Instrumental Studies

1. You’re preparing your final degree recital. How do you put the programme together?

2. What does your daily work with your instrument look like?

3. You’re working on a piece that has many well-known recordings. How do you shape your interpretation?

4. Classes, seminars and discussions about interpretation will be in English, and you’ll make music with people from many countries. How does that sound?

5. How do you deal with nerves before a performance?

6. You’re playing in a chamber group and disagree with a fellow musician about the tempo of one passage. What do you do?

7. How do you feel about repertoire outside the standard canon – contemporary music or rarely performed works?

8. How do you think about your career in music after graduating?

9. After many hours of practice, your hand or back starts to hurt. How do you react?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Instrumental Studies?