High School Arts Instruction (School Music)

Become a music teacher:
Artistic Teaching Qualification for Grammar Schools (School Music)

Do you love music? Are you enthusiastic about the variety it offers you? Do you want to get involved with music in different ways? Are you curious about how children and young people can perceive and discover music for themselves and want to accompany them in this process? 
Then the Artistic Teaching at Grammar Schools course is just right for you. We are convinced that music in schools is more important than ever; that's why we need music teachers who are enthusiastic and inspiring, who can open their ears and listen with curiosity and curiosity.

Our Artistic Teaching Qualification in Music at Grammar Schools (School Music) prepares students in the best possible way for dynamic and versatile music teaching at school: it offers the greatest variety, the most intensive supervision and the widest range of opportunities to engage with music. Intensive artistic training in the main subject forms an important basis. Compulsory subjects such as singing, piano, choral conducting, music theory, ear training, jazz harmony etc. are taught individually or in small groups and brought together in practical school seminars. Consolidation and networking play a central role here: students develop their individual artistic, academic, pedagogical and practical school skills and bring them together in projects and seminars as facets of a larger whole. Our highly remunerated SchuMU(T) competition is also designed with this in mind, in which all students can bring their individual strengths to the stage in a creative performance.

Our Artistic Teaching Qualification in Music at Grammar Schools (School Music) prepares students in the best possible way for dynamic and versatile music teaching at school: it offers the greatest variety, the most intensive supervision and the widest range of opportunities to engage with music. Intensive artistic training in the main subject forms an important basis. Compulsory subjects such as singing, piano, choral conducting, music theory, ear training, jazz harmony etc. are taught individually or in small groups and brought together in practical school seminars. Consolidation and networking play a central role here: students develop their individual artistic, academic, pedagogical and practical school skills and bring them together in projects and seminars as facets of a larger whole. Our highly remunerated SchuMU(T) competition is also designed with this in mind, in which all students can bring their individual strengths to the stage in a creative performance.

An important extension of the teacher training program is the cooperation with other departments of the university as well as with schools in the region, with which cooperation events are regularly held (e.g. MusikMobil  and MusikMobil ! with music education, media education with the Institute for Music Journalism, practical school exercises and research seminars in pedagogical practice).

At the Karlsruhe University of Music, the semester size is rather small with an average of 6 to 7 students per semester, which makes the supervision all the more intensive. At the same time, the small semester numbers mean that the students see themselves as a large “school music family” throughout the semesters. In choir and orchestra projects, big band concerts and workshops, artistic creativity and an understanding of music as an expression of community and understanding develop in close exchange. In addition, regular plenary meetings help to develop and negotiate common interests. The students are actively involved in university policy processes, they provide impulses and implement them and they participate in the development of the degree program, the courses offered and the forms of teaching.

At the Karlsruhe University of Music, the semester size is rather small with an average of 6 to 7 students per semester, which makes the supervision all the more intensive. At the same time, the students see themselves as a large ‘school music family’ due to the small number of semesters. In choir and orchestra projects, big band concerts and workshops, artistic creativity and an understanding of music as an expression of community and understanding are developed in close dialogue. In addition, regular plenary meetings help to develop and negotiate common interests. The students are actively involved in university policy processes, they provide impulses and implement them and they participate in the development of the degree programme, the courses on offer and the forms of teaching. 

An aptitude test must be passed before starting the programme. The following subjects can be chosen as specialisations for the Bachelor's degree:

• Klavier, Gitarre
• Gesang
• Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass
• Querflöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Saxophon, Fagott
• Trompete, Posaune, Horn, Tuba
• Schlagzeug
• Harfe

In the Master's programme:

• Music theory 
• Orchestra and choir conducting 
• Practical piano playing at school 

Parallel to the music degree programme, students study a scientific subject at the KIT Karlsruhe or at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and complete an accompanying course in educational science. The programme also includes an orientation internship and a practical semester at a grammar school. After successfully completing the degree programme, you can start your traineeship, which is then completed with the state examination.

Are you interested in studying Artistic Teaching at grammar schools with us, but still have questions? Then write to the head of the degree programme, Prof. Dr Elisabeth Theisohn, or the team of tutors. Or come to the next workshop day - more information here.