Admission requirements Pop keys

Please prepare the following. We will make a selection during your entrance exam:

• Show at least a level of a graduate BM keys student
• Playing a classical piece (level: Bach – two-part inventions or Kleine Präludien und Fughetten).
• Playing a song from the jazz repertoire (with band).
• Playing a song from the pop repertoire (with band; employing different sounds).
• Performing one’s own composition.
• Sight reading of simple sheet music (notes and chords).
• Repeating chords and melodic excerpts by ear.
• Improvising over a given chord progression.
• Playing a few major and minor (authentic, melodic and harmonic) scales over 2 octaves.
• The applicant is able to convincingly explain the focus of his/her research topic/project and the connection and relevance to both the keys, the craft and the pop practice.