Elementary music education - Part-time continuing education

Course in six phases with final examination

The course is aimed at instrumental and vocal teachers, church musicians, music teachers at general education schools and teachers from other musically/pedagogically oriented professional fields who would like to gain an additional qualification to teach at their respective institution in the field of elementary music practice. 

Contents:

Building on all phases, the areas of artistic practice, subject-specific didactics and teaching practice are closely interlinked and related to each other

Artistic practice

- Movement/Dance

- Voice: voice training, speech training, singing

- Percussion, elementary instrumental playing

- Elementary music practice (combination of expressive media)

Teaching practice

- Conception and planning, design and reflection of lessons

- Application and implementation in the relevant fields of practice 

(Elementary music practice with different EMP target groups)

Subject knowledge, didactics, methodology

- Aims and content of EMP

- EMP working methods

- Teaching and learning in groups, dealing with heterogeneity

- Practical material (textbooks, songbooks, other teaching material, etc.)

- Academic literature and its relevance for practice

- Practical music theory (EMP-specific arranging, subject-specific practical music theory)

Teaching team:	Ulrike Tiedemann, Professor of Music Education with a focus on Elementary Music Education at the Mainz University of Music (Director) Janika Löttgen, lecturer in elementary music education at the Mainz University of Music Werner Beidinger, Professor at the Institute for Music and Music Education at the University of Potsdam Thomas Holland-Moritz, Professor at the Institute of Music at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences for the “Singing with Children” course Cosima Viellehner, Lecturer in Elementary Music Education at the Mainz University of Music Anne Melzer, lecturer in music theory at the Mainz University of Music. Lecturer in the course ‘Fundamentals of EMP’ at the Bundesakademie Trossingen Nicole Schmidt, deputy Head of School at the Pfronten Singing and Music School. Lecturer in the course ‘Fundamentals of EMP’ at the Bundesakademie Trossingen Christoph Utz, Director of the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Music School and Chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Association of Music Schools
Number of participants:	approx. 20
Course start:	14:30 each
Course end:	16:00 approximative
Note on date:	75.25.1 - 12.12. to 14.12.2025 75.25.2 - 22.02. to 26.02.2026 75.25.3 - 09.06. to 14.06.2026 75.25.4 - 11.11. to 14.11.2026 75.25.5 - 21.02. to 25.02.2027 75.25.6 - 23.04. to 25.04.2027
Fees:	meals and accommodation for the individual phases in a single room 215 € / 570 € / 570 € / 570 € / 215 € in double room 195 € / 530 € / 530 € / 530 € / 195 €
Notes on registration:	Registration takes place via the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz.

This course is recognised by the Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz under Az. MA.7525 as serving official interests.