Master's Degree Programme
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam offers a two-year master's programme focused on continued development of the student's principal study, the aim being to train and produce versatile musicians of the highest level, whether they be performers and/or composers.
With a highly varied study programme, students have every opportunity to prepare themselves for professional careers. They are able to combine flexibility and a broad approach with complete mastery of their own particular area of study, receiving optimum guidance that fully enhances their own talents and qualities.
The master's programme maintains a careful balance between knowledge and capability on the one hand and thought and practice on the other. Students completing the course combine full mastery of their instrument with critical reflection and artistic originality.
For the master's programme the conservatorium works in close association with other leading academic programmes. The Jazz Department, for instance, has concluded an agreement with Manhattan School of Music, New York. In addition the conservatorium is unique in the country in that, in association with the chair group of the University of Amsterdam, it also offers the Master of Arts programme in music theory. Students on the master's programme can also attend lectures and working groups at the University of Amsterdam in certain subjects.
