Pop course

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The pop course is a training course for rock , pop and jazz musicians (“popular music contact course”) at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . Since autumn 2008 it has been called Eventim Popkurs .

history

The pop course was founded in 1982 as a "model experiment for popular music" and was the first course of its kind in Germany. In addition to the then President of the Hochschule Hermann Rauhe, numerous stage artists such as Konstantin Wecker and Peter Maffay , but also songwriters such as Ernst Bader or Walter Brandin and composers such as Herb Geller or Dieter Glawischnig were involved in the establishment . In 1994, the popular music pilot project was renamed Popkurs . The pop course is aimed specifically at artists who, in addition to their authorship, are also active on the stage.

Admission procedure and course schedule

Applicants must submit a resume and recordings of their songs. A panel of lecturers makes a pre-selection from this. A live exam then decides on participation.

The pop course itself comprises two courses of three weeks each, in which the participants acquire background knowledge in addition to songwriting , music theory , singing and instrumental lessons and stage presentations - e.g. B. on music production , GEMA and GVL , artists' social welfare fund , music and contract law . The aim is to equip the participants with the most comprehensive equipment possible for their future life as professional musicians. Each year ends with a public final concert to which representatives from the music and music industry are invited.

Katja Bottenberg is the manager.

Current and former lecturers (selection)

Guest lecturers (selection)

Successful graduates

Bands and artists in which pop course graduates play a key role

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.caethe.com/ Cäthe - I don't have to do anything - Official website

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