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Drei Studierende während einer Performance am Diplomprojekt des Bachelors/Musik und Bewegung.
Diplomprojekt 2023. Bilder HSLU/Priska Ketterer

Bachelor of Arts/Music and Movement Movement-based work with children

The aim of this degree with a professional qualification is to prepare graduates for work with children in the field of music and movement pedagogy. The programme teaches professional skills as well as creative and innovative teaching approaches. It focuses on a holistic, body and movement-centred form of musical instruction for children of all ages and from varied cultural contexts. 

What we offer

Some of the special features that set our courses apart:

  • Free choice of main subject profile (Classical, Jazz, Folk Music)
  • Versatile core areas in Pedagogy and Movement
  • Theory as a specialisation-specific core area
  • One-to-one supervised professional experience at various partner institutions
 

What to expect

Key aspects of the programme include

  • Subject-specific instruction in movement, dance, rhythmics, percussion and improvisation
  • Advanced study of didactics, methodology, professional practice, pedagogy and psychology
  • Weekly one-to-one tuition in the artistic main subject
  • Varied degree project performed together by the year’s graduates
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Picture of the Diploma Project 2021 of the Bachelor of Arts/Music and Movement programme

Intermediary perspectives

A journey from the campus into the cosmos! The diploma project 2021 «zwischenPerspektiven» presented new sonic, visual and emotional perspectives.

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Impressions of the diploma project 2024. Photos HSLU/Priska Ketterer

Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung
Diplomprojekt 2024 des Studiengangs Bachelor of Arts/Musik und Bewegung

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Facts

Degree

Bachelor of Arts 

Specialisation
  • Music and Movement
Field of activity
Admission

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Entrance examinations

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Requirement

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Application deadline

February 28, 2025

Commencement of studies

September 15, 2025

Semester dates

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Language of instruction
  • German
Head of studies/Study coordinator
Study fees

Further information may be found here

Place of study

Luzern-Kriens

Duration of studies

3 years

Time model
  • full-time

Insight into the study programme Music and Movement

The Bachelor's programme in Music and Movement does not focus on individual specialisations such as dance or music, but on the creative combination of different skills and disciplines.

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