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Bachelor in Music and Performing Arts - Fontys (Tilburg)
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Bachelor in Music and Performing Arts - Fontys (Tilburg)

Fontys University of Applied Sciences (Tilburg)
TilburgNetherlands
On campus
Full-time
€2,530.00/year
 980 Points
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

Program Description

The Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) offers an ambitious, innovative study program, the bachelor of Music and Performing Arts. We encourage you, together with our teachers, your fellow students, and the professional field, to develop new visions of musical artistry. This artistry is underpinned by six key skills: instrument & ensemble playing, self-management, interdisciplinarity, practice-oriented research, collective entrepreneurship, and international connectedness. Our top teachers are right in the middle of the field and will coach you to further develop your talent.

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Learning Outcomes

  • The Academy brings students to a high level of excellence while connecting music with other art forms such as dance, theater, and fine arts.
  • With this bachelor of Music and Performing Arts, you’ll become a leader in your field and play important roles in the development of new visions for the music profession.
  • You evolve faster because you’ll get individual lessons, group lessons, techniques, and ensembles.
  • You’ll learn how to reflect on your development and that of others.
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Curriculum

Year 1

Develop basic skills in the instrument (technique and interpretation), ensemble, music theory, history, cultural history, and research.

Interdisciplinarity (working together with other disciplines, body, and mind (Cesar Therapy, injury prevention).

Projects & masterclasses

Additional piano lessons

For jazz students we also offer playground (playing together with instrument professors) and big band lessons (all years).

Classical singers have an additional trajectory in languages (French, IPA, German, Italian) and drama (actor training, theatrical improvisation).

Year 2

Richter and a deeper level of lessons in the instrument, ensemble, music theory, history, cultural history, and research.

2 introductory courses (to select out of 8): concerning conducting, teaching, entrepreneurship, or theory on demand.

Interdisciplinarity: focus on the theatricality of music performance

Projects & masterclasses

Additional instrument lessons

Classical singers have an additional trajectory in languages (French, IPA, German, Italian) and drama (actor training, theatrical improvisation).

Year 3

Instrument and ensemble

Entrepreneurship course Interdisciplinarity: focus on concept development for concerts and performances.

Project and masterclasses

Free Choice: you can design your own trajectory

Year 4

Focus on the final exam and personal interdisciplinary project

Electives

Entrepreneurship course

Projects and masterclasses

Careers

  • Performing in traditional concert venues and festivals with small ensembles.
  • Teaching in music schools or private practices.
  • Participating in interdisciplinary performances with Dance, Circus, and Theatre or performing in unconventional spaces like outdoors, prisons, elderly homes, refugee shelters, etc..
  • Working as a project manager, and policy maker in the artistic sector.
  • Working as a session musician and recording business.
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