Master Music Composition – Creative Practice – Contemporary Jazz

Dear (prospective) Student

We have recently entirely redesigned the entire structure of our Master of Arts in Music Composition programme. We wish our students the greatest flexibility, and are implementing some great ideas suggested by our young composers themselves.

The course now has two new specializations, Creative Practice and Contemporary Jazz. At the core of each specialization we offer: – Highly personalised tuition: Developing your projects in close collaboration with your professors and lecturers. Our professors and teachers currently include Django Bates, Teresa Carrasco, Xavier Dayer, Cathy van Eck, Stefan Schultze, and Simon Steen-Andersen. – A wide range of specialist subjects: placing a focus on Jazz, Electronic Music, Curatorial Practice, Musical Theatre or Music Education, to name just a few. – Regular intensive study weeks: All MA Composi- tion students gather regularly to collaborate and make the most of a wide range of performance opportunities.

We maintain close relationships with other HKB departments, including Literature, Fine Arts, Theater, and Research, and offer great flexibility to students wishing to seek compositional inspiration in other fields. We believe that music thrives in a social con- text, and have strong links to external festivals, event organisers and partners. We also support and promote innovative educational projects.

In other words, we wish for you to spread your wings and explore a wide range of options. Do drop in!

Xavier Dayer Head of Studies, Master of Arts in Music Composition

Swiss composer Xavier Dayer was born in Geneva in 1972. He studied under Eric Gaudibert in Geneva,at IRCAM under Tristan Murail and Brian Ferney- hough, and was resident at the Académie de France at Villa Medici in Rome. Dayer has received various accolades, including the Sandoz Foundation FEMS Prize awarded by jury member Henri Dutilleux. He has composed five operas and several instrumental pieces, notably for Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensem- ble Contrechamps, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Dayer’s pieces have been performed in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, England, Turkey, Russia, and the United States. Master of Arts in Music Composition – Two specializations

Our Master of Arts in Music Composi- 3 Week-long intensive seminars tion offers personalised instruction in for developing your personal musical composition that will enable you to creativity write music in a wide variety of styles This is where students come together and for diverse contexts. The two to develop joint projects and collaborate specialisations (Creative Practice and in various ways. Contemporary Jazz) have a similar structure. The curriculum is divided 4 Optional courses into six major modules, for a total of A wide range of optional courses 120 ECTS credits. are available: seminars, sessions, dis- cussion groups and much more. 1 Core subject The course programme is published The core subject consists of individual in a brochure each semester. courses that form the focus of the programme. You will be coached per- 5 Minor subject sonally 80 minutes weekly and you This module is a second specialisation, can split the time between two profes- since it represents about a quarter sors of your choice. of the degree programme (30 ECTS). In the minor subject as well as in 2 Perfecting your skills the optional courses, you can shape your The module plan offers numerous own personal profile, e.g. on your courses in the field of artistic practice, musical instrument, in research, live depending on the specialisation you electronics, curating skills and many choose. You can focus on repertoire other fields. work by studying, for instance, the classics of composed theater (Aperghis, 6 Master’s thesis Globokar, Kagel, Schnebel, etc.). Or The master’s thesis is your final pro- you can go for courses in ensemble ject. All of your work culminates here conducting, Big Band arranging, Sound in a concert / performance / installa-­ Arts, improvisation, recording tech- tion or similar at the end of your second nologies or live electronics. Research­- year. This is the most important mo- based aspects can also be integrated ment of your studies. It also includes a throughout the studies. Every semester, written thesis and a colloquium. the research division at HKB offers a theme week. Specialisation in Creative Practice (for composers and performers)

Content Lecturers The degree programme offers: Franziska Baumann, Angela Bürger, – Extremely personalised instruction Xavier Dayer, Leo Dick, Kirsteen with courses tailored to your needs Haardt, Michael Harenberg, Peter Kraut, given by lecturers such as Simon Gilbert Nouno, Simon Steen-Andersen, Steen-Andersen, Cathy van Eck, Stefan Cathy van Eck, Oliver Waespi Prins and Xavier Dayer – A selection of courses for perfecting Learning outcomes your skills in various areas, from You are a composer or performer of electronic music to curatorial practice contemporary music and want to to musical theater expand your skills and stylistic reper- – A one-week intensive seminar per toire. You are interested in doing pro- semester that brings all students in the jects based on your own interpretation programme together to deepen their of the respective author. The speciali- creativity. This involves projects fea- sation in Creative Practice offers these tured at festivals and on international possibilities. With our help, you will tours. Students in the MA in Music further hone your craft and learn tools Composition were invited for example for pursuing and perfecting your to present the project Das Haus zur musical and artistic quest. After com- Biennale in Munich and at the pleting your studies at our university, Opera in 2016, and in 2017 realised you will have developed your own projects for the Acht Brücken Festival special artistic portfolio and will have in Cologne and the Gare du Nord – gathered a wealth of project experience. Bahnhof für Neue Musik in Basel and various other festivals since then, e.g. Les Jardins Musicaux in 2019. – A final project that serves as a gate- way to the professional arts scene. At the end of each year of the two-year master’s programme (which can also be extended to three years) students do a final project whose aesthetic orienta- tion may be extremely original. Our aim is for this project to be featured at various festivals for contemporary creative work. It should become the student’s “calling card” for entering the professional music scene. Specialisation in Contemporary Jazz

Content gathering experience and developing – Develop your own body of work, your professional portfolio. composing for a variety of ensembles, – Profit from mentoring and courses situations and genres, within one of in Music Business that prepare you the most cutting-edge jazz and contem- for a smooth transition into professional porary music departments in Europe life. – incorporating new classical music, electronics and the entire history of Lecturers European jazz and improvised music. Ralph Alessi, Dieter Ammann, Tom – Benefit from a personal dual-mentor- Arthurs, Django Bates, Oliver Friedli, ship programme tailored to your Peter Gromer, Andreas Schaerer, musical identity and needs, with teach- Stefan Schultze, Martin Streule, Klaus ers including Ralph Alessi, Dieter Wagenleiter Ammann, Tom Arthurs, Django Bates, Oliver Friedli, Peter Gromer, Andreas Learning outcomes Schaerer, Stefan Schultze, Martin Embracing the universe of jazz as a Streule, Klaus Wagenleiter and others. source of tradition as well as fertile soil – Select from a variety of courses for the most cutting-edge of musical enhancing your skills in rehearsing, explorations, you will compose for a conducting, orchestration, reharmoni- variety of ensembles and contexts sation, arranging, film scoring, electron- within a forward-thinking programme ic music or studio production based with strong ties to new classical music, on your artistic goals and needs. Expand sound arts and other transdisciplinary your creativity and draw inspiration areas. With a range of unique and ex- from visiting artists, master classes, citing performance and recording oppor- colloquia, new technology and media tunities, your creative personality is classes as well as transdisciplinary the focus of this degree, in which you collaborations. will develop your own body of work, – Discover and develop your artistic gather experience, and reflect on how voice, rethinking 21st-century artistic to integrate and position yourself as practices within two major projects a 21st-century jazz composer at a high at the intersection of composition, im- professional level. provisation and performance. – Continually generate output within an inspiring community, linking your compositional skills to practice-based projects with extensive recording and practice opportunities. Present your compositions in a wide range of formal and informal concert settings, General information and contacts

Title/Degree Fees Master of Arts (MA) in Entrance exam: CHF 250 Music Composition Study fee per semester: CHF 750 Specialisation in Creative Practice (CHF 950 for international students) Specialisation in Contemporary Jazz Head of Studies Entry requirements Xavier Dayer A bachelor’s degree in music is required. +41 31 848 39 84 Candidates with exceptional artistic [email protected] talent may be eligible for “special admission”. The number of places Head of Contemporary Jazz available in our programme is limited Stefan Schultze (numerus clausus). We administer [email protected] an entrance examination (held in mid- April) to review your aptitude for Assistant/Secretariat the programme. We look for motivation, Nemanja Radivojevic stamina, resilience and independence +41 31 848 49 79 in our students’ profiles as well as [email protected] a readiness to participate actively in university-level projects. Individual visits can be arranged any time. Just write to us. Application deadline Apply online at hkb.bfh.ch no later Bern University of the Arts HKB than 15 March. MA Music Composition Ostermundigenstrasse 103 Start of studies CH-3006 Bern Autumn Semester (mid-September) hkb.bfh.ch Duration hkb-musik.ch 4 semesters (full-time) hkb-jazz.ch

ECTS credits 120 ECTS credits

Study languages German, French, English

Music Studies at the HKB

In many respects, the Music Study programmes at Bern University of the Arts HKB are unique within Europe. The ratio of almost 500 students to over 200 professors assures the highest educational standards and affords students great flexibility in terms of their study profiles. Our students enjoy excellent conditions. Our unique collection of instruments includes historic grand pianos, wind and string instruments. Music electronics and event technology are of the highest standard. The school boasts about 70 practice rooms, including several for ensembles, and some are available round the clock. KULT, our in- house student agency, arranges for paid performances to promote student careers. At the HKB the boundaries be- tween disciplines are fluid, putting our students in fre- quent contact with opera, literature, research, and the fine and dramatic arts. Acclaimed for their innovative formats, a number of teams, ensembles and bands have formed at HKB. This multi-lingual school is proud of its international networks, and of numerous national and international collaborations to broaden our students’ perspectives. Numerous awards, competition prizes and invitations to festivals and academies underscore the uniqueness and outstanding quality of modern music studies in Bern.

Make the most of it! Priorities and Projects

Strategic Priorities: Music in Context, added a great deal of educational value. Research, New Music Our students may tackle old electrical A unique feature of studies at HKB are pianos, Wagner tubas, topical musical three strategic priorities. Designed to theatre, celebrated Pop sounds, gut equip our students with the best career strings, microtonal instruments or contra- opportunities, the priorities reach right bass clarinets. By the way: in collabo- across the entire programme with all its ration with the University of Bern, we courses, and students can integrate are the only Swiss University of the Arts them in any number of ways: with its own doctoral programme, the Graduate School of the Arts (for more Music in Context information, please visit gsa.unibe.ch). If great art is to have an impact it must have an audience. We are serious New Music about bridging the gap between our The genre has an exceptional, long- music and the lived reality of members standing tradition in Bern, with “new” of society with little or no time for art always signifying “newly interconnected”. music. All our Bachelor’s or Master’s The New Music undercurrent runs be­ programmes equip our students with tween all the arts at HKB. As a matter of the skills required to involve audiences course and as part of HKB multimedia in their Jazz or classical music perform- studies, it provides many exciting oppor- ances, compositions or educational tunities for interactions and innovative events. Students have created school connections between musical genres, projects, music workshops, public art be that modern musical theatre, peda­ installations, or staged listening sta- gogy, music in context, performance or tions. The experience prepares them research. Our students are free to en­ for careers in the rapidly expanding gage in studio or live electronics, media field of contextualised music education; art, the dramatic and fine arts, perfor- their profiles benefit from strong links mance – there are no limits. Supported to the wider society. by respected international professors, HKB students are also encouraged to Research focus entirely on contemporary music. The HKB is proud to be among Europe’s Joining external projects or festivals largest and most successful universities may be an option in this field, and may of the Arts in terms of research. Hun­ prove to be the launch-pad for a long dreds of its research projects have already and exceptional career. been realized in the form of publica- tions, reconstructions of historic instru- ments and interfaces, concerts, exhibi- tions, dissertations or internationally acclaimed symposia, all of which have Minors – Your Personal MA Profile – Berner Generationenhaus, As a graduate student at our school, La Prairie, ONO (concert series) you can choose from a wide range of – European Chamber Music Academy options to hone your personal profile. ECMA Your degree programme co-ordinator – Darmstädter Ferienkurse, will support you as you choose from Donaueschinger Musiktage currently 25 specializations (so-called – Jazzwerkstatt Bern, Moods Jazz Minors) to craft a combination that Club Zürich, Jazz Festival Bern best meets your aspirations: – Dampfzentrale Bern – Zentrum Paul Klee, Music in Context / Artistic Music Educ- Pasquart Biel/Bienne ation / Second or Parallel Classical – Chopin University of Music Instrument / Jazz Instrument Second or – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien- parallel / Duo, Piano and Vocals / Piano technologie ZKM Karlsruhe Duo – plus / Conducting Wind Orchestra / – Münchener Biennale für Orchestra / Chamber Music / Classical Neues Musiktheater Ensemble / Advanced Performance – Burri Instrument Collection Jazz / Performance History / Free Impro- – Ittinger Pfingstkonzerte, Davos visation / Opera / Contemporary Music Festival – Young Artists in Concert Interpretation / Composition / Song – NEOS Music (respected publishers: and Oratorio / Jazz Composition & New Music CDs and DVDs) Arrangement basic / Specialization Jazz Composition & Arrangement / Directorate, Professors Pop music / Sound Arts / Choreography HKB Music is proud of its international Dance and Movement / Théâtre musical / team of committed directors and pro- Music Science basic / Research fessors, who are part of a far-flung artist network. Again: make the most of it! Our Project and Practice Partners HKB Music provides a practice-oriented education and works with a large number of partners from the realms of music, research and education. Invariably aiming to create a professional platform for our students, we have in the past realized projects with the following institutions, and many more: – Konzert Theater Bern / Berner Sinfonieorchester, Berner Kammer- orchester, Camerata Bern – Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn Special programmes for people with a disability are available at HKB. We welcome prospective TOBS students with a physical or mental impairment, or – Les Passions de l’Âme, Les Siècles with a chronic condition if they meet our usual – Lucerne Festival, Musikfestival Bern admission criteria. LEADERSHIP TEAM E-Bass: Stefan Rademacher Head of Department Drums/Percussion: Dejan Terzic, Julian Graziella Contratto Sartorius Deputy Head Rhythmics: Jan Fabricky Peter Kraut Live Electronics: Werner Hasler Music Composition Ensembles: Bernhard Bamert, Django Bates, Xavier Dayer Thomas Dürst, Peter Gromer, Ralph Alessi, Patrice Jazz Moret, Bernhard Bamert, Stefan Rademacher, Tom Arthurs Tomas Sauter, Andreas Schaerer, Dejan Terzic, MA Music Pedagogy Colin Vallon, Lutz Häfner, Ronny Graupe Felix Bamert Composition: Ralph Alessi, Dieter Ammann, BA Music Classical Django Bates, Oliver Friedli, Andreas Schaerer, Raphael Camenisch Stefan Schultze, Martin Streule, Klaus Wagenleiter MA Music Classical Ear Training, Theory: Tom Arthurs, Immanuel Lennart Dohms Brockhaus, Peter Gromer, Peter Kraut, Julia Opera Neupert, Marc Stucki Mathias Behrends Sound Studio: Markus Gfeller Music & Movement (Rhythmics) Claudia Wagner CLASSICAL MUSIC Sound Arts Strings Teresa Carrasco, Michael Harenberg Violin: Corina Belcea, , Monika Brass Ensembles Urbaniak, Tianwa Yang Rolf Schumacher Viola: Patrick Jüdt, Gertrud Weinmeister PreCollege Bern HKB Violoncello: Conradin Brotbek, David Eggert, Eva-Maria Neidhart Antonio Meneses, Denis Severin Library : Ruslan Lutsyk, David Sinclair Andrea Grandjean Woodwinds Sound Studio Flute: Martin Fahlenbock, Christian Studler Benoît Piccand Oboe: Matthias Arter, Jaime González Clarinet: Ernesto Molinari Bassoon: Daniele Galaverna OUR PROFESSORS Saxophone: Christian Roellinger Recorder: Michael Form MUSIC COMPOSITION Brass Creative Practice Horn: Markus Oesch, Johannes Otter Xavier Dayer, Oliver Waespi, Simon Steen-Andersen, Trumpet: Giuliano Sommerhalder Angela Bürger, Franziska Baumann, Teresa Trombone: Ian Bousfield Carrasco, Leo Dick, Cathy van Eck, Kirsteen Haardt, Euphonium: Thomas Rüedi Michael Harenberg, Peter Kraut, Gilbert Nouno Tuba: Rex Martin Contemporary Jazz Percussion: Brian Archinal, Christian Hartmann, Ralph Alessi, Dieter Ammann, Django Bates, Jochen Schorer Oliver Friedli, Andreas Schaerer, Stefan Schultze, Harmony Instruments Martin Streule, Klaus Wagenleiter Piano: Tomasz Herbut, Patricia Pagny, Antoine Françoise, Wilhem Latchoumia JAZZ Fortepiano: Edoardo Torbianelli Vocals: Efrat Alony, Andreas Schaerer Harpsichord: Takashi Watanabe Saxophone: Lutz Häfner Organ: Daniel Glaus, Pascale van Coppenolle Trumpet: Ralph Alessi, Matthieu Michel Guitar: Elena Càsoli Trombone: Bernhard Bamert Lute: Peter Croton Guitar: Ronny Graupe, Tomas Sauter Accordeon: Teodoro Anzellotti Piano: Django Bates, Philip Henzi, Piano Second instrument: Katharina Weber, Andreas Meili, Colin Vallon Barbara Sandmeier, Peggy Pu, Albert Sidler, Double Bass: Thomas Dürst, Patrice Moret Pawel Mazurkiewicz, André Lottaz Vocals Vocals: Dorothee Labusch Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Daniel Gloger, Jazz: Marc Stucki Malin Hartelius, Christian Hilz Drums: Willi Forster Contemporary Music Interpretation Theory: Ueli Kilchhofer, Suzanne Perrin-Goy Teodoro Anzellotti, Brian Archinal, Matthias Arter, Music SII Elena Càsoli, David Eggert, Martin Fahlenbock, Choral Conducting: Bruno Späti Antoine Françoise, Daniel Glaus, Daniel Gloger, Conducting, Ensemble Conducting: Jaime González Rodriguez, Patrick Jüdt, Florian Ziemen, Rolf Schumacher, Corsin Tuor Wilhem Latchoumia, Ernesto Molinari, Johannes Voice: Christian Marthaler Otter, Jochen Schorer, Tianwa Yang Piano Accompaniment: Philip Henzi, Andreas Meili Historical Performance Peter Croton, Michael Form, Meret Lüthi, SOUND ARTS Daniele Galaverna, Edoardo Torbianelli, David Musical Forms: Cathy van Eck, Michael Sinclair, Takashi Watanabe, Gertrud Weinmeister Harenberg, Teresa Carrasco, Lilian Beidler Wind Orchestra Conducting Music and Image: Ellen Fellmann, Peter Scherer Rolf Schumacher, Corsin Tuor, Oliver Waespi, Media Art, Performance: Valerian Maly Florian Ziemen Audio Technology: Benoît Piccand, Beat Müller Accompaniment Media Theory: Andi Otto Rie Aikawa, Igor Andreev, Anna de Capitani, Keyboard Instruments: Oliver Illi Tamara Chitadze, François Killian, Monika Nagy, Electronic Ear Training: Annie Rüfenacht Maria-Barbara Nytsch, Alissia Rafaelian Lüthi, Eriko Wakita, Mira Wollmann, Kirill Zwegintsov MUSIC AND MOVEMENT (RHYTHMICS) Corrépétiteurs Rhythmics, Pedagogy: Françoise Geiser, Lucien James Alexander, Manuel Bärtsch, Matthey, Franziska Meyer, Magdalena von Känel, Tatiana Korsunskaya Bettina Pulfer Theory Piano (Jazz, Pop, Classical): Wanja Aloe, Xavier Dayer, Christian Henking, Riccardo Bovino, Tamaé Gennai, Iris Haefely, Marc Kennel, Peter Kraut, Michael Lehner, Joachim Hoffmann, Jeremy Mage Claire Roberts, Martin Skamletz, Stephan Zirwes, Vocals, Song: Franziska Baumann, Hilde Kap- Dennis Mayer, Nathalie Meidhof pes Christin Mauerhofer, Anne-Florence Research Marbot, Patrick Secchiari Thomas Gartmann, Kai Köpp, Manuel Bärtsch, Improvisation, Contemporary Music: Martin Skamletz Hans Koch, Jonas Kocher, Martin Schütz Music in Context Theory: Manuel Bärtsch, Peter Kraut, Michael Barbara Balba Weber, Irena Müller-Brozovic Lehner, Rajiv Satapati, Antoine Schneider Theater: Roman Dudler, Charlotte Huldi PEDAGOGY Teaching Practice, Classical OPERA Flute: Magda Schwerzmann Production: Mathias Behrends Oboe: Gianluca Rotta Disposition, Dramatic Arts: Stefan Saborowski Clarinet: Christoph Schnyder Musical Arrangements, Corrépétiteur Soloists: Bassoon: Marc Kilchenmann Franco Trinca, Riccardo Bovino Recorder: Eveline Noth Assistant Conductor, Accompaniment: Saxohone: Christian Roellinger Francesco Addabbo High Brass: Markus Oesch Language Coaching: Anna Magdalena Fitzi Deep Brass: Roland Fröscher Movement: Franziska Meyer Violin, Viola: Regula Schwaar Niederhauser Dramaturgy: Maren Rieger Violoncello: Matthias Schranz Vocals, Opera: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Double Bass: Bettina Keller Rachel Harnisch, Malin Hartelius, Christian Hilz Piano: Iris Haefely and professors from other Swiss music academies Organ: Daniel Glaus Contemporary Musical Theater, Recital Training: Guitar: Elena Càsoli Daniel Gloger Accordeon: Felix Bamert BERN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS HKB

Design and Fine Arts Y Institute Theater Swiss Literature Institute Conservation and Restoration Research, CPD

Sound Studio & KULT – Student Agency Music Library MUSIC

Cooperative Projects PreCollege Bern HKB (Church Music, CPD) Talent promotion programme Hofwil

PROGRAMMES

BACHELOR’S PROGRAMMES – 3 Years MASTER’S PROGRAMMES – 2 Years

Music Classical Music Performance Instrument/Vocals – Composition Classical – Jazz Jazz Specialized Music Performance Classical Sound Arts Soloist – Chamber Music – New Music – Music in Context – Research Music and Movement (Rhythmics) Specialized Music Performance Opera Music Pedagogy Classical – Jazz – Rhythmics – Music at Schools SII Music Composition Creative Practice – Contemporary Jazz

MAJORS New Music Music in Context Research

500 70 90 200 1000

STUDENTS PRACTICE LECTURE PROFESSORS OPPORTUNITIES ROOMS ROOMS / HALLS hkb-musik.ch hkb.bfh.ch