For more than 50 years, the JGU School of Music has been engaged in training full-time church musicians. From 1961 to 1967, Dr. Rudolf Walter was the head of the Catholic Church Music division. From 1970, Peter Alexander Stadtmüller was responsible for JGU church music students for many years. In 1997, Gerhard Gnann was appointed organ professor. Since then, he has led up this Church Music / Organ division of the JGU School of Music together with his colleague, Professor Hans-Jürgen Kaiser.
The study and examination regulations have been changed in the last few years. In particular, the program has been opened to students of the evangelical denomination.
At the moment, we offer the following courses: ·
- B. Mus. Church music
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M. Mus. Church music
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M. Mus. Organ playing from sheet music
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M. Mus. Organ improvisation
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post-graduate course concert exam (organ playing with sheet music or improvisation)
Students have the option of majoring in:
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Children's Choir Director (in cooperation with the Mainz Cathedral Choir)
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Gregorianics / Semiotics
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Voice
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Jazz and pop music / New Spiritual Song
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Harpsichord
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and others.
Given the unique situation in Germany that the School of Music is integrated into Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, students can also major in subjects from other disciplines within the university:
- Art History
- Musicology
- Protestant / Catholic Theology.
Division Directors:
Professor Gerhard Gnann (organ score-reading and sight-playing)
Professor Hans-Jürgen Kaiser (organ improvisation)
Other Professors:
Prof. Daniel Beckmann (organ score-reading and sight-playing)
Univ.-Prof. Wolfram Koloseus / apl.-Prof. Christian Rohrbach (orchestral conducting)
Prof. Susanne Rohn (choir conducting)
Other teachers:
Lutz Brenner (organ improvisation)
Thomas Drescher (German liturgy chants)
Tobias Dulisch (Catholic liturgics and theological basics)
Kilian Gottwald (organ building)
Andreas Großmann (score playing/basso continuo)
Christine Pfeifer-Huberich (Gregorian music)
Wolfgang Portugall (score playing/basso continuo)
Scientific and artistic assistant:
Anna Pikulska (organ score-reading and sight-playing, organ stylistics, methodology/didactics of organ playing)
Choir Conducting:
Erik Grevenbrock-Reinhardt