Application options for the summer semester 2025
For the summer semester 2025, you have the following application options:
Bachelor (only in the case of a change of university, from the 2nd semester onwards):
Wind instruments/Percussion: clarinet, oboe, trombone, orchestral percussion
Conducting/correpetition: choral conducting, orchestral conducting, musical theatre correpetition
Voice
Jazz/Rock/Pop: acoustic guitar, electric guitar (jazz/rock/pop), piano (jazz/rock/pop), double bass/bass guitar, trombone (jazz/rock/pop), saxophone (jazz/rock/pop), percussion (jazz/rock/pop),
trumpet (jazz/rock/pop), composition (jazz/rock/pop), voice (jazz/rock/pop)
Piano
Composition: composition, music theory
String instruments: harp, double bass, viola, violin, violoncello
Master:
Wind instruments/Percussion: clarinet, oboe, trombone, orchestral percussion
Conducting/Correpetition: correpetition for dance, choral conducting, instrumental correpetition/piano chamber music, musical theatre correpetition, orchestral conducting
Voice: Concert, Liedklasse
Jazz/Rock/Pop: acoustic guitar, electric guitar (jazz/rock/pop), piano (jazz/rock/pop), double bass/bass guitar, trombone (jazz/rock/pop), saxophone (jazz/rock/pop), percussion (jazz/rock/pop),
trumpet (jazz/rock/pop), composition (jazz/rock/pop), voice (jazz/rock/pop), hammond organ (jazz/rock/pop)
Composition
String instruments: harp, double bass, viola, violin, violoncello
Master Orchestra Practice/Kurt Masur Akademie:
flute, trumpet
Meisterklasse:
Wind instruments/Percussion: clarinet, oboe, trombone, orchestral percussion
Conducting/correpetition: choral conducting, orchestral conducting
Voice: opera, Lied/concert, chamber music / Liedklasse
Jazz/Rock/Pop: acoustic guitar, electric guitar (jazz/rock/pop), piano (jazz/rock/pop), double bass/bass guitar, trombone (jazz/rock/pop), saxophone (jazz/rock/pop), percussion (jazz/rock/pop),
trumpet (jazz/rock/pop), composition (jazz/rock/pop), voice (jazz/rock/pop)
Piano
Composition
String instruments: harp, double bass, viola, violin, violoncello
Please Note
Bachelor's and state examination courses can only be started in the winter semester.
All courses of study have no age limit.
Application for exchange studies
Information on how to appy for exchange studies at College of Music Dresden you can find here.
Semester fee
All students have to pay a semester fee of EUR 291,90 (as of summer semester 2024)
Tuition Fee
In addition to the semester fee, there may be tuition fees for studying.
Please refer to this document under §5
You can check for scholarships here
Preparatory courses for the entrance exam
Nebenfach Musiktheorie und Gehörbildung
The Center for Music Theory offers preparatory courses for the entrance exam in music theory/aural training (minor subject) at the HfMDD.
Music Theory/Aural Training:
Written test with music theory (approx. 30 min.) and ear training (approx. 30 min.) components to demonstrate the following skills:
- Basic knowledge of General Music Theory (keys, scales, intervals, triads, four-part chords and inversions),
- application of basic knowledge of general music theory and harmony (analyzing and writing simple endings and fundamentals of the basso continuo),
- aural grasp of intervals, scales, triads, four-part chords, inversions, melodies, rhythms, instruments.
The written test will take place each day at around 17:00. You can download sample exams here:
Klausur Musiktheorie PDF
Klausur Gehörbildung PDF
Für Bachelor Jazz/Rock/Pop, Chordirigieren und Komposition gelten andere Prüfungsbedingungen, diese finden Sie auf den Aufnahmebedingungs-Seiten des jeweiligen Faches.
Questions regarding application procedures and study planning will be answered by the staff of the Student Secretariat.