Application deadline: Mon., 31.01.2024
Process:
1. Online application including video submissions
(until application deadline)
2. On-site appointment for selected applicants
Mon., 08.04.2024
Concert hall (Singerstraße 26, 2nd floor, 1010 Vienna)
Please make all organizational preparations (flight reservations, visa, etc.) in time to participate. You will be informed by e-mail at the beginning of March at the latest if you will be invited to this optional on-site audition
3. ONLY for IGP applicants: Educational practical part of exam incl. colloquium
30.04.2025
Clemens-Hellsberg-Saal (Johannesgasse 4a, 2.OG, 1010 Wien)
The entrance examination is done by sending in application videos. Important information for a correct recording of your application video can be found here.
The application videos include:
Artistic presentation
The program corresponds to the artistic program specifications. The applicants themselves choose the order of the program. The entire program must be recorded. Each piece should be uploaded separately.
Examination program:
All works must be performed from memory.
Accompaniment is to be arranged by the participants themselves - piano accompaniment is preferred but playback accompaniment is also possible.
The choice of technical means is up to you, as it is in your own interest that sound and image quality are as meaningful as possible.
Introduction video
Maximum duration: 2 minutes
Language: German or English
Please talk about the following points:
You will be informed personally via e-mail about the result of your video application.
On-site auditon (for selected applicants):
After viewing the video applications, selected applicants will be invited to an additional on-site audit at MUK.
Contents of the on-site audit:
The entrance examination for the Master’s degree is used to check the candidate’s aptitude for the specific requirements of the Master’s degree, with particular consideration of their prior knowledge and skills.
The condition for admission to a Master’s degree is a completed Bachelor’s degree in a pertinent branch of study or an equivalent qualification from an Austrian or foreign post-secondary educational facility, as well as successfully passing all parts of the entrance examination.
To pass the entrance examination, a rating of “Passed” is required in all sections. Admission also depends on the specific availability of a course place. Being placed on the waiting list supposes a probability of future availability (i.e. by the end of the semester in question) of a course place.
The entrance examination is done by sending in application videos. Important information for a correct recording of your application video can be found here.
The application video includes:
Artistic presentation
The program corresponds to the artistic program specifications. The applicants themselves choose the order of the program. The entire program must be recorded. Each piece should be uploaded separately.
Examination program:
• Performance of an artistic programme: 4 arias — of which at least 2 from opera and/or operetta, at least 1 from oratorio, at least 1 aria in German
• 4 songs from 3 different stylistic eras in at least 2 different languages
• 1 piece from the overall programme should come from composers from the 20th/21st century, whose tonal language belongs to the modern* stylistic era
• All pieces – with the exception of oratorios – must be performed by heart
*Modern — Compositions, which extend beyond the tonal language and rhythm of the late romantic era.
Accompaniment is to be arranged by the participants themselves - piano accompaniment is preferred but playback accompaniment is also possible. The choice of technical means is up to you, as it is in your own interest that sound and image quality are as meaningful as possible.
Introduction video
Maximum duration: 2 minutes
Language: German or English
Please talk about the following points:
You will be informed personally via e-mail about the result of your video application
On-site auditon (for selected applicants):
After viewing the video applications, selected applicants will be invited to an additional on-site audit at MUK.
Contents of the on-site audit:
The entrance examination serves to check the following
a) the motivation to study
b) the educational, artistic and personal competence of the candidates.
The entrance examination is divided into four parts; the positive assessment of the first and second parts is a prerequisite for admission to the further parts of the examination.
1. Online Application
The following documents must be included in the online application:
More information on the online application can be found here.
2. Artistic part of the examination
ATTENTION: The programme to be prepared as well as the examination process (video or on-site audition) are identical to the requirements of the respective artistic bachelor’s programme. Please inform yourself on the respective page for the corresponding programme requirements.
Another examination of the musical ear and of music theory knowledge will take place at the start of the first semester as part of a classification in the Aural Training and Composition courses only for those candidates who have been admitted to the course.
3. Educational-practical part of the examination
Applicants must demonstrate their educational-practical abilities and potential by showing their practical piano and vocal skills in a presentation:
a) Singing and chordal accompaniment
Singing and simultaneous chordal accompaniment (with lead sheets) at the piano. Applicants are given five songs from the field of popular music to prepare (see here)
b) Accompaniment at the piano
Applicants prepare the accompaniment of three pieces (or single movements) which they may choose from the beginner and intermediate literature for their own instrumental or vocal musical subject (in the piano, organ, accordion, guitar, harpsichord and historical keyboard instrument subjects, accompanying three pieces or single movements of their own choice from the beginner and intermediate literature for an orchestral instrument of their own choice).
Practice-oriented simplifications of the accompaniment parts are permissible, if not desirable. Applicants are required to name the pieces when they submit their musical programme at the time of registration. They must submit four copies of the scores to the Examination Panel at the examination.
c) Sight-Singing
Singing a simple song in German.
4. Colloquium
For testing cognitive and linguistic skills.
The panel will discuss and reflect with the applicants on the results of the previous parts of the examination and will examine their individual educational potential as well as their objectives and suitability for the course.
Sample questions for the colloquium are available here.
Proficiency in German:
Applicants whose native language is not German also have to prove their proficiency in German. They need to prove that they have at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, at the latest upon enrolment.
Dates for the entrance exam are arranged individually.
The admission exam can be done directly on site in Vienna or by submitting respective application videos and serves to determine applicants’:
a) motivation for undertaking the programme of study
b) artistic proficiency (corresponding to Master’s level entry)
c) artistic and personal suitability
The admission process is split into three parts – applicants must be successful in Part 1 in order to progress to the next stage.
1. Submission of a short biography (including language skills), covering letter, repertoire list and an audition programme:
• Short biography: applicants should provide a written overview of the qualifications they have gained so far, their (language) skills, and the areas their activities have focused on.
• Covering letter: applicants should describe their personal expectations of the programme and what they are looking to get out of it. Applicants should also state their current artistic activities and skills and those they are aiming to acquire.
• Audition programme for Part 2: a programme for the artistic presentation that makes up Part 2 (corresponding to Master’s level entry).
2. Artistic presentation:
In the artistic presentation, applicants should demonstrate their instrumental proficiency and level of artistry. The programme should be put together by the applicant her/himself and should give as strong an impression as possible of her/his artistic qualifications. Instrumental proficiency should be at least that needed for Master’s level entry.
3. Colloquium:
Together with the applicant, a panel will discuss and reflect on the results of Parts 1 and 2 of the admission exam and examine the applicant’s individual and artistic potential as well as her/his personal goals and suitability for the programme.
Schedule might be possibly altered even in the short term! Regarding that please look up this section of the website regularly. Thank you.
Applications for studying at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna can be submitted online at anytime; they will be reserved for the next admission period. Applications submitted after the application deadline can no longer be considered for the subsequent audition date.
The application for the entrance examination is done via the application mask in MUKonline. All necessary steps for the application for the entrance exam are listed here.