Guitar | classical specialisation

This programme is aimed at students who want to work as professional guitarists in today's multifaceted music world. It gives you the opportunity to deepen your technical and artistic skills, both as a soloist and in ensembles with other guitarists and instrumentalists.

The programme includes:

• Instrumental studies
  You will immerse yourself in your main instrument under the guidance of experienced teachers. Through regular individual lessons, masterclasses and group lessons, you develop both technical skills and your artistic expression.
   
• Chamber music
  Chamber music is a central part of the programme, offering you the opportunity to play in smaller ensembles with fellow students while refining your musical sensitivity and communication skills.
   
• Project
  In the project course, you work thematically with instrument-related topics that do not fit within the other courses. Examples of subjects included in the course (the content varies from term to term) are ensemble playing, arranging, instrumental technique, practice methodology, repertoire knowledge, etc.
   
• Music Theory
  You develop your skills in identifying and analysing musical structures, which are fundamental to understanding and interpreting music in depth.
   
• Music and Society
  The courses in 'Music and Society' explore the role and impact of music in various social and cultural contexts.
   
• Music as a profession
  The course 'Music as a Profession' will give you a thorough insight into the professional aspects of the music industry while preparing you for a career as a musician.
   
• Degree project (performing and reflective part)
  The performing part (exam concert) constitutes 75% of your degree project. In the exam concert, your artistic and technical expressiveness is made visible. The reflective part makes up 25% of your thesis. The work is based on your own artistic practice and presented in a format of your choice: written, live or pre-recorded.