Arranging/Composition, Jazz Specialisation
The Bachelor's programme in Arranging/Composition, Jazz Specialisation, is designed for those who wish to develop their skills in jazz composition and arranging.
The programme aims to provide you with the artistic and technical knowledge required to bring your creative visions to life. Upon completion of the programme, you will have the competence, creativity, and drive necessary to make your music a part of the jazz scene.
This programme provides a solid foundation in areas such as composition, form, harmonisation, chord voicings, and polyphony. Through the electroacoustic music subject, which also serves as an introductory course in recording techniques, you will have access to the Malmö Academy of Music's studios. In addition to jazz, the programme’s stylistic focus, you will also gain a strong understanding of classical techniques such as orchestration and counterpoint.
Teaching is provided in arranging/composition, electroacoustic music, instrumentation, ear training/analysis, counterpoint, piano/ear training, Music and Society, ensemble leadership with conducting, and Music as a Profession, through individual lessons, group lessons, and seminars. Projects and a final degree project are included.
Claus Sörensen, teacher in Big Band, Saxophone and Arrangement/Composition
Staffan Storm, professor of Music Theory and Composition
Daniel Hjorth, university lecturer in Music Theory
Björn-Tryggve Johansson, university lecturer in Music Theory
Magnus Lindén, university lecturer in Piano/Ear training
Samuli Örnströmer, teacher in Conducting
Each year, the students collaborate with various professional ensembles and musicians. Previous collaborations include Monday Night Big Band, Norrbotten Big Band, and Danmarks Radio Big Band, among others. Students also carry out projects together with students from the jazz performance programme at Malmö Academy of Music. Projects are a recurring part of the programme and take place throughout the entire course.
Connect Festival is a contemporary music festival organised by the students.
The Composition Seminar is a forum for aesthetic discussions, analysis, reflection and meetings with visiting professors, composers and musicians from the field of contemporary art music.
The composition studio serves as the programme’s platform for students' creative work in electroacoustic music, live electronics, and experimental studio production.
Every year the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (RSAM) awards national and local scholarships.
Read more about RSAM’s scholarships
Students at Malmö Academy of Music are offered the opportunity to apply for international exchange studies each year—an excellent opportunity to experience new and inspiring study environments, meet new teachers, explore a different cultural scene, and build new connections.
Inter Arts Centre is our platform for electro-acoustic music and a meeting place for collaborations with other art forms such as theatre and the visual arts.
At the end of the programme, students complete a degree project consisting of a performance component and a creative research component with written reflections. For composition students, the degree project is typically based on a composition project but can also include an exam concert if the student chooses to incorporate that alongside their composition work. Upon successful completion of the programme, students are awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music, specialising in Arranging/Composition, Jazz Specialisation.
Quick Facts
Duration
180 ECTS credits / 3 years full-time
Kind of programme
Bachelor Programme in Music
Language of instruction
Swedish
Application period
1 December 2025 – 15 January 2026
Syllabus
Programme Syllabus (PDF 487 kB, new tab)
Entry requirements
General requirements for university studies in Sweden as well as successful entrance tests to the Bachelor’s Programme in Music, Arranging/Composition, Jazz Specialisation. The applicant must also be able to speak, write and read Swedish.
Information about admission
Questions about admission:
admissions [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se
Contact
Joel Wååg
Programme Coordinator
joel [dot] waag [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (joel[dot]waag[at]mhm[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 40 32 54 42