Music and Research
Make research a central feature of your artistic practice
Key data
- Degree
- Master of Arts FHNW in Spezialisierter Musikalischer Performance, Music and Research
- ECTS points
- 120
- Start of semester
- Beginning of September
- Studying mode
- Full time
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Teaching language
- German/English
- Place
- Campus Musik-Akademie Basel
- Stay abroad
- Possible, not curricular
- Application fee
- 200 CHF
- Semester fee
- 700 CHF (CH) | 1000 CHF (EU/EFTA) | 1250 CHF (Not-EU/Not-EFTA) More Fees
The master program is aimed at students who have a high level of competence as instrumentalists/vocalists or composers and music theorists for whom research is a central part of their artistic profile. The core of the program is an artistic-academic research project, which the students develop based on questions which emerge from their artistic practice. The project is supervised by two mentors from the broad spectrum of lecturers at the Academy of Music Basel including the institutes of Classical Music, Jazz and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The project is supported further with courses that impart knowledge and skills in the areas of artistic-academic research methods, musicology, academic writing, music aesthetics, and research management. The double mentorship (artistic and academic) as well as the access to artistic courses and projects enables the students to pursue both their artistic and their academic development. To this end, internships in the school’s research departments or partner institutions (such as the Department of Musicology at the University of Basel or the Paul Sacher Foundation) give students an in-depth insight into research practice. The curriculum is compiled according to the requirements and objectives of their respective projects, thus enabling targeted and individual support. Additionally, research funds can also be applied for via a project fund.
The MA SP Music and Research is conducted inter-institutionally (HSM in collaboration with the Department of Musicology at the University of Basel among others) and is suitable for students interested in pursuing a doctorate (artistic-scientific doctorate or Dr. phil.). For graduates of the MA SP MaR, a direct transition to the doctoral project Musikwissen (carried out in collaboration with the Department of Musicology of the University of Basel; degree: PhD) is possible: Of the 35 ECTS credits in academic qualification at Master's level required for admission, up to the total can be covered by the coursework completed in Music and Research.
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Overview
Learning from the Best
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Prof. Dr. Anne-May Krüger
Head for MA SP Music and Research
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Prof. Dr. Martin Kirnbauer
Head of the Management Board 2024-26, Head of Research Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Programme Director Theorie Alter Musik, Lecturer for Music History & Music und Research
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Dr. Michael Kunkel
Head of research, FHNW Basel Academy of Music, Klassik
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Prof. Karin Wetzel
Lecturer for music theory & Music and Research
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Prof. Dr. phil. Michel Roth
Lecturer for composition, music theory, music and research
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Dr. Martina Papiro
Lecturer in music history, research assistant, co-editor of the SCB research portal
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Dr. Christoph Moor
Scientific assistance / main focus on research management
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Dr. des. Christoph Haffter
Research associate / Music philosophy