The course is intended as an advanced course in electroacoustic music for musicians, composers, artists and engineers. The one-year course also provides good preparation for the master’s programme in Sonology for students with a bachelor’s degree in a subject other than Sonology. During this course you can make your own choice from the range of subjects offered. Admission to the course is determined on the basis of a portfolio and a motivation letter. There is no live entrance exam. The one-year Sonology course is not a degree programme and students are therefore not entitled to Dutch student finance or a student travel product.

Sonology

Sonology is the field of study involving experimentation with electroacoustic music, computer music and sound art. Instead of composing with sounds, as is generally the case in music, in sonology the sound itself is composed in such a way that it gives expression to musical form. This can take place on the basis of the physical principles of sound, on the basis of perception or on the basis of purely compositional ideas.

The Institute of Sonology adopts a clear stance in terms of the use of technology in music: we believe that technology is not merely an adjunct to the existing music practice, but should be used primarily to explore new forms of composition and public presentation of music and art. At the same time, Sonology is not bound by any stylistic dogmas.

The Institute of Sonology has an extensive network of partners that includes the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in Paris, the Netherlands Music Institute (NMI), Willem Twee Studios in Den Bosch, Studio LOOS in The Hague, the Sonic Acts festival, the Technische Universität Berlin and the Game of Life Foundation in The Hague.