This is a multifaceted degree programme in which repertoire ranging from the seventeenth- to the nineteenth-century style periods is taught, incorporating as many aspects of the profession as possible:

• individual private lessons given by a two-teacher team (technique, études, repertoire from the various periods from an historically informed performance practice perspective)
• regular group lessons
• methodology (teaching)
• chamber music and ensembles taught by various teachers
• orchestral repertoire, orchestra class and participation in orchestra projects
• the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra class is held once a week under the guidance of various teachers, giving participants a chance to work on concertos for violin/viola and orchestra, in addition to other opportunities.
• regular evening group recitals
• coaching
• participation in masterclasses
• lectures
• attending the rehearsals and concerts of acclaimed orchestras and ensembles

Admission requirements
Audition candidates will be selected on the basis of a video recording to be submitted digitally via the application form. Recordings must be received by February 1st at the latest. The video repertoire consists of a diverse selection from the required audition repertoire of maximum 15 minutes.

Audition repertoire
One etude and two pieces from different style periods

Examples:

• Francesco Geminiani - The ‘Compositione’ from The Art of Playing on the Violin, op.9
• Pietro Locatelli - Caprices from L’Arte del violino, op.3
• Louis Gabriel Guillmain - Douze Caprices pour le violon seul, op.18
• Etudes and caprices by Kreutzer, Rode, Dont, Gaviniès
• Alessandro Rolla - 24 Intonazioni
• Paganini - 24 Capricci, op.1

After the two-year course, students will be ready to enter the professional music world at the highest level. The student will acquire the in-depth knowledge intended in the master level degree programme by choosing to study a particular area of repertoire which will be examined in a more profound and comprehensive way than is possible during the bachelor's degree programme.

Admission requirements
Audition candidates will be selected on the basis of a video recording to be submitted digitally via the application form. Recordings must be received by February 1st at the latest.The video repertoire consists of a diverse selection from the required audition repertoire of maximum 15 minutes.

Audition repertoire

1. The candidate will perform a programme which may not exceed 30 minutes.
2. The candidate must submit a list of repertoire with a proposed programme for the entrance examination to the CvA study secretariat before 15 February. This programme will include a variety of musical styles. The admissions committee will evaluate the proposed programme and make any necessary changes. Entrance-examination requirements:

• a movement from a solo sonata by Bach or Roman
• a movement from a solo sonata by J.M. Leclair, op. 9 book 4
• a movement from a sonata by e.g. Tartini, Locatelli, Cambini or Guillemain
• a movement from a sonata by e.g. Mozart, Beethoven or Hummel