The Hochschule für Musik Mainz (HfMM, Mainz School of Music) is a university of music, part of the
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...
. It is the only such institution in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate
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.
History
The institution was founded in 1948 as ''Staatliches Institut für Musik. Abteilung Schulmusik'', an institute for school
music education
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,
by
Ernst Laaff and Georg Toussaint.
It was named ''Staatliches Hochschulinstitut für Musik'' in 1961.
It became part of
the university in 1973 as ''Fachbereich Musikerziehung'' (Department of Music Education).
The studies were first mostly educational, for teachers and church musicians. In 1986, more classes were established, and the name changed to ''Fachbereich Musik'' (Faculty of Music).
In 2003, the institution was named ''Hochschule für Musik'' (School of Music), which is connected to the university but governed mostly independently.
This approach of the state government is unique in Germany.
A new building for the ''Musikhochschule'' was built on the university campus completed in October 2008.
It was inaugurated on 24 November 2008 with a ceremony and concert.
Wolfram Koloseus conducted the premiere of a composition commissioned for the occasion, ''Sechs Trakl Gesänge'' by
Thomas Wells after poems by
Georg Trakl, a work of 45 minutes for tenor soloist, choir and orchestra,
and Mozart's ''
Jupiter Symphony
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''.
The building holds 36 rooms for voice training and instrumental instructions, three rooms for ensembles, a concert hall ''Roter Saal'' seating 220 listeners, a hall with an organ and a studio stage ''Black Box'', both for 100 people, a sound studio, listening studio, library, five rooms for theory, two rooms for seminars, 24 rooms for practising, and rooms for offices. During semesters, concerts by students, teachers and guest artists are frequently performed, offering around 230 concerts per year.
The ''Hochschule'' collaborates with numerous cultural institutions of the area, namely the
Staatstheater Mainz, the
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden), also known as the Staatstheater Wiesbaden or Theater Wiesbaden, is a German theatre located in Wiesbaden, in the German state of Hesse. The company produces operas, plays, b ...
,
the state foundation
Villa Musica,
the
Peter Cornelius Conservatory and the institute for church music of the
Catholic Diocese of Mainz.
The Hochschule and the theatre in Wiesbaden collaborated in 2017 in a staged production of Scarlatti's oratorio ''
La Giuditta''.
Since 2023, the rector is Valerie Krupp, who followed (rector 2017–23)
Portrait of Ott
at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg
The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (formerly ''Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg'') is a music conservatoire based in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The conservatoire has a secondary building in Augsburg.
The Hochschule
The Hochschule für ...
. Retrieved 14 December 2024. and (rector 2015–17), both professors of music theory.
Studies
The university offers bachelor
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Etymo ...
and master
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Ranks or titles
In education:
*Master (college), head of a college
*Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
*Schoolmaster or master, presiding office ...
degrees in music and music education, in some studies also doctoral
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degrees. Concert exams are offered for instruments and voice.
Bachelor
* Elementary teaching
* Jazz and Pop
* Church music
* Piano
* Teaching at gymnasiums
* Voice (opera and concert)
* Orchestral instruments
Master and post graduate
* Jazz and Pop
* Church music
* ''Klangkunst'' – Composition
* Piano
* Teaching at gymnasiums
* ''Lied
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'' accompaniment and correpetition
* Music theory
* Orchestral instruments
* Organ improvisation
* Organ literature
* Voice
*Guitar
*Concert exam
*Doctorate (Music theory / Music education)
Further studies
* International summer school ''Singing Summer'', master classes for voice and instruments, annually in September from 2004
* College for Early Music
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''Barock vokal'', one year of studies for concert and opera singers, founded in 2010
References
External links
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Universities and colleges in Rhineland-Palatinate
Music schools in Germany
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1948 establishments in Germany