Escola de Música do Estado de São Paulo, Temple University Philadelphia, and the State University of New York at Purchase. During both the bachelor and the master programme you can study abroad for a period. Students from all over the world also come to Amsterdam.

HousingStudents of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam can contact the Stichting Jan Pietersz. Huis, which is specialized in providing suitable living quarters for music students, quarters equipped with special insulation in order to be able to study. The foundation has over four hund-red accommodations all over the city.

Funds and scholarshipsThe Conservatorium van Amsterdam has various scholarships and funds to finan-cially help support students.

Entrance ExamTo be admitted, candidates must pass both a practical and a theoretical entrance exam. The practical exam tests a candidate’s aptitude and disposition for his/her principal subject, based on a programme submitted beforehand to a committee for an audition lasting approximately 20 minutes. The require-ments for this part of the entrance exam may be found at www.conservatory-vanamsterdam.nl and are listed under each principal subject. In the theore-tical part of the exam ear-training and general music theory are tested. The exam committee bases its judgement on the level of repertory, technical mastery, artistic capacities, development perspec-tives, musical imaginative powers and listening capabilities. For an idea of the requirements for the admissions exam,

a sample test may be found at www.conservatoryvanamsterdam.nl.For admissions to the master pro-gramme, a written plan of study is required in addition to the entrance exam.

After GraduationThe job opportunities for graduate musi-cians are very diverse. Graduates of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam form ensembles, jazz or pop bands, perform as soloists, play in orchestras, compose and arrange, teach privately or teach at work-shops and music schools, set up projects, organize festivals, conduct their own ensemble or chorus, or find work in the cultural management sector. Graduates of the teaching programme primarily teach music at elementary and secon-dary schools, music schools, and other areas in which music plays an educatio-nal role. A significant new field of work is the development and implementation of educational programmes at large music organizations. In addition, many gradua-tes also work as choral conductor, music consultant, teacher of music basics at a music school, leader of instrumental ensembles, or work in the social-cultural sector or in cultural management.

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degree programmes

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Duration: 4 academic years, full-timeDegree: Bachelor of MusicAdmission requirements: a HAVO diploma, MBO diploma (a three-year programme) or equivalent foreign diploma. In certain cases, candidates whose qualifications fall short of these entrance requirements may still be admitted. All candidates must take the entrance exam; please see above: Entrance Exam.

The Bachelor’s programme consists of a propaedeutic phase (first year) and the main phase (second, third and fourth year). The propaedeu-tic year is meant as an orientation and a period to screen students. It is rounded off with a propaedeutic exam. During the main phase the mandatory subjects are rounded off with annual exams. The degree pro-gramme is completed with a public final exam.

Bachelor’s Degree Programme

Principal SubjectIn addition to weekly principal subject lessons on a one-to-one basis, students take part in group lessons and in master-classes and workshops by international visiting teachers.

ProfessionRight from day one you become acquain-ted with the music profession. During the entire degree programme you play in ensembles, orchestras or bands, present yourself at recitals or concerts organized by the conservatory in cooperation with halls in Amsterdam and elsewhere.

Music TheoryYou train your musical imagination and musical perception in subjects such as ear training, analysis, harmony, counter-point, arranging, and music history.

ElectivesYou can devote part of your schedule to elective subjects. These electives allow you to further develop your personal interests and talents so that you can give form to an individual profile for your career in the music world.

Preparation for your professionPedagogical subjects such as the methodology of your instrument, didactic skills and an internship provide you with insight into how to set up your own tea-ching practice and into teaching music more generally. In the special course ‘The enterprising artist,’ you learn more about the organizational and business aspects of the profession. Students themselves contribute significantly to this course, depending on their personal ambitions

and future plans. You conclude this part of the programme with a final project in which business, organizational, educa-tional and artistic skills all play a role. During the course, specialized visiting teachers will be invited. In addition, we will help you with making the contacts you need to enter into the professional world.

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Duration: 2 academic years, full-timeDegree: Master of MusicAdmission requirements: a completed Bachelor of Music degree, an entrance exam and a study plan written by the prospective student

Students who wish to continue after completing the bachelor programme and who have excellent qualities can take an entrance exam for the Master’s Degree Programme. For almost all the principal studies in classical, early music and jazz, the conservatory offers a master’s programme. These programmes are quite flexible. Besides your principal instrument, you can devote yourself to many possible specializations and interests, thus strengthening your personal profile as a musician. This allows you to develop your own future as a music professional. Before taking the entrance exam, prospective students should set up their own study plan, which will form part of the entrance exam.

Master’s Degree Programme

Special Master ProgrammesDevelopments in the professional music world have stimulated the Conservatorium van Amsterdam to develop a number of special master programmes:• National Master Orchestral

Conducting, in cooperation with professional Dutch orchestras;

• NedPho/CvA Master Academy, a programme devoted to orchestral training at top level;

• String Quartet, in cooperation with the Netherlands String Quartet Academy;

• Instrument in historic prospective; • Piano trio;• Live Electronics;• Contemporary Music;• Composing for Film, in cooperation

with the Netherlands Film Academy.

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Principal SubjectThe programme for the principal subject consists of private lessons, group lessons, workshops and masterclasses.

Master SubjectsIn addition to your principal subject programme, you enrol in two types of subjects. The first category consists of courses devoted to the performance practice. The second category is devoted to theoretical, historical and aesthetic aspects. The University of Amsterdam offers some of these courses. You also have electives that you may choose, for example external masterclasses, summer courses, courses at another institution (such as a university), or special activities within the conservatory or elsewhere.

Research Part of the curriculum is a research project during which you explore in depth a subject related to your principal subject. This research is concluded with a written paper and a presentation at the annual Research Symposium. Experts both at the conservatory and elsewhere coach you during your research project.

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In order to prepare for studying at the conservatory, you can take the Preparatory Course. If you are young and exceptionally gifted, you can enrol at the Sweelinck Academy or at the Junior Jazz College, the conservatory’s national programme for exceptionally gifted young musicians.

Preparatory Course / Young Talentdegree programmes

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As a musician nowadays you are not only a top-level performer, but often also a teacher, an organizer and a programmer. The classical music programme is an excellent preparation for all these facets: it is an intensive, broadly orientated programme allowing you to become acquainted with the professional world straight away. In both the bachelor and master programmes you are not only encouraged to get the best out of yourself, but to become engaged outside your principal field of study.

Classical Music Classical Music, Early Music and Opera

Classical MusicPrincipal StudyBesides lessons in your principal study, you participate in ensemble lessons, projects and masterclasses, and present yourself at student recitals. You are enrolled in a detailed chamber music programme with music from divergent periods, including works from the composition class at the conservatory. Each year a Week for Chamber Music is organized, with students in assorted ensembles performing chamber music from all stylistic periods.

The Professional FieldFrom the very beginning you become acquainted with the professional field. Much experience may be gained in the symphonic orchestra, led by internationally renowned conductors in two projects that present professional concerts at leading Dutch music halls. In addition, we offer the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra and special ensembles for string players, percussionists, and wind ensembles. Brass performers play in CvA Brass, percussionists in CvA Percussion, and recorders in The Royal Wind Music. All these ensembles regularly perform in the Netherlands and abroad. Smaller ensembles give concerts at the conservatory performance halls. The conservatory also organizes concert series, such as lunch concerts, at venues in Amsterdam and elsewhere.

Music TheoryTheoretical subjects such as ear training, analysis, harmony, counterpoint and music history, help develop your musical imagination and analytical skills.

‘ As one of the largest artistic establishments in Amsterdam, we are very conscious of our role in society and not only educate our students to the best level, but also as ambassadors of our profession. We maintain close contact with the professional field and our surroundings. Quality, diversity, viewpoint, drive and openness characterize the atmosphere at our international institute. In short, it’s the place to be.’ Sven Arne Tepl, Vice-Principal, Director of Classical Music & Music in Education

ElectivesYou can devote part of your bachelor programme to elective subjects. For example, you might want to spend more time on chamber music, ensemble projects, orchestral playing, historical performance practice, world music, improvisation, live electronics, studio techniques, or another instrument. Other possibilities include acquiring more understanding of music theory or music pedagogy. In the master programme you outline your own personal programme. For instance, you can specialize in specific repertory or acquire more understanding of the historical performance practice. In addition, you can devote more time to chamber music, orchestral performance, accompaniment (including Lieder), or place extra emphasis on music pedagogy or music theory.

Conducting and ComposingThe conservatory offers a fascinating and practice-based environment for those who want to become a ‘classical composer’ or who wish to enrol in the programmes for orchestral, choral or band conductor. The composition department has developed into a standard bearer in the Dutch world of composing. There are projects with ensembles such as the ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble and the Nieuw Ensemble, and composition students regularly have their work performed in the Nieuwe Muziek Arena. Graduate composers present themselves at the annual Composers Festival.

‘ The conservatory is a challenge with a lot of pressure, but in a safe environment. In new, surprising ways it has served me to develop an even stronger relationship with music. My most impressive moment was Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart, which I organized. It was a crazy evening during which the whole hall really hit the roof.’ Stijn Berkouwer, alumnus orchestral conducting

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Head: Teunis van der ZwartThe early music programme at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam means performing with an understanding of history. At this internationally tinted department, early music is not considered as an isolated island in music history; the curriculum educates students to become early music specialists conscious of later styles, or to become classical or contemporary musicians with insight into earlier styles. The early music projects are open to students with modern instruments precisely because the mutual influence of diverse styles is so important. As a voice student you are invited to masterclasses in Baroque singing, as a French horn player you can take lessons in natural horn, and as a double bass player you can learn to play the double bass viol.

Early Music

We offer two tracks: a full-time degree programme with historical instruments or additional courses for students who play a modern instrument and who want to learn more about the performance of early music. All students are taught by early music specialists from the Netherlands and abroad. The complete four-year bachelor degree programme

in early music is open to all principal instruments except the clavichord and the figured bass specialization. In your third and fourth year you can study figured bass and clavichord if you have completed a keyboard programme or if you have a performance level equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

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Principal SubjectIn addition to the vocal and instrumental principal lessons, you enrol in courses for various subjects, such as the historical sources on continuo playing, doctrines on musical affectations, performance practice, instrument construction and early notations. Each year projects are organised on all sorts of subjects, often with visiting teachers or lecturers.

Profession Participating in an ensemble plays an important role in the curriculum. To this end you play in the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra, that each year gives a number of concerts at various halls in the Netherlands. The conductors either teach at the conservatory or are visiting conductors. Besides in this orchestra, students also frequently preform in smaller ensembles.

‘ The educational curriculum at the conservatory is directed to training you to become an independent and critical musician. If you position yourself as being independent, if you think more about things and have talent, work hard and also have a bit of luck on the way, then you have the basic ingredients for the start of a successful career.’

Agnieszka Swiatkowska, alumnus Baroque violin and Baroque viola

TheoryTheoretical courses teach you to understand melodic, rhythmical, harmonic, and formal structures. Students enrolled in early music follow a specific theory programme with courses concentrating on the historical-theoretical background of composers from this period, such as historical harmony and part-writing, historical treatises and theories on musical affectations.

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Artistic leader: Rosemary JoshuaTalented vocal students who want to specialise in opera after completing their bachelor degree in classical voice can continue their studies at the Dutch National Opera Academy (DNOA). This two-year master programme in opera is a collaboration between the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatory at the Hague and is one of the most prominent degree programmes in Europe.To become an opera singer you not only need singing talent, you also need talent in acting. The opera repertory covers more than four centuries and offers a range of roles demanding excellent vocal and theatrical qualities. At the DNOA you learn to apply your musicality, enthusiasm, insight, discipline, and curiosity to the contemporary opera practice. You are also stimulated to get the most from your musical, physical and theatrical talents.

Opera at the Dutch National Opera Academy

Subjects During the degree programme you enrol in classes on ensemble singing, physical theatre training, drama, languages, auditions training and workshops by visiting teachers active in the profession. You develop specific skills for opera performances, studying, and acquiring command of opera roles. At the same time you gain experience in working together with colleagues. You also take private lessons

in voice, repertory study and coaching. The purpose of these lessons is to train you in the development of your voice and singing techniques, and help you to acquire insight into the repertory suited for your voice. At the same time you work on expanding your repertory; during the degree programme you learn a minimum of six complete roles.In addition to the degree programme you also attend masterclasses, lectures and performances. The DNOA regularly invites visiting teachers who are in Amsterdam for opera productions with the Netherlands Opera, so that you can become acquainted with the actual opera profession at first hand.

‘ During this programme you get the chance to experience all the phases involved in the preparation of an opera production. You learn how to prepare a role, function in an ensemble and with the producer, conductor and orchestra, and in the scene itself, but also how you react to stress and fatigue. All these experiences really help prepare you for your future work.’ Aleksandra Anisimowicz, Alumnus

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‘ The two-year opera programme at the DNOA was a perfect training and reflected what I now come across in the profession as an opera singer. The productions organized by the DNOA, in which I could prepare a role and could actually sing it in a completely staged setting with scenery, costuming and orchestral accompaniment, formed a perfect preparation! In addition, the coaching by the various teachers in singing, acting, interpretation and physical movement was very good.’ Francis van Broekhuizen, alumnus, works at Opera Zuid in Maastricht and elsewhere

Opera ProductionsEach academic year two opera productions are staged, with performances in Amsterdam, The Hague and elsewhere. We also work together with the National Youth Orchestra (NJO) on an annual basis. During work on a production you experience what it’s like to learn a complete role and to work with a producer and a conductor. Recent productions include La clemenza di Tito and Così fan tutte by Mozart, La voix humaine, Dialogues des Carmélites and Les mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc, L’incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten, and L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti. Many of these productions reaped positive press reviews.

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Besides studying jazz at the jazz department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, you also become familiar with a great variety of music styles: Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, R&B, funk, fusion and crossover. Collaborations with the Bimhuis, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw and the Metropole Orchestra allow for interesting projects. The Artists in Residence programme guarantees high-level masterclasses, workshops and clinics. At least once a year each principal study section welcomes a guest of international renown who for a whole week gives clinics, workshops, masterclasses and private lessons. A concert by the Artist in Residence together with students concludes this week. Recent Artists in Residence include drummer John Riley, vocalist Kurt Elling, pianists Jason Moran and Brad Mehldau, saxophonists Branford Marsalis and Dick Oatts (regular visiting teacher) and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. In short, at the jazz department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam you are in the middle of the international jazz world.

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Principal StudyDuring your principal study lessons you develop your techniques and musicality. In addition, you participate in master-classes, clinics and workshops by visi-ting teachers and Artists in Residence.

Making MusicPlaying together forms a principal part of the curriculum throughout the programme; by making music with others you experience the real practice and develop your creativity. Thus after graduation you can handle the diverse styles usual for your instrument. We offer a wide choice of ensembles. On the one hand there are well-established forma-tions, such as jazz octet, jazz trio with

voice or instrumental soloist, improvisa-tion ensembles, flamenco, Latin rhythm sections, Brazilian and various crossover groups. On the other hand there are groups based on instrument families: guitar ensembles, bass guitar ensem-bles, saxophone ensembles, trombone ensembles, and two jazz chorus. Later in the programme you can form your own group and choose a teacher as coach. In addition there’s the Monday Big Band and the Tuesday Big Band, that rehearse every week, and the Concert Big Band, that holds the spotlight in interesting projects with renowned arrangers and conductors from the Netherlands and abroad, such as Justin DiCioccio, John Clayton and Terell Stafford. The Concert Big Band stages performances several times a year, appearing at festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival. The other ensembles also regularly appear onstage at the conservatory and elsewhere, such as at the Bimhuis.

TheoryThrough courses in ear training, analy-sis, harmony, arranging, and music his-tory you train your musical imaginative powers and musical perception.

‘ The purpose of the curriculum is to educate young, talented students to become strongly independent and original musicians who can perform, teach and write, and above all, give form to their own musical future. To enable them to do this in an extremely competitive environment, we should not only be critical of them, but especially of ourselves.’

Ruud van Dijk, Associate Director, Head of Jazz Department, Conservatorium van Amsterdam

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‘ The Amsterdam Conservatory Jazz programme offers a wholly integrated jazz environment, comprising study, research, and immersing students in the aural jazz tradition and historical musical context and culture. “The Amsterdam Conservatory Jazz Project”, as I call it, is setting a new standard for jazz performance, composition, musical knowledge and understanding in our contemporary global society. I highly recommend the Amsterdam Conservatory Jazz programme without any reservation.’ Justin DiCioccio, Assistant Dean, Chairman Jazz Arts Program, Manhattan School of Music

Electives Because you can choose electives for part of your programme, you can advance your personal interests and develop your own artistic profile. For example, you can join a number of ensembles or focus more on world music, improvisation, live electronics and studio techniques, or instruments related to your principal instrument. Another possibility is gai-ning more in-depth knowledge of music theory or music pedagogy. Master jazz students can take courses in composition and arranging, analysis, history, music technology and live electronics.

Eujam Master jazz students may also choose the international Eujam master pro-gramme, set up by the conservatories of Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Trondheim for talented jazz musi-cians who want to be at the vanguard of developments in music, culture and music business.

Head: Jack PistersThe Pop Music Department is an excellent preparation for all facets involved in working as an entrepreneurial artist in pop music. You develop your musical performance and participate in bands, band coaching, creating music productions, studio techniques, writing texts and music, arranging, and education. Communicative and business issues in the life of a pop musician are also addressed, so that after graduation you can run an independent business enterprise. This programme is taught in Dutch.

Pop Music

Assessment During the degree programme, your artistic, educational, organizational and business qualities will be assessed. This assessment is based on a balanced trac-king system, including your performan-ces, exams and project assignments.

PresentationsEach academic year you present your productions at one of the well-known halls in Amsterdam, such as Paradiso, Melkweg, The Sugar Factory, Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Bitterzoet or the Van Gogh Museum.

After Graduation As a graduate pop artist from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam you are versatile: music performer, educator as a band coach, creator as a music producer, and working with an open mind as an entrepreneurial artist.

Degree Programme This bachelor degree programme is meant for instrumentalists (guitarists, bassists, keyboard players and drum-mers), vocalists, producers and song-writers. We expect you to have an open attitude towards new impressions, experiences, opinions and music styles. You should enjoy working together with others and not be afraid to be influenced by others or to influence others. You are taught by a regular team of teachers and by specialists working in the professio-nal field, so that this degree programme directly anticipates actual developments and fits perfectly in the professional pop music practice. In addition to the regular curriculum, you also attend clinics and workshops. Gary Lucas, After Forever, Tjeerd Bomhof, Textures, Electric Eel Shock, Joe Sumner and Jan Smeets recently gave pop clinics. Music tech-nology forms an important part of the curriculm.

‘ Studying works. Be like a sponge and be open to the opportunities offered at the conservatory, because there’s really a lot going on.’

Timothy Dunn, bass guitar student

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Head: Adri SchreuderAs a music teacher you play an important role in the musical development of children and adults. Whether your pupils make music as a hobby or cherish professional ambitions, you often help them with their first steps on a musical road which they can enjoy for the rest of their lives. This programme is taught in Dutch.

Music in Education

The Degree Programme The Music Teacher degree programme is a creative programme allowing you to develop your musical and didactic potential. You take lessons on your own instrument, and in voice, piano, guitar, pop, world music, choral conducting and band coaching. The first year consists of an orientation to many facets of your future profession, such as primary and secondary education, and other terrains offering music in an educational setting. In the fourth year you specialize in a specific area of music education, such as teaching at a school (primary or secondary education), working on projects through organizations such as educational services or community music, or as an independent entrepreneur. You can profit extensively from the rich musical environment offered at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

EnsemblesThe programme offers a wide range of styles and genres, varying from classical, jazz and pop to styles in world music. You participate in workshops and ensembles with music and instruments from all parts of the world, such as djembe, African singing, Brazilian samba or Turkish darbuka. This prepares you for the multicultural classes in Amsterdam schools and the contemporary intercultural stage settings.

TheoryIn the music theory courses your musical imagination is trained and you gain knowledge about music history and music theory. Together with students from other teaching programmes at the AHK (dance, theatre and fine arts and design), you take part in projects supervised by artists, so that you can learn more about the interdisciplinary aspects of the profession.

DidacticsIn courses devoted to didactic subjects such as methodology and pedagogy you develop your teaching skills. Through internships you acquire professional experience in the field of music education.

Lateral entrance into the programmeIf you have graduated in music with a degree in a principal instrument or voice, you can graduate with a bachelor’s teaching degree by enrolling in the teaching programme one day a week for two years, concluding this programme with a teaching certificate.

‘It’s terrific to see children express themselves with so many emotions... and to see that children are able to do so much. This makes teaching a magical experience for me.’

Charlotte van der Vlies, alumnus

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After Graduation After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in music education, you can work as a teacher. This includes working in primary and secondary schools, mbo, hbo, or extramural, such as at the educational department of a music institution, at a centre for the arts, or in the area of community arts.

If after graduating with a bachelor’s degree you want to gain more in-depth knowledge, you can enrol in the Master of Education in Arts programme at the AHK. This is a two-year interdisciplinary part-time programme at the Academy of Fine Arts Education. For more information about this master’s degree programme, please see www.ahk.nl/opleidingen/master/kunsteducatie

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If you are ready to take the entrance exam at the conservatory, but are still going to school or if you have already graduated but don’t yet have sufficient level for entering the first year of a degree programme, you can enrol in the preparatory year. During this preparatory year you can combine your principal study, theory and ear training with school or work. You are taught by teachers from the regular degree programmes. In addition, you have lots of opportunities to gain performance experience at recital evenings and concerts.

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Exceptionally gifted children who are ready for an education at a conservatory level can enrol in the national programme for young talent at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. This programme has two tracks: the Sweelinck Academy for classical musicians between 8 and 18 years old, and the Junior Jazz College for jazz talents from 12 to 18 years old. This programme is taught in Dutch.

Study Programme for exceptionally gifted young musicians

Sweelinck AcademyIf you are very talented and not afraid of studying a lot, you can enrol at the Sweelinck Academy, a classical music programme for talented young people from eight to eighteen. Through lessons, playing together with peers, improvisation work-shops, masterclasses, and performances, your talent fully flowers at the Sweelinck Academy. You are taught by principal study teachers specialized in young talent, and you also attend workshops by visiting teachers. In addition you take music theory courses, ear training, harmony, training in physical movement, chamber music, and stage presentation.

We also offer chamber music lessons so that you have can play together. Several times each year pupils are selected to give chamber music concerts together with members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Each year the Sweelinck Academy also organizes a concert at the Small Hall of the Concertgebouw. Pupils also regularly give concerts at other halls throughout the Netherlands and each month they perform in their own concert series on Saturday and Sunday at the conservatory.

Lessons are primarily given on Friday afternoon and Saturday so that you can continue attending your own elementary or secondary school. It’s also possible to com-bine the Sweelinck Academy with secon-dary education at the Gerrit van der Veen College, located in the south of Amsterdam.

Junior Jazz CollegeStage experience, learning to play toge-ther and to play as a soloist, learning the jazz repertory, mastering your instrument, taking theory and ear training: in short, preparing for the admissions exam to the conservatory, that’s what you learn at the Junior Jazz College. The programme, specifically developed for those up to eighteen years old, consists of principal subject lessons, ensembles, and group les-sons on ear training and theory.

You enrol in your principal subject and in classes for ear training and music theory. You also play in various ensembles, perfor-ming in halls at the conservatory and else-where. Four recital evenings are organized each year, and two theme days, mostly on Sundays, with your own teacher and/or special visiting teachers. In addition, you can participate in workshops and clinics offered by visiting teachers and the projects in the degree programmes at the conservatory, given by the world’s top musicians in jazz and other styles.

The lessons are scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and start mostly at 4pm. For pupils who have to travel long distan-ces – more than thirty minutes travel-ling – the lessons are planned as much as possible on a single day. It is also possible to combine the Junior Jazz College with secondary education at the Gerrit van der Veen College, located in the south of Amsterdam.

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Open Day

If you want to know more about the study programmes at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, you are welcome to come to the Open Day. Look for the dates at www.conservatoryvanamsterdam.nl

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More information

At www.conservatoryvanamsterdam.nl you can find more information about admissions and applications. You can also apply online on our website. If you have any specific questions, please e-mail [email protected] or call 020-527 7550.

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InspirationStudying at the AHK means making a deliberate choice for arts education, a well-considered choice for an artistic life-style, in which inspiration is often linked to intensive training, and in which the students - tomorrow’s artists - receive every possible assistance in converting their personal ambitions into the highest artistic quality that they are capable of achieving.

CooperationThe range of courses offered by the AHK provides scope for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary cooperation, as well as for international exchanges. The AHK offers students a broad orientation towards art and culture, and for that reason attaches great importance to the fact that students can find out about developments within the other arts dis-ciplines. Students in the various faculties of the AHK are encouraged to cooperate in (interdisciplinary) projects, either organised by the faculties and courses, or begun on the initiative of the students themselves. The AHK has a General Practical Fund to provide financial sup-port for student projects.

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bachelorFine Art and Design in Education

interdisciplinary mastersEducation in ArtsArtistic ResearchComposing for FilmMusical Theatre/Vocal Performance

masterArchitectureLandscape ArchitectureUrbanism

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bachelorClassical MusicEarly MusicJazzPop MusicMusic in Education masterClassical MusicEarly MusicJazzOpera - Dutch National Opera AcademyComposing for Film

bachelor Directing FictionDirecting DocumentaryProductionScreenwritingCinematographyInteractive media/Visual effectsProduction designSound designEditing master FilmComposing for Film

Dancepreliminary course5 o’clock classPreliminary course - National Ballet Aca-demy

bachelor Classical dance - National Ballet Aca-demyModern Theatre DanceJazz and Musical DanceChoreography - School for New Dance DevelopmentDance in Education

master Amsterdam Master of Choreography

Theatrebachelor Drama & Contemporary Music Theatre Theatre DirectingMime School Theatre in Education Scenography Technical Theatre ArtsProduction and Stage Management master DasArts – Master of Theatre Musical Theatre/Vocal Performance

bachelor Cultural Heritage master Museology

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Published byAmsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, 2014

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PhotographyBob BronshoffClaudia HansenHans HijmeringIvan MeylemansHanne NijhuisLi Sang OngDaria Scagliola en Stijn BrakkeeMylene SiegersToon Vieijra

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