Admission to Church Music, Bachelor's Level

The admission test consists of five parts:

1. ORGAN
You will perform:

• two shorter pieces of different character.
• two optional chorales from the Church of Sweden's chorale book part 1. You must also sing along.
• one or two chorales a prima vista.
• ten minutes before the exam, you will receive an additional chorale to prepare.
• as an optional task, you may improvise a prelude to the chorale you receive before the exam. The improvisation will be assessed separately from the other liturgical playing.
• bring two copies of a repertoire list that includes ten representative organ works from different eras.

Download repertoire list (PDF 101,4 kB, new tab)

2. PIANO
You will perform:

• two optional classical piano pieces.
• an a prima vista task.
• you will receive a selection of notated melodies to choose from. You must select one melody with a completed chord analysis and one without, which you will harmonise yourself. Then, you will play both melodies – with chords and melody. You have 20 minutes to prepare the task.

3. SINGING
You will perform:

• two songs of different character with an piano accompanist. An accompanist will be available at the exam, but you may also bring your own.
• one or two hymns from the Hymn Book (1-325) a prima vista, without accompaniment. The hymns will be selected from a list you receive along with the exam invitation.

4. CHORAL CONDUCTING

• Before the exam, you will submit two freely chosen choral pieces (a cappella, mixed choir, 3-5 voices) that you like and would like to rehearse with the choir during the exam.
• In the invitation, you will receive a compulsory piece that the choir already knows. Therefore, during the exam, you will not rehearse this piece with the choir, but only conduct it.

5. MUSIC THEORY

Harmony

• You will harmonise a simple chorale melody in four parts.
• You will create an upper or lower voice for a simple melody that is provided with chord symbols.
• You will perform a harmonic analysis of a given example using functional symbols (T, Sp, etc.).

Ear Training

• The exam will assess your ability to transcribe heard music into notation.
• In the melody tasks, you will note the played tones that are missing in the notation. Rhythm and pitch range are given.
• In the rhythm tasks, you will note the rhythm.
• In the chord tasks, you will complete the chord progressions by selecting one of the chord options presented in a box.

Send choral scores and other sheet music (if you wish to have an accompanist for your solo songs) by regular post so that we receive them no later than 23 February 2025.

Malmö Academy of Music
Box 8203
200 41 Malmö

Mark the envelope 'Admission Church Music' and your name.