Choral conducting

What does the Choral Conducting study programme offer? 

The study programme is taught at a multidisciplinary department, which enables various forms of collaboration between composers and multimedia creators, conductors, choirmasters, opera directors and audio engineers. There is a team of top experts with many years of experience that ensures the studies, at the end of which the listener should be a sought-after expert in various areas of vocal music. 

What skills will a graduate of the Choral Conducting programme acquire? 

Such graduate should be able to study and perform works intended for different types of choirs (children, youth, women, men and mixed), with his or her own artistic opinion, shaped by the graduate’s knowledge of the specifics of different stylistic periods. 

 How is Choral - Conducting taught? 

Unlike many higher education institutions, the Choral Conducting specialisation is taught separately at JAMU, i.e. not together with Orchestral Conducting, in order to provide the deepest possible insight into individual issues. This allows listeners to fully engage with the practice choir and other ensembles, attend courses focused on the discipline, and thus cover a greater amount of choral repertoire. However, they also have the option of studying a “neighbour” field for up to two years.

What is the employability of a JAMU graduate of Choral Conducting?

  • conductor of a chamber, symphony, theatre orchestra or other instrumental group;
  • music director for music recording in radio, television, on CDs, etc.;
  • artistic director of musical theatre, orchestra or a choir;
  • music manager (organisation of music festivals, agency work, etc.);
  • media worker (music editorial staff);
  • music dramaturge of theatres of all types and cultural institutions, art ensembles, art agencies, festivals, etc.;
  • teacher at all levels of music education (primary art school, conservatory, university) and in various subjects (composition, composition theory, music theory, music history, etc.).

Completed secondary education, finished with a school-leaving (Matura) examination. Applicants must demonstrate an exceptional level of skills in their specialisation in a practical exam. The practical exam aims to determine the professional and especially artistic qualification for studies in the chosen specialisation of the given study programme.

Specialisations: Orchestral - Conducting, Choral - Conducting, Voice, Opera Direction

The entrance examination takes the form of written tests, an interview and a practical skills examination.

Field of study specification
Code DIRSBOR
Type Non-follow-up Master’s study programme
Degree MgA.
Length of studies 5 Years
Field of study guaranteed by Faculty Of Music
Accreditation
M0215A310003 Opdir:M5 Conducting, Voice and Opera Directing
Accredited until 14. 02. 2030