Composition / Theory / Sound Design / Sound Engineering
Welcome to the profile Composition / Theory / Sound Design / Sound Engineering! The ZHdK offers Bachelor of Arts in Music (Creative Music Practices; Composition for Film, Theatre and Media), Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy (Analysis and Mediation), and Master of Arts in Composition and Theory (Electroacoustic Composition; Composition for Film, Theatre and Media; Music Theory; Contemporary Composition) programmes in the profile Composition / Theory.
Music studies at the ZHdK take place at one of the largest integrated art colleges in Europe. Students receive dedicated support from highly qualified lecturers and benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure. The flexible and permeable study programme, the networking on the Toni-Areal campus and with the professional world offer optimal conditions for the start of professional and artistic careers.
Degree programmes
Lecturers
- Prof. Felix Baumann, teaches Theory and Composition
- Prof. Andreas Brenner, teaches Theory
- Andreas Brüll, teaches Sound Engineering (Jazz and Pop)
- Kaspar Ewald, teaches Composition for Film and Theatre
- Manu Gerber, teaches Sound Design (linear)
- Daniella Gerszt, teaches Theory
- Rama Gottfried, teaches Electroacoustic Composition
- Lars Heusser, teaches Theory
- Daniel Hug, teaches Sound Design (interactive)
- Prof. Burkhard Kinzler, teaches Theory
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Kocher, teaches Electroacoustic Composition and Theory
- Olav Lervik, teaches Media Composition
- Till Löffler, teaches Composition for Theatre
- Prof. Isabel Mundry, teaches Composition
- Prof. Felix Profos, teaches Komposition
- Niki Reiser, teaches Composition for Film
- Prof. Johannes Schild, teaches Theory and Composition for Film
- Cedric Spindler, teaches Sound Design (interactive)
- Christian Strinning, teaches Theory
- Prof. Germán Toro Pérez, teaches Elektroakustische Komposition
- Prof. Andreas Werner, teaches Sound Engineering (Classical Music)
- Kurt Widorski, teaches Composition and Composition for Film and Theatre
Performance practice and ensembles
Career Center Musik
Network, qualification, information and advice
The Career Center Music offers ZHdK music students a whole host of career-related content, enabling them to embark upon their professional life with success. It acts as the interface between study and career. The focus is on the pooling and contextualization of useful information, on job placement and network services, as well as on a course to acquire complementary skills in professional practice.
Improvisation
Using voice, instruments, alternative instruments and electronics, improvisation raises awareness of communicative strategies and energy flows. It promotes the ability to spontaneously shape musical progressions and to use energy and materials of all kinds constructively.
Events
Music is in the air at the Toni-Areal: ZHdK Musik stages over 600 events every year. Here you will find a selection of the latest concerts and other events.
Sustainability in research and teaching is a top priority at ZHdK. This is why ZHdK offers one of the world's most comprehensive music physiology teaching, consulting, research and continuing education programs. Musicians who are trained in music physiology are healthier, more satisfied and more efficient.
More about Music Physiology at ZHdK
Infrastructure
Students at the ZHdK Musik benefit from an excellent infrastructure, live electronics and multimedia, audio productions with in-house sound engineers, historical instrument collections, an extensive equipment pool for loan and an excellent library.