Organ admission requirements for MA studies
Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.
MAIN SUBJECT:
The two locations of the entrance examination for the academic year 2023/24 are the following:
Old Academy of Music, Bach Room / Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, Gergely Ferenc Hall
- J.S. Bach: one trio sonata BWV 525 – 530 to be chosen by the candidate, to be played from memory
- a chorale received on the spot to be harmonized in J. S. Bach's style
- a piece announced on 2 May 2023
- a 100-120-minute programme covering as many styles as possible and taking the instrument characteristics into consideration. The programme is to be sent to Mr. Zoltán Borzi (borzi.zoltan[at]zeneakademia.hu) until 16 May 2023 the latest.
The pieces to be played will be chosen from the repertoire by a committee, and candidates will be notified about the audition programme until 30 May 2023.
Before the entrance examination the applicants have the opportunity to try the instrument.
General Admission Requirements:
MUSIC THEORY FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE IN PERSON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION:
Written examination:
- Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.
- Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano sonatas.
Exam in general music studies:
- Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification of the genre.
- Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.