Department for New Music - Composition

Class of 2020/21 (Claus Kühnl):

Marisa Algari (BA)

Marlene Jacobs (BA)

Ayumi Jung (ANE)

Leon Schneider (ANE)

Lars Schönebeck (BA)

Helene Streck (ANE)

The composition programme is offered in three departments of the Conservatory:

Composition teaching in the Department for Music Education for Youth and Adults - ANE:

Many talented and some highly gifted musicians from the ages of 9 to 25 have been making use of this option since 1984 - combining it with school or in parallel to study started elsewhere. Some of the first students of the Kühnl composition class have since achieved international success: Moritz Eggert, Bernhard König, Roland Böer, Franz Klee, Frank Gerhardt, Robin Hoffmann. They now work as professional composers or conductors. Other students have become established sound engineers or computer experts, such as Axel Gutzler and Frank Heckel.

Entry requirements:

Performance of original compositions or attempted compositions
Ear training test (simultaneous and successive intervals; chords; two-part free-tonal; listening dictation)

Registration and information

E-Mail: ane-sekretariat@dr-hochs.de

Composition (Bachelor of Music):

Entry requirements:

Presentation of at least three original scores
Four-part setting in the style of the 17th or the 16th Century (cantional setting) for specified melodies.
Questions on a piece from the 20th or 21st Century
Ear training: One-part and multi-part listening
Obligatory subject - piano
Performance of at least 2 pieces of medium difficulty from different periods.

Composition as part of Pre-College-Frankfurt:

In addition to composition lessons, the students can participate in several theoretical lessons. Within a period of max. 4 semesters the students prepare for the entrance examination for the major subject composition (bachelor's degree) at a music academy or music college.