Our postgraduate modules are for those who have already mastered the basics of composing or have completed our compact composition training and want to specialize in one or more styles or as individual artists want to deepen their own artistic handwriting.

In these special offered styles there are even deeper insights and more specific content related to these styles and instrumentations as well as analyses, tips and tricks as well as several supervisions through mentoring, counselling and individual lessons in composing in these styles.

• Style and work analyzes of various pop and rock styles using examples of various well-known artists and bands
• Practical writing exercises for various pop / rock songs and the corresponding arrangements
• Various common arrangements, structures and forms of different styles
• Deeper insights into common harmonies of rock songs and various pop styles such as ballads and electronic productions
• In-depth knowledge of the rock band and pop band as well as electronic components
• Different common and established guitar tracks and keyboard tracks in productions of different styles
• Arrange background vocals
• Brass and string sections for pop / rock music
• Important considerations when writing lyrics
• Personal care and supervision

• Style and work analysis and diverse jazz styles from beginnings to present day
• Practical writing exercises of various jazz styles from beginnings to present day
• Deeper insights into jazz harmony from the beginnings to the present day
• Deepening into the sound of the big band and various common arrangement techniques (movement techniques, instrumentation, form sequences, etc.) of different styles and eras.
• Jazz orchestra arrangements
• Jazz choir arrangements
• Composing and arranging for various jazz combo instrumentations (larger instrumentations up to quartet and trio)
• Personal support and personal supervision

• Analyses of styles and works of various musical genres from the Baroque to the 21st century
• Practical writing exercises of various classical styles
• Deeper arrangement techniques (movement techniques, instrumentation, form sequences, etc.)
• Insights into classical harmony of different epochs
• Vertiefung in den orchestralen Klangkörper von den Anfängen bis in die Moderne und diversen gängigen Stilen und Epochen
• Orchestral arrangements
• Classical choir arrangements
• Composing and arranging for various classical instrumentations and individual instruments (larger instrumentations to smaller ones such as string quartet and piano compositions, solo violins, compositions etc.)
• Personal support and personal supervision

• Style and work analyses of various styles found in film music, from orchestral neoclassical music to electronic music.
• Study of common musical stylistic devices and sounds for the creation of different emotions such as tension, sadness, action, joy, fear, taking into account the tonal use of different frequencies and sounds.
• Practical writing exercises of various film music of common styles
• Synchronization of visual material with self-composed music
• Arrangement techniques for orchestral film music (movement techniques, instrumentation, form sequences, etc.) - Insights into classical harmony theory for basics commonly found in film music as well as pop/rock
• Electronic basics such as the use of synthesizers
• Appropriate search for motif melodies based on analysis of the character of the film material
• Composing and arranging for various classical instrumentations and single instruments
• Adaptations of other styles if they evoke associations with the film (e.g. various world music styles if the film touches on the cultures)
• Personal coaching and personal supervision

This advanced module is recommended for those who want to find their own personal way in music or want to develop more individually with their own handwriting.

Here, according to your preferences, strengths, and individual wishes or already existing own style, various musical influences are analyzed together and your knowledge about them is expanded as a basis for your future cross-stylistic compositions.

• Deepening of the instrumentation and arrangement possibilities of your desired instrumentation/sound body
• Refinement and suggestions for expansion in your pieces
• Personal Mentoring and Personal Supervision.

This postgratuated module is recommended for those who have a preference for composing world music or adapting world music, or who play a musical instrument from the world music area and would like to create compositions for it in relation to other musical instruments. This module is also recommended for all composers who are looking for more unknown influences to enrich their existing musical material and inspiration for further compositions.

• Analyses of styles and works of various musical genres of different cultures (according to interest) (among others various Balkan, Oriental, African, Klezmer, Tango, Flamenco, Indian, Latin influences etc.).
• Adaptations with western influences and personal preferences of the participants
• Practical writing exercises for this
• Insights into various modal music concepts and music concepts with microtones
• Modal harmonics
• Polyrhythm
• Odd time signatures
• Exotic scales
• Composing and arranging for instrumentations with western (classical) musical instruments in connection with musical instruments of different cultures
• Composing music of different cultures for western musical instruments
• Personal support and supervision