Masterassessment CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE LEUVEN

Master in Music

Campus Lemmens - academic year 2024-2025

Information about the course of the Master Assessment for international students.

You want to register for the Master Assessment in Music at LUCA Music for the Classical Performance Programme as an international master student (not part of the Erasmus Programme). On the previous page you already found the date of the deadline for online registration for this test and the date when you are expected on campus. On this page you will find more info on what this test entails and how it will proceed.

Part 1 - ONLINE* 

Written motivation

Upon registration, you will receive a link to the online environment where you will find instructions for this. In a short text you clarify your motivation for the chosen programme.

Artistic test 
 

As an instrumentalist or singer, you will perform a number of compositions in a variety of styles representative of your technical and musical abilities. We expect this at least at a Bachelor diploma level. Below is the required program for each instrument.

Accordion

3 works of your choice.

Carillon

3 works of your choice.

Camber Music minimum 20 minutes of repertoire, with the formation with which you will start the Master Chamber Music.

Recorder

3 works of your choice in contrasting style.

Guitar

3 works from different stylistic periods including at least 1 étude (Villa Lobos level).

Harp

3 works of your choice including 1 étude and 1 Baroque and/or Romantic work.

Wood Winds/Brass/
Saxophone

3 works from different style periods including 1 étude.

Organ

3 works including minimum 1 work by J.S.Bach (or other Baroque composer) and min. 1 work from later style period (19th, 20th or 21st century).

Piano

1 fast etude of your choice, 1 polyphonic work by Johann Sebastian Bach (e.g. Prelude and fugue, three-part invention, etc.), a fast movement in sonata form by J.Haydn, W.A.Mozart or L.van Beethoven and 1 work of your choice.

Percussion

1 work for classical or rudimental small drum (e.g. Delécluse, Coutelier, Markovich, Wilcoxon).

1 work for four-pole melodic percussion (marimba or vibraphone)

1 work for timpani or drums or set-up of your choice.

Strings

3 works from different style periods.

Voice

Minimum 4 works (arias, songs) from different style periods in at least 2 different languages (choose from Italian, German, French, Spanish, English or Latin) and preferably from memory.

The test will be judged by the teaching staff of your instrument.

You must upload a video with the programme from the list above. Please, upload one video (in one take) through the online environment. 

PART 2 - ONLINE*

Interview 

A brief interview will assess your motivation and personal ambitions.
This interview will be held online. The info and platform will be sent beforehand.

*The Master Assessment for international students (i.e. people living outside of Belgium) consists of a written motivation, an artistic test and an online interview. Belgian candidates will do part 1 online consiting of the wirtten motivation and part 2 on campus consisting of the artistic test and the  interview. 

RESULTS

Within a week of the test, you will be notified of the results of the Master Assessment.

DATES

  • Deadline part 1:  07.02.24. Interview (part 2) on February 15th 2024
  • Deadline part 1: 24.06.24. Interview (part 2) on June 27th 2024
  • Deadline part 1: 30.08.24. Interview (part 2) on August 29th 2024

A detailed schedule of the interview will be sent to you by email a few days before the Assessment (Part 2).

CONTACT

The Master Assessment consists of several parts. You will receive a link to the online admission test by email after your registration and go through the different parts. After that, you will receive an invitation for the additional interview with teachers and/or possibly a practical test on campus.

ADMIN - LUCA School of Arts Campus Lemmens Leuven

Lemmensberg 2 
3000 Leuven

bart.vandevoorde@luca‐arts.be

For questions about studying in Belgium as a foreign student or scholarships, contact: diana.solomonidou@luca-arts.be