Study programme

At the start of the Master Music, you choose the profile that best suits your artistic ambitions:

• Performer – for performing musicians and conductors who wish to refine their technical and expressive skills.
• Composer – for makers who wish to develop their own musical signature.

Within each profile, you can specialise in Classical, Jazz, Pop, Global Musics, or a combination thereof. Whatever you choose: you build a versatile and sustainable career in the national and international music world.

The Master Music consists of four components that together support your artistic growth:

Your main subject forms the heart of the master's programme. You receive intensive individual lessons and ensemble training from professionals with extensive field experience. In the first year, you conclude with a performance or presentation of your work. In the second year, you demonstrate in a public performance or presentation how you have grown as a musician, composer or conductor.

Artistic Research is an essential part of being an artist. The Master Music places practice-based artistic research at its core. The focus of the research lies on artistic and professional growth, which will strengthen your own practice as a musician, conductor or composer. Conducting artistic research not only enhances your musical knowledge and skills, but also your artistic vision and professional awareness.

Making music and creating together is an important part of the Master Music programme. You become part of an ensemble that suits your musical direction – from symphony orchestra to jazz combo, from tango orchestra to chamber ensemble. If you are already working in a (professional) ensemble, you can include that in the portfolio with which you graduate.

The Master Music programme gives you room to shape your studies in a personal way. You choose lessons, projects and collaborations that align with your learning goals, both within and outside Codarts. For example, you could:

• record an album,
• organise a concert tour,
• participate in (interdisciplinary) projects,
• or contribute to productions within Codarts.