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In order to adapt to the ever-changing world of careers in the music industry, the Haute école de musique de Genève offers numerous training programmes that lead to the title of Master of Arts.
The HEM’s Master’s courses give students a route into their future professional life. These programmes are therefore oriented towards making the students autonomous, gradually leading them to take charge of their own artistic project. That being said, the students are not isolated in their artistic work and their thinking: throughout their studies, they form an integral part of an artistic community and a research community, taking part in a host of artistic productions and research projects run by the school. The HEM’s Master’s programmes are spread among five courses.
All of the Master of Arts courses are organised in the same way, with modules, except for the Master’s in ethnomusicology. Each study plan comprises three modules in the first and second years, for a total of 120 ECTS credits:
The Master’s studies culminate in a presentation of the Master’s project. The presentation summarizes the competencies acquired in all the course modules. It takes the form of an artistic project (one or more recitals for performers, creation of works for composers, etc.), accompanied by a theoretical work.
As with dancing or sport, it is only through constant practice that musicians can make progress in their mastery of an instrument. The HEM’s Master’s programme is therefore primarily intended to be a full-time activity. In exceptional cases, however, the HEM may arrange for part-time studies to be undertaken.