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Music Performance

hes-so.chSchools and fields of study Music and Performing Arts Master Music Performance

The Master of Arts in Music Performance prepares students for a career as a musical performer with a high level of artistic training, offering access to the employment market as an independent artist or within institutions such as orchestras or opera houses.

Master at a glance

  • Degree awarded

    Master of Arts HES⁠-⁠SO in Music Performance

  • Application
  • Start

    The study programme begins in calendar week 38

  • Duration

    2 years full-time, or part-time for certain majors

  • ECTS credits

    120

  • Language

    French at all five campuses, as well as German at Fribourg

Music Performance

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  • Professional prospects
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Course

The considerable number of majors covers all the music performance professions within the wider field of music.

A significant part of the programme of study is dedicated to training in the main discipline (as instrumentalist, singer or conductor). Specific training enables students to gain in-depth experience of performance in different ensemble types, such as orchestras or chamber music ensembles. Finally, the programme of study includes a reflective analysis of the practical aspects (research in seminars).

The Orchestral major includes experience of playing with professional orchestras in Western Switzerland.

The two years of study lead to a Master's project designed around three axes: artistic production (recital), practical ensemble playing and reflective analysis.

Major

Concert (instrument ou chant, HEMU) Concert (instrument ou chant, HEM-Genève) Orchestral (HEMU) Orchestral (HEM-Genève) Accompaniment (HEMU) Accompaniment (HEM-Genève) Maestro al Cembalo Performance and Baroque Ensemble Conducting Orchestral Conducting Wind Ensemble Conducting

Schools

Haute école de musique - Genève

Haute école de musique de Genève (HEM-Genève)
Bâtiment de la HEMU

HEMU – Haute École de Musique

Profiles

In addition to the classical music profile, available on all the campuses, there are also two specialist profiles:

  • Jazz and contemporary music, at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne
  • Ancient music, at the Haute école de musique de Genève.

Professional prospects

Chosen by the majority of instrumentalists and singers, the Concert major prepares students for a career as generalist musical performers. There are four options, within the fields of chamber music, contemporary music, compose-perform and, for singers, opera.

The Orchestral major prepares students for a career as an instrumentalist in an orchestra.

The Accompaniment major prepares students for a career as a piano accompanist, with production or educational institutions, while the Maestro al Cembalo is a continuo player as well as instrumental and/or vocal ensemble conductor within the field of historical music performance.

The Conducting majors prepare students for conducting ensembles at a non-professional level.

 

Related courses

Musique

Contact

masters.musique(at)hes-so.ch

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