* Electives

Classical Master Electives

Courses which have less than eight registrations before July 1, will be cancelled.

Each elective can be combined with others so as to create a connected package. The course descriptions below contain suggestions for such combinations under the header 'Related electives'.

Please apply for your master electives through this form. If you want to apply for electives offered by the Jazz Department (Developing Creativity, Freedom and Improvisation, and Reading Black Music), please contact Tatiana Nunes Rosa directly: tatiana.nunesrosa@ahk.nl.

2025-2026

Department	Course	Teacher(s)
Classical Department	Advanced Rhythm	David de Marez Oyens et al.
	As Waters Rise: Musical Storytelling	Kim Spierenburg
	Baroque Dance: Practice and Notation	Rachel Davies-Farr
	Building a Successful Professional Practice	Gerko Tempelman
	Creative Performance Lab	Jorge Isaac, Jaco Benckhuijsen
	Developing Creativity	Sander van Maas
	Early Music Movement - Past, Present, and Future	Mimi Mitchell
	Electronic Music	Jorrit Tamminga
	Freedom and Improvisation	Joris Roelofs
	From Lully to Boulez: Musical Life in Paris through the Centuries	Michel Khalifa
	Generating Music with AI Algorithms	Atser Damsma
	Harmony and Analysis Practicum	Ward Spanjers
	History of the Orchestra	Johannes Leertouwer
	Instrumentation and Classical Arranging	Michael Langemann
	Intercultural Engagements in Music Composition and Performance	Harm Langenkamp
	The Melody Lab	Amit Gur
	Music for an Inclusive Society	Ben Hekkema
	Music on Prescription: The Role of Music in the Well-Being of Patients in Hospitals	Julia Bitter, Iris van Doggenaar
	Music Theatre and Stage Performance	Jorge Isaac, Virag Deszö
	Musical Texture	Amit Gur
	Orchestral Practice and Audition Training	David Peralta
	Patterns of Performance: The Neuroscience of Improving Experts	Beorn Nijenhuis
	Performing Identities	River Adomeit
	Reading Black Music	Walter van de Leur
	The Rhythms of the Night	Victor van der Ven, Carolien Hermans
	The Romantic Style in Theory and Practice	Johannes Leertouwer
	Sources and Resources: From Manuscript to Edition	Andrea Friggi
	Technological Strategies in Composing and Performing	Arnold Marinissen
	Transdisciplinary Approaches: Composing Time & Space	Thanasis Deligiannis
	Tuning and Temperament	Jonas Bisquert, Andrea Friggi, Jorge Isaac, Jorrit Tamminga

Jazz Department	to be decided yet

Students may choose the following courses for individual credits (but NOT) for master elective credits:

Subject	Teacher(s)
Introduction to Advanced Rhythm	Jonas Bisquert, Kristina Fuchs, David de Marez Oyens