Students can choose from the following four study profiles:
- Improviser*Composer-Performer (IComP)
- Interartistic Music Practice/Elementary Music Making (IMP/EM)
- Music Mediation/Community Music (MV/CM)
- Transmedia Performance (TMP)
The study profiles are interconnected through shared lines of inquiry, particularly the three core pillars: improvisation, inter- and transdisciplinary practice, and community engagement. At the centre of the programme is the development, academic grounding, and realisation of an individual artistic or arts mediation project within the context of one of the four profiles. The resulting master’s thesis may methodologically draw on approaches from artistic research.
Graduates of the master’s programme Contemporary Arts Practice (CAP) work innovatively and intermedially across a range of artistic and societal contexts. They are active in interdisciplinary fields of music, performance, theatre and dance, as well as in music, arts and cultural mediation and community music, often in collaboration with educational, cultural and social institutions.
Facts and figures
| Scope / Duration | 120 ECTS credits / 4 semesters |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Admission prerequisites | Completed bachelor’s degree, successful entrance examination, documentation of German language skills |
| Completion requirements | Project, Master’s thesis, examination |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
Contact: cap-master@mdw.ac.at