Organ Art and Organ Building I
Study programme: | University certificate |
Target groups: | a) Professional organ builders b) Professional organists, church musicians and organ experts |
Duration: | 2 semesters (15 ECTS) |
Start of programme: | from October 2024 |
Degree: | Certificate |
Costs: | 1,800.00 € (plus costs for excursions, etc.) |
Form of study: | Part-time; in block courses, mainly at weekends |
Learning/teaching formats: | Group lessons, seminars, excursions |
Statutes for the acquisition of the university certificates "Organ Art and Organ Building I and II" (only in German) |
The "Organ Art and Organ Building I" certificate programme focuses on the acquisition of skills and abilities that form a bridge between the craft and the academic study of organ building at both national and international level. The aims of the programme are the development of discourse skills, the further development of levels of perception and the improvement of competence in sound production (intonation) in organ building.
Contents are:
- Intonation - disposition - sound patterns (historical and new)
- Historical organ - organ of the future
- Organ building requirements (for organists)
- Musical requirements (for organ builders)
- Communication and presentation of organ building and sound technology topics
Cooperation partner at the course level is the organ builder Klais from Bonn.