TY - JOUR

T1 - Not without music business. The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany

AU - Wickström, David-Emil

AU - Lücke, Martin

AU - Jóri, Anita

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - This article discusses the higher education of musicians and music industry workerswithin the field of Popular Music in Germany. For a successful education, which en-ables a long-term sustainable career within the music industry, we argue that stu-dents need both artistic as well as entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. The last 15years have seen the introduction of new degree programs with a strong focus onpractical skills by giving their students a good knowledge of the music industry anda broad network to draw on as well as by encouraging creativity. This is in partdone through cooperation with actors in the industry – be it through the teachers,the teaching projects or through tours and artistic collaborations with bands. Thisarticle demonstrates this approach through two case studies – one artistic (Popa-kademie Baden-Württemberg) and one music business (Macromedia University ofApplied Sciences). The article also lists the current artistic and business-oriented de-gree programs at state-funded as well as private universities to give an overview ofthe available degree programs.

AB - This article discusses the higher education of musicians and music industry workerswithin the field of Popular Music in Germany. For a successful education, which en-ables a long-term sustainable career within the music industry, we argue that stu-dents need both artistic as well as entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. The last 15years have seen the introduction of new degree programs with a strong focus onpractical skills by giving their students a good knowledge of the music industry anda broad network to draw on as well as by encouraging creativity. This is in partdone through cooperation with actors in the industry – be it through the teachers,the teaching projects or through tours and artistic collaborations with bands. Thisarticle demonstrates this approach through two case studies – one artistic (Popa-kademie Baden-Württemberg) and one music business (Macromedia University ofApplied Sciences). The article also lists the current artistic and business-oriented de-gree programs at state-funded as well as private universities to give an overview ofthe available degree programs.

KW - Music education

KW - Music industry

KW - popular music

KW - higher education

KW - state-funded and private university

KW - Germany

KW - artistic education

KW - music management

KW - pop music design

UR - https://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/volume-4-no-1-april-2015-not-without-music-business.pdf

UR - https://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/volume-4-no-1-april-2015-final1.pdf

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 4

SP - 55

EP - 89

JO - International Journal of Music Business Research

JF - International Journal of Music Business Research

SN - 2227-5789

IS - 1

ER -