Music Education

The students and their artistic, pedagogical, and personal development are at the heart of the teaching and research activities at the Institute of Music Education. Its teaching staff creates the framework for this and provides a solid foundation for work in music schools, community projects, outreach formats, and much more. The institute understands pedagogical action as an artistic activity that is just as much about enjoying music as it is about assuming socio-political and social responsibility.

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Bachelor's Programme Elemental Music Education

8 semesters / 240 ECTS / Bachelor of Arts (BA)

The focus of the Elemental Music Education (EMP) programme is the artistic development of individual forms of expression in the areas of music, movement and voice. These areas permeate each other and are linked in a variety of ways in group-dynamic improvisation and creative processes. The experiences gained in this way form the basis for pedagogical action. Aesthetic works of art arise from the seemingly simple.

Professional fields

The programme is aimed at individuals with an interest in education and musical training who want to express themselves artistically in the areas of music, movement and voice. EMP graduates work in artistic-performative contexts as well as in numerous artistic-educational fields, including music schools, in areas of integrative/inclusive education, in adult education and in concert education.

Key qualifications: A wide range of musical and artistic interests, enjoyment of movement, improvisation and spontaneous creation, good communication skills, pedagogical flexibility, and an affinity for working with groups.

Master's Programme Elemental Music Education

4 semesters / 120 ECTS / Master of Arts (MA)

The artistic-pedagogical Master's programme in Elemental Music Education (EMP) is based on a Bachelor's programme in EMP or a related subject. The focus of this degree programme is on experiencing and reflecting on artistic performance in the interconnection of music-movement-voice, improvisation and creation, artistic and artistic-pedagogical processes. The EMP master programme's aim is to provide students with highly qualified artistic-pedagogical professional training and profiling, to further develop their skills in the field of elemental music performance and their stance in artistic-pedagogical as well as scientific terms. The Master's programme allows students to deepen their knowledge in the area of their chosen minor in order to enhance their skills and knowledge. The Anton Bruckner University offers the four-semester Master of Arts in Elemental Music Education every year.

Pedagogical Bachelor's Programme (PBA)

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Pedagogical Master's Programme (PMA)

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Master's programme in Music Mediation – Music in Context

Artistic-Scholarly Master's Programme

4 semesters / 120 ECTS / Master of Arts (MA)

The artistic-scholarly master's programme music mediation – music in context (MV) requires completion of a relevant Bachelor's programme or another relevant degree from a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution with at least the same level of higher education.

Start of program: 2026/27
Application deadline: April 7, 2026
Entrance exam: April 24 and 25, 2026