German Research Institutions

Rostock College of Music and Drama offers training courses in artistic and teaching professions that are in demand around the world. The college offers over 30 courses of study in the fields of music, voice, drama, music and theatre education, music teaching for general-education schools and musicology. Students benefit from a high level of personal supervision and opportunities for direct, uncomplicated exchange of ideas with their peers. With over 300 public events each year, the university not only provides its students and teaching staff with abundant performance opportunities, but also enriches the cultural life of the Hanseatic City of Rostock considerably.

The historic building, which was once a Franciscan monastery dating from the mid-thirteenth century, now painstakingly restored, provides the ideal setting for creative and artistic learning and teaching. What is more, the college is also the only music university in Germany in such direct proximity to the sea.

Research

The core research areas of the Institute of Musicology and Music Education are historical musicology, ethnomusicology and music education. Interdisciplinary research topics are investigated in cooperation with the University of Rostock within the DFG Research Training Group “Cultural Contact and Scientific Discourse”.