Welcome to the Bavarian Music Academy in the beautiful Allgaeu region!

21.04.2009

About 150 courses and seminars a year are held in the Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf for musicians of all kinds. All courses are organized by the Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf in partnership with the association listed and are divided into "open" courses (anyone interested can apply to take part) and "closed" courses (these courses are intended for particular groups of participants).

The Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf is a centre where Bavarian musicians of all ages and from every branch of musical activity can meet together and make music. Musical groups, societies and associations can come here to hold their conferences, seminars, courses and rehearsals. In addition, further education courses for multipliers in the vocal and instrumental field take place in the Academy as well as certificated training courses for amateur conductors in accordance with the regulations set by the Bavarian Music Council. In addition to the courses offered by the different music associations, the Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf offers a number of courses of its own.

The Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf is run under the auspices of its supporting organization, the Bavarian Music Council.


The following working rooms are available:

- Rehearsal and concert hall (130 m2 stage, 350 seat auditorium) 2 grand pianos, organ, sound studio
- Foyer (185 m2) with piano
- Hall (180 m2) with grand piano and sound studio
- 8 seminar rooms (16-95 m2) with grand or upright pianos
- 8 practise rooms(4-12 m2) with upright pianos
- sound archive (approx. 6000 LPs cassettes and CDs)
- Library (books, music, choirbooks)
      
The Academy has 40 bedrooms, all with en-suite shower and wc:
32 double rooms, 15 of which can be used as 3-bed rooms
5 single rooms with telephone
3 staff apartments(2 rooms) with telephone

In addition to dining rooms for 100 people, there are:
a beer cellar, beer garden, bowling alley, table tennis, a sauna and a fitness room.

The cost for accomodation and meals is 30 Euro per person and day.

In order to carry out its work, the academy is equipped with a large number and variety of instruments. In the main, these are instruments which the course participants would not normally bring with them. In additon to keyboard and percussion instruments, there are Renaissance and Baroque instruments, brass, plucked and folk music instruments and synthesizers. A well-equipped studio is available for sound and visual recordings.


The governing board of the Bavarian Music Academy Marktoberdorf is made up of representatives of the sponsoring bodies and the supporting organization:      
-     Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts
-     Bavarian State Ministry for Finance
-     Regional Parliament of Swabia
-     Regional Parliament of Upper Bavaria
-     Administrative District of East Allgäu
-     Town of Marktoberdorf
-     Bavarian Music Council