Children's Conservatory Music Program

Children's Conservatory Music Program

2026-2027 Academic Year Program Details

• Applicants must be between 7 and 14 years of age in the 2026-2027 academic year.
• Applications will be accepted between 2 September and 17 September 2026; the admission examination/auditions will be held on Saturday, 19 September 2026. Enrollment in our Preschool Music Education Program (ages 5-6) is available within the quota without an examination requirement.
• In the Part-Time Children's Conservatory examination/auditions, single-tone, two-tone and three-tone hearing, as well as melody and rhythm repetition, may be asked in order to assess the candidate's musical aptitude. Instrument performance is not mandatory; applicants may present an instrumental or vocal performance if they wish.

For the Part-Time Children's Conservatory Application Form, click here.

For the Part-Time Children's Conservatory Admission Examination Criteria/Guidelines, click here.

- Solfège training is held on Saturdays or Sundays.

- Individual instrument lessons are scheduled on weekday evenings or weekends, at a time convenient for both the student and the instructor. (50-minute individual lesson)

- The online Music Culture course is offered only at the preparatory levels.

Academic Advisors:

Dr. İsmet Aydın - BAU Conservatory Director, Dr. Nail Yavuzoğlu - Head of the Department of Music

Prof. Dr. Hyun Sook Tekin, Prof. Dr. Gönenç Hongur

Purpose

A comprehensive education with a conservatory approach is offered to accompany the formal education of children who reveal their artistic talents at an early age. This education adopts an academic approach that is attentive not only to complete instrumental performance and "musical hearing, reading and writing" skills, but also to the intellectual, social and cognitive development of our children.
Instrument branches (Guitar, Piano, Cello, Violin, Qanun and Bağlama)
Age Group: Ages 7-14, Preschool Music Education: ages 5-6
Duration of Education: 2+8 Levels: Each level covers 14 weeks. Preschool music education: 28 weeks
Weekly Course Hours: 2 class hours of solfège, private instrument lesson (+1 class hour (40 minutes) and Online Music Culture / at preparatory levels)
Location: Conservatory Pera Campus
Address: Emekyemez Mh. Şişhane Sk. No:17 Beyoğlu
E-mail: info@cons.bau.edu.tr

Courses

Preschool music education is held as a group class for 2 hours per week, structured to include body rhythm and basic music education. Instrument lessons are not offered in this group. No examination is required for admission to or completion of this program.

Music Certificate Program Courses:

Online Music Culture, Solfège, Instrument

Instrument: Aims to introduce students to an instrument selected by the student and/or instructors, to develop their playing, and to enable them to perform music individually or in groups.

Solfège: Aims to advance the student's music reading and writing skills in a way that prepares them for a professional stage career.

Music Culture: Aims to examine different musical styles, composers and movements, while also covering music history.

Educational Process:

1. The preparatory level and the levels cover a 14-month period, and students advance to the next level through an examination held before a jury.
2. For each level, students of Classical Music instruments will perform 2 or 4 pieces, depending on their level, selected from Technical Studies and the Baroque (List A), Classical (List B), Romantic (List C) and 20th Century (List D) repertoires. Students of other branches will perform 2 or 4 pieces, depending on their level, from the repertoire pool specified in the curriculum. In addition, theory and solfège level examinations are held for each level in order to advance to the next level.
3. For transfers between levels and external applications to any level, an examination is held according to the specified program. Applications from outside BAU may only be made to Level V, following an examination on the Level IV repertoire and a Theory & Solfège examination.
4. Instrument lessons will be one class hour, and group Theory and Solfège lessons will be two class hours. One class hour is 50 minutes.
5. Students in Preparatory 1 and 2 will take an online Music Culture course.

To access the BAU Children's Conservatory 2025-2026 Academic Calendar, click here.

You can contact us for detailed information about our part-time education programs.

E-mail: cons.info@bau.edu.tr

Phone: +90 212 381 02 87

Phone: +90 533 053 73 39