Admission & license

Twice per year the Auditions take place for the education in the professional musician: in January / February and in July. Who passes the Audition, can begin in September with the main study. The entrance in the base study is possible at every semestre beginning, so in March or September.

Admission Procedure Application forms Audition

• Main instrument performance exam
• Ear training exam
• Theory exam

Validity of results

Test examples for the Audition

As a special and cost-free service to those interested in taking the entrance exam, the IMCF has put together example questions from the ear training and theory tests. Simply take part and try them!

Ear training assignments – Sound examples

Here are the examples, as pdf download

Answers to the ear training test, as pdf download

The sound examples are:

Interval dictation:

Interval dictation as download

Scale dictation:

Scale dictation as download

Melody dictation:

Melody dictation as download

Rhythm dictation:

Rhythm dictation as download

Triad inversions:

Triad inversions as download

Seventh chords:

Seventh chords as download

Theory test:

Here are examples from the theoretical part of the the auditions, as download

And here are the answers to the theoretical part of the audition, as download