Post-Graduate Course in Music Education
Music is incredibly important for children's development, according to an increasing number of studies. Music lessons enrich education and foster equality. That is why many primary schools in the Netherlands give music a structural place in the curriculum, often in collaboration with music schools, arts centres and municipalities. This development requires many highly trained music teachers.
The post-graduate course in Music Education is a certified programme of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam intended for professional musicians who want to further develop their skills to be able to teach music in primary education at a high level. The course takes one year, is designed according to the SLO curriculum framework for music and is very practice-oriented.
Based on your own instrument and your work experience, you will receive a comprehensive teaching programme so that you can work in primary education (grades 1 - 8). The training is genre-free and focused on working with a continuous learning curve using various musical domains. The approach is practice-oriented, because both the theoretical subjects and the instrumental and practical subjects are directly applied in the internship lessons. Lessons are also given by various experts from home and abroad.
The curriculum is designed to:
- acquire knowledge and skills to teach music lessons in primary education from a continuous learning curve
- apply different methods and didactical work forms
- learn to work from a culturally sensitive perspective consistent with a metropolitan context
- be able to work within the elementary school
- be able to communicate adequately and cooperate inside and outside the school
- be able to work with heterogeneous groups of children outside school
- be able to work on your personal learning goals
At the end of the course you will receive a certificate Music education for primary education from CPION.
The course starts on 2 September, 2025.
Duration: 32 weeks of classes plus 20 weeks of internship
Study load: lesson hours: 105; internship classes: 40 hours and 4-8 hours per week for self-study and internship preparation
Class day: Tuesdays between 9.00-14.00h
Tuition fee: € 3750,- (2025-2026 academic year)
Language: this course is taught in Dutch
Possible fields of work
After the course you can work in primary education. You also have the skills to work outside school with large heterogeneous groups of children.