Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

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Musical Performance and Education, study option: Eurhythmics (RHY)

Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Music
Regular course length: 8 semesters

1. Course content
   Studying Eurhythmics at the HMTMH offers you a special combination of two main subjects: an intensive artistic-pedagogical training both in the main subject Eurhythmics (RHY) and in the freely chosen instrumental/vocal main subject.
   
   In the main subject Eurhythmics, the students experiment with possible connections and interactions between music and movement, often also with other forms of expression such as fine arts - it is an interdisciplinary educational and artistic subject.
   The high proportion of movement and dance is a special feature within the music education courses at the HMTMH.
   On the one hand, the students receive a well-founded education in all practical and theoretical parts of the Eurhythmics studies, on the other hand, they have the opportunity to further develop their own creativity through diverse possibilities of improvisation and design and, among other things, to contribute in different performance formats.
   
   Specific contents of the Eurhythmics studies include:
   
   
   • Music and movement/Eurhythmics in practice and in performance
   • Movement/Dance
   • Percussion/Body percussion
   • Perception - Interaction - Improvisation
   • Integrative physical training and functional anatomy/physiology
   • Teaching practice (with various target and age groups)
   • Theory and didactics of Eurhythmics and the main instrumental/vocal subject
   • Voice training for children
   • Speak
   
   Further content:
   
   
   • instrumental/vocal main subject
   • Music pedagogical, didactic, scientific and theoretical modules
   The Eurhythmics studies are practical: own teaching experiments with joint teaching reflection prepare for later teaching activities. We work closely with partner day-care centers and elementary schools and offer additional teaching practice groups with changing target groups (adults, seniors, parent-child courses, etc.).

 

2. Who is the course aimed at?
   The course of study is directed towards people
   
   • who want to combine an artistic degree with a well-founded pedagogical training.
   • who are enthusiastic about both music and movement and are interested in interdisciplinary projects.
   • who are seeking to follow a diverse and flexible career in performance and education.
   • who desire a music and movement pedagogical education that is as demanding as it is diverse.
     
     
3. Requirements for admission
   
   • Successful completion of the acceptance procedure / admission examination
   • A school leaving certificate of at least lower secondary level (e.g. sufficiently good GCSEs)
     
     
4. Career outlook
   The Eurhythmics degree enables graduates to work professionally as Eurhythmics/music and movement educators for all age groups and target groups, as well as instrumental or vocal educators up to intermediate level. You can work as a teacher at music schools, gymnastics or dance schools, in educational and care facilities for people of all ages (e.g. general education schools, daycare centers, retirement homes, facilities for people with disabilities), in the field of music education / concert pedagogy; in training centers for social workers, educators, actors or dancers. The artistic expertise of the graduates lies in the design of interdisciplinary performances, sometimes in collaboration with artists from other disciplines.