Master's Degree in Extended Music Education

The part-time training course "Music Digital" and the Master's programme "Master of Extended Music Education" (MEME) are aimed at interested parties from the professional fields of music education, music mediation and freelance musicians. Both the Master's programme and the part-time training course invite students to expand their knowledge and skills in the areas of digital technologies and digital performance, to reflect on their artistic and pedagogical self-image in the context of digital media, and to explore their own professional practice with regard to the opportunities and possibilities associated with digitization. Building on artistic-pedagogical studies, it offers a flexible framework for individual and independent study design with intensive practical relevance.

The Trossingen University of Music with its State Center MUSIC-DESIGN-PERFORMANCE and the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education Trossingen jointly offer the part-time continuing education course MEME. The modules KSP, which are intended for Master students, as well as the scientific sub-modules are offered at the Trossingen University of Music, and the other modules, which are also part of the part-time course "Music digital", are offered in cooperation with the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education Trossingen.

The course of study offers an artistic, pedagogical and technological deepening and further development of knowledge, skills and artistic self-conception for professions in the field of music mediation, music pedagogy and freelance musicians with a focus on digital technologies, digital performance and aspects of digitalization. It can be understood as a studio for pedagogical and artistic development projects. Two focal points can be chosen from the areas of institutional music education, school cooperation and institutions of adult education or social institutions, the basis for a focused examination of artistic-practical as well as pedagogical-technological issues.

In the course of study, artistic practice, musicological, pedagogical and technological contents and reflections as well as artistic-pedagogical-technological projects form equally the central pillars for the Master's degree. Accordingly, the teaching staff of the University of Music and the Federal Academy jointly organize the course, content and examinations of the Master's degree programme. The modules artistic focus as well as the scientific module are offered for the Master's degree students. All further modules will be taking place with both parties together: the participants of the training course and the Master's students. 

The programme demands independence, conceptual, pedagogical, artistic and technological competence, flexibility, initiative and communication skills. Essential aspects are critical analysis, understanding of quality and design of concepts. In addition, leadership, teamwork and organizational skills are required.