HSLU-M offers a Bachelor of Folk Music
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will be offering a complete Bachelor's degree course in folk music from fall 2022. Lecturers include folk music greats such as Markus Flückiger, Andreas Gabriel, Christoph Pfändler and Nadja Räss.
Traditional and modern folk music is not only very popular with the public. In recent years, the demand for music teachers has also grown considerably. The Lucerne School of Music is now increasingly taking this development into account: while students were previously only able to choose a focus on folk music as part of their Bachelor's or Master's degree, from fall 2022 they will have the opportunity to focus their studies entirely on folk music - both instrumental and vocal.
Students choose typical folk music instruments such as the Schwyzerörgeli, dulcimer, accordion and yodel or a folk music-related instrument such as the violin, double bass, clarinet or piano as their main instrument. There will also be practical lessons in impromptu playing, i.e. playing by ear.
More about the study program at: hslu.ch/bachelor-folk-music
