Preparatory Course Music

Are you finished or almost finished with your HAVO, VWO or MBO education and would like to study at a conservatory afterwards? With the Preparatory Music Course, you will be fully prepared for admission to a bachelor’s course in music.

Apply before 1 May. Applications received after 1 May will only be considered if empty study places are still available.

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What you will learn during the Preparatory Music Course

Making music at a high level and everything you need to prepare yourself for an entrance exam for a bachelor’s course in music: you will learn all of this during the Preparatory Music Course.

You will train your musical skills and receive coaching and information to further help you progress musically. This includes main subject courses for your instrument or voice, participating in recital evenings and taking part in the collaborative Working Days (read more below). You will also receive music theory lessons. All of the above-mentioned lessons are taught by conservatory teachers.

In one year, you will learn how the ArtEZ Academy of Music functions and whether or not a programme at the conservatory is right for you. Taking the Preparatory Music Course is not a guarantee of admission to a bachelor’s course, but lessons from conservatory teachers can definitely increase your chances. In any case, they will offer you a thorough preparation for an admissions exam.

Choose from the following Preparatory Courses:

Programme start date: September

In 30 weeks of lessons, you will receive:
- Individual main subject lessons given by a conservatory teacher
- Weekly 60-minute theory lessons (ear training and general music theory)
- Weekly 60-minute band coaching
- Recital evenings at the conservatory
- 3 full days of workshops at ArtEZ (Working Days)
Fee:
- 30 main subject lessons (45 minutes) and theory: € 1.475
- 15 minutes extra of main subject lessons: € 115
Programme start date: September

In 30 weeks of lessons, you will receive:
- Individual main subject lessons given by a conservatory teacher
- Weekly 60-minute theory lessons (ear training and general music theory)
- For brass & wind players, string players and singers: collaborative individual sessions with piano accompaniment (Classical Music)
- Recital evenings at the conservatory
- 3 full days of workshops at ArtEZ (Working Days)
Fee:
- 30 main subject lessons (45 minutes) and theory: € 1.475
- 15 minutes extra of main subject lessons: € 115
After the CFT preparatory course, you will be well-prepared for our Bachelor Composition for Film and Theatre at ArtEZ Arnhem. During 30 weeks of lessons, you will improve your skills in composition and music theory in addition to music production. You will be challenged to write in several different styles and genres and work with live musicians who will learn, perform and record your works. All this will give you the opportunity, within the preparatory course, to compile a diverse portfolio with which you can give admission exams.

In 30 weeks of lessons, you will receive:
- Main subject lessons (in groups, 90 minutes weekly) on composition and production, given by a conservatory teacher
- Weekly 60-minute theory lessons (ear training and general music theory)
- One studio day
- Several project days with live musicians who will perform your works
- 3 full days of workshops at ArtEZ (Working Days)
Fee: € 1.590
The lesson days occur on Thursday evenings and all day Saturday. The focus on Thursdays is on introducing and reflecting on the music theatre landscape and musical development (such as theory and singing). On Saturdays, you work the whole day with a young creator and/or teacher from the bachelor’s course Music Theatre. During the Working Days (workshopping days for all preparatory course students), you will give a presentation.

More information about this preparatory course is available on this page.

Fee:
- 30 main subject lessons (45 minutes) and theory: € 1.475

Admission

In order to be admitted to the Jazz & Pop Preparatory Music Course, you will give an audition equivalent to the Bachelor Jazz & Pop audition. During this audition, we will be checking if you are also eligible for admission to the bachelor’s course. If you are also eligible for the bachelor’s course, it will not be possible for you to take the preparatory course. If you have already taken an entrance exam for the bachelor’s course and received a negative result, it is unfortunately no longer possible to apply for the Preparatory Music Course. For more information on the audition, please see the admissions page for the Bachelor Jazz & Pop in Arnhem.
You will be invited to audition in June, where you will give us an impression of your current level and development through the means of your chosen programme. Your programme for the instrument or vocal audition must conform to the programme requirements listed on the Bachelor Classical Music admission page.
The admission requirements for the new preparatory course will be available here shortly.
Before the admission audition, you will turn in a digital presentation folder. For more information on how the audition works, please see the admissions page for the Bachelor Music Theatre.

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The ArtEZ course conditions apply to all preparatory courses.