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CvA Students

1. Upon taking the final examination for the bachelor's degree programme in (a) violin, (b) Baroque violin or (c) bachelor advanced studies in Baroque violin, CvA candidates must have received the distinction 'eligible for acceptance to the master's degree programme'.
2. A plan of study drawn up by the candidate and a follow-up discussion regarding the structure of the plan.

External/Internal Candidates

1. The candidate will perform a programme which may not exceed 30 minutes.
2. The candidate must submit a list of repertoire with a proposed programme for the entrance examination to the CvA Student Registrar Office before 1 April. This programme will include a variety of musical styles. The admissions committee will evaluate the proposed programme and make any necessary changes. Entrance-examination requirements:

• a movement from a solo sonata by Bach or Roman
• a movement from a solo sonata by J.M. Leclair, op. 9 book 4
• a movement from a sonata by e.g. Tartini, Locatelli, Cambini or Guillemain
• a movement from a sonata by e.g. Mozart, Beethoven or Hummel

3. A plan of study drawn up by the candidate and a follow-up discussion regarding the structure of the plan.

Learning ObjectiveAfter the two-year course, students have developed their talents in line with the plan of study. They will then be ready to enter the professional music world at the highest level. The student will acquire the in-depth knowledge intended in the master level degree programme by choosing to study a particular area of repertoire which will be examined in a more profound and comprehensive way than is possible during the bachelor's degree programme.Performance Programme Principal StudyPrincipal subjectBaroque and Classical solo playing and chamber music. Principal private lessons by appointment.Final projectThe student will adopt a more specialized approach to the repertoire of his/her principal study and will undertake research, on which he/she will report, in addition to arranging for the 'critical publication' of unknown repertoire. To be determined by the student himself/herself.Additional instruction in the principal study

• Course in marketing and PR
• chamber music, such as string trios and quartets from the classical period- orchestra practicum (Baroque ensemble)
• introductory courses: basso continuo
• lessons in improvisation

Student activities
Playing, performing, participating in ensembles and projects.

Methods of instruction

Individual lessons, group lessons.

Principal subject 'free space' selection

- early music notation

If students enrol in the performance-academic or the performance-pedagogy programme, the learning objective and curriculum will be tailored to fit the desired course of study in consultation with the teacher and the department head.

Other Subjects

1. Students may choose from a number of master level subjects and additional 'free space' electives.
2. The student will research a particular aspect of early music, such as mensural notation, development of violin technique, rhetoric, etc. At the end of the first year, the student will present the results of this research by giving lectures attended by members of the public and a committee made up of at least three members.

Evaluation
Assessment Following the First Academic Year

1. During concerts given as part of an internship, it will be ascertained whether the student is undergoing the expected development. The performance will not exceed 50 minutes.
2. Presentation of research results in the form of a lecture.
3. At the end of the first year, a discussion regarding the student's progress will take place.

Final Examination

1. The candidate will give a final recital; he/she will present a cohesive programme based on a personal vision. The programme will include an accompanying lecture or written programme notes, or a master level thesis.
2. The final recital must fulfil the following requirements:

• solo sonata by Bach, Pisendel, Geminiani or F.W. Rust
• sonata by Beethoven, Mozart, Hummel or other composer
• chamber-music work from the Viennese Classical or later period
• solo violin concerto by e.g. Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Leclair, Locatelli, or possibly Vivaldi

3. Together, the concert and the lecture will not exceed 90 minutes. The candidate must submit his/her programme no later than 1 March to the Student Registrar Office using the forms provided for that purpose.

The final examination will be evaluated by a committee comprising a representative of the Board of Directors, principal study teachers and an external committe member. Research to be evaluated seperately.

Criteria for Completion

1. Credits to be earned in connection with the final examination: credits in respect of the principal subject. Research/lecture credits will be earned separately.
2. Additional subject credits, as part of the principal study, to be earned.
3. Master level subjects and 'free space' credits to be earned.

Students will be admitted to the final examination only after the credits referred to above in the second and third points of the list of criteria have been earned.