Senate
The Senate is one of the central organs of the university and consists of 15 members. It decides on matters of fundamental importance for teaching and research, in particular on the establishment, modification and cancellation of study programmes. It shall give its opinion on the proposals of the Appointment Committees for the appointment of professors. In addition, the Senate decides on proposals for the appointment of honorary professors and on the granting of dignity to an honorary member of the university, an honorary senator or an honorary citizen.
Members by virtue of office
President (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wünsch
President | Vice Chairman of the Academy of Music
Chancellor
Roland Ulsamer
Chancellor
Members by election
Department I (Vocal Performance/Opera School | Conducting)
Prof. Alexandra Coku
Vocal Performance
Department II (Piano) (Vice-Chair)
Prof. Silke-Thora Matthies
piano | vice chairwoman of the Musical Academy
Department III (Strings)
Prof. Nimrod Guez
Viola | deputy speaker of the string instruments section
Deputy
Prof. Niklas Eppinger
Violoncello | Section Speaker String Instruments
Department IV (Woodwinds | Brass Instruments)
Prof. Stefan Albers
Flute
Department V (Jazz | Percussion)
Prof. Bernhard Pichl
Jazz Piano | Jazz History
Deputy
Prof. Marko Lackner
Big Band | Big Band Director
Department VI (Solo Organ/Church Music | Historical Instruments | Composition/Music Theory)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Henzel
Historical Musicology | Division Speaker Musicology/Musician Medicine
Deputy
Prof. Almut Gatz
Music Theory | Section Speaker Composition/Music Theory
Department VII (Music Education | Musicology)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Henzel
Historical Musicology | Division Speaker Musicology/Musician Medicine
Deputy
Prof. Tobias Usbeck
School Practical Piano Playing | Section Speaker Music Pedagogy
Department VIII (Chamber Music | Liedbegleitung/Korrepetition | Guitar | Akkordeon | Harp)
Prof. Jürgen Ruck
Guitar | Dean of Studies | Specialist group spokesperson Guitar
Artistic assistants | Lecturers
Markus Sotirianos
Music theory
Deputy
Stefan Fuchs
Baroque cello
Other Employees
Andreas Herold
Head of stage equipment
Women's Representative
Daniela Hasenhündl
Elementary Music Education | Women's Representative
Student Representation
Viviane Hammermüller
Student council | Representation in Senate and University Council
Vinzenz Wolpold
Student council | Representation in Senate and University Council
Advisory members
Prof. Dr. Andreas C. Lehmann
Vice President | Systematic Musicology
Prof. Rudolf Ramming
Vice President | Piano
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sammer
Music Pedagogy (School Music Teaching) | Dean of Studies
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