{"id":23259,"date":"2025-05-05T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/hfm\/?page_id=23259"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:11:51","slug":"lehramt-musik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musik.uni-mainz.de\/en\/studying\/lehramt-musik\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Education Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n\n\n
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Do you want to become a music teacher? Then you’ve come to the right place: At the Mainz School of Music, a modern and diverse teacher education program for Gymnasium awaits you, combined with high-quality artistic training. During your program of study, you can set individual priorities and gain diverse practical experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here you can find information on the Bachelor of Education<\/a> and the Master of Education<\/a>, as well as general information on the teacher education program in Mainz.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Bachelor of Education is selective<\/strong>. You can apply for the summer and winter semesters and take the aptitude test. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

01.11. for the summer semester
April 1 for the winter semester <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-buttonitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-buttonitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-button><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For better preparation for the degree program, you can view the future course sequence<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: A new examination regulations will apply from the summer semester 2024 and will be published shortly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Artistic main and minor subjects can be taken in either classical or jazz\/rock\/pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the entire program of study: Instruction in practical school piano playing, including supervised song lessons with school classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training for working with music profile classes (wind<\/a>\/ string<\/a>\/ choir classes) is part of the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooperations with schools in Mainz and the surrounding area provide more insights into school practice beyond the mandatory internships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooperations with other schools offer opportunities to realize interdisciplinary artistic projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual specialization through elective areas in the master\u2019s degree. (e.g., Music Education, Musicology, Composition, Popular Music, Artistic-Pedagogical Project Work<\/em>, Sound Art<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All departments of the School of Music are under one roof. Our School of Music is centrally located on the JGU<\/a> campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

End-of-semester concert by teacher education students at the end of each semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual opportunity to participate in the “Engers Workshop” for practical school piano playing and singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also at the School of Music: The Mainz School Music Network e.V.<\/a>, which strives for the ideal and financial promotion of Mainz school music.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-slider>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All information about the SchuPra subject can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-buttonitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n

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The wind class seminar is led by Anne Eichner and Michael Hummel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018, saxophonist and educator Stefan Weilm\u00fcnste<\/strong>r<\/strong> has complemented the teaching staff. As a saxophonist, he performs regularly, teaches as an honorary professor in Mainz and at the HfMDK Frankfurt, and is the deputy head of the Seligenstadt Music School. Also on the team are Bruno Schmidt and colleagues<\/strong> from the company Arnold St\u00f6lzl GmbH in Wiesbaden, when it comes to topics such as instrument care and maintenance. The company Arnold St\u00f6lzl GmbH<\/strong> gratefully supports the event with regular instrument maintenance and accessories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students of the Wind Class Seminar 2018\/2019 with the lecturers (from right to left) Stefan Weilm\u00fcnster, Bruno Schmid (Arnold St\u00f6lzl GmbH) and David Schmauch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, students have the opportunity over two semesters to learn various woodwind and brass instruments fundamentally within the framework of the wind class seminar. The group of students itself forms a wind class. In this context, you acquire knowledge and skills in instrumental didactics and ensemble conducting, repertoire, intonation, and sound, in addition to playing techniques. Suitable literature and the management of a wind class are also discussed. In the seminar events, you guide each other and traditionally present the musical results in a joint final concert with the string class at the end of the summer semester. Parallel to the seminar events, teaching observations take place at the Frauenlob-Gymnasium in Mainz.
The wind class concept has developed into an established and widespread form of class music-making. In a wind class, students learn a wind instrument over 2 to 3 years as part of regular music lessons. Leading a wind class requires competencies that go beyond the regular content of the teacher education program. The Mainz School of Music, as one of only a few music higher education institutions in Germany, has been integrating training for wind class leadership (alternatively, string class or choir class) into its Bachelor and Master of Education degree programs for many years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n

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The Mainz School of Music has been offering teacher education students training in the “Class Music-Making”<\/strong> concept for many years. The “String Class” seminar is led by Beate Kragl<\/strong> and Benjamin Fazlagi\u0107<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, students have the opportunity over two semesters to fundamentally learn a string instrument they have not yet played within the framework of the “String Class” seminar. General knowledge about other string instruments is acquired during the two semesters. The group of students itself forms a string class. Therefore, there is a close connection between theory and practice<\/strong>, which can be found in the focus areas of the seminar<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students learn to play a string instrument and how to teach it in a group. In addition, the methodology and didactics of a string class play a crucial role. Teaching and playing literature for the string class are presented. The traditions of string class instruction, based among others on Sheila Nelson and Paul Rolland, are learned and experienced through practical application. The independent development of arrangements and exercises, as well as the composition of smaller works or string arrangements that consider the specifics of the string class, are also part of the training. The connection with content from the curriculum of secondary level I and its implementation on string instruments emphasizes the practical relevance in the string class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching trials in groups are also part of the seminar, so that all students can gain experience in different roles within the string class. Observations in string classes are also mandatory and are arranged individually. The seminar concludes with a final concert, traditionally organized together with the wind class. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since the summer semester 2024, you can choose “digital music practice” as your artistic main or minor subject in the master’s degree program! No further aptitude test is required for this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, in various teaching projects, you have the opportunity to engage artistically and didactically with forms of digital or hybrid music practice in production and performance (e.g., with DJing, live acting, VJing). This offer applies to all teacher education students, regardless of their artistic main and minor subjects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mainz School of Music is also a member of the Competence Center for Art, Music and Sports<\/a> of the Competence Network lernen:digital<\/a>, funded by the BMBF and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other things, this involves researching digital music practice in the context of music education, for which the School of Music cooperates with several partner schools in Mainz and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact persons and teaching staff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Josef Schaubruch<\/a>
Dominik Jahn, M.Ed.
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On Wednesday, October 16, 2024<\/strong>, we cordially invite you to: Impulses for Music Education \u2013 Tried and True & Future-Oriented<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop day is aimed not only at all students of School Music and EMP, but also at new first-year students, prospective students, and pupils. Get to know us! Following the workshops, there will be a joint get-together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here<\/a> is the link to the flyer -> SAVE THE DATE!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, our higher education institution will make its concert hall available to all students who wish to present their own compositions in engagement with works by the contemporary composer Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti (1923-2006)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As if it had no beginning” \u2013 this is how Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti describes the impression his famous orchestral piece Atmosph\u00e8res (1968) can evoke when heard. It is particularly his approach to time and sound that shapes the production and reception of contemporary music even 100 years after his birth. His innovative spirit is evident not only in his large-scale and much-discussed works, but already in early pieces such as the piano cycle Musica ricercata (1951-53) or the Sonatina for Piano Four Hands (1950). Together with the song Der Sommer<\/em> (1989) based on a text by Friedrich H\u00f6lderlin, these pieces serve as reference works for the students and will be performed by students of the Mainz School of Music during the concert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For teaching materials on the reference works, please contact Prof. Dr. Valerie Krupp directly (schulmusik@uni-mainz.de<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As if it had no beginning…” is part of MainzMusik: 100 Years of Ligeti and is made possible by the generous support of the Strecker Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“CHUZPEDIKE POYK \u2013 that’s Klezmer!”
\n A concert for secondary school children on Yiddish music culture<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students can immerse themselves in Klezmer music and dance along with the ensemble Klezmers Techter on Friday, October 13, 2023.
In cooperation with ColMusiKuss – musical Kids University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Head of Department:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Master of Education is non-selective<\/strong>. This means you can apply<\/a> for the M.Ed. Music at JGU Mainz with a teacher education-related bachelor’s degree in Music. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n