Assignments will be released on February 1st every year.
Closing date is April 1st of the correspondent year (based on postmark).

Assignment 1 – Interview

Answer all the following questions in a short video message. The video doesn’t need to be

professional – a recording with a smartphone is completely sufficient.

At the beginning state your name.
– At which point in time is your own music composition finished?
– When is music inventive? Name an example.
– Name one your favorite piece of music and justify your selection.

Max. length of the video: 1 minute. Format: MP4, MOV

Assignment 2 – Composition

Compose a tonal or musical association to the Word “Wellenbrecher” (word of the year 2021 in Germany) or “Pushback” (monstrous word of the year 2021 in Germany).

Format: mp3 (not less than 160 kbps), wav, aiff, mp4, mov. Length of a piece: max. four minutes. Choice of style and genre is up to the applicant. Possibilities include music pieces, sound collages and experimental works. Describe your ideation- and work process on half an A4 page. This document contains: Did you use your own sound recordings or did you take them from a library? Did you record acoustic instruments, did you use software tools (if so, which ones)? Which methods of (digital) sound composition did you use and why?

Important

Both assignments need to be produced and submitted.

Moreover

In addition to both assignments, also attach to your application folder a wide variety of your own works. Describe your ideation- and work process for each work on half an A4 page. This document contains: Did you use your own sound recordings or did you take them from a library? Did you record acoustic instruments, did you use software tools (if so, which ones)? Which methods of (digital) sound composition did you use and why?

More detailed information about the application process and access to the application tool click on hfm-trossingen.de/bewerbung.