Hudobná a umelecká akadémia Jána Albrechta - Banská Štiavnica, s. r. o., odborná vysoká škola

Profil univerzity

JAMAA received its state licence in January 2011 and started the first academic year in 2011/2012. The representatives – rector, vice-rectors, teachers and the staff – have rich experience in educational, artistic and scientific activities. JAMAA is a private institution in the Slovak Higher Music Education Area. It is the only private university of arts in Slovakia.

JAMAA bears the name of an outstanding personality, violist, aesthetician and theoretician Jan Albrecht (1919 – 1996) who comes from a well-known artistic family in Bratislava. His father, composer Alexander Albrecht, was a friend of composer Bela Bartók. In his family were world famous personalities as: János Vaszary (painter), Eugen Lehner (Kolisch Quartet member) and Thomas Messer (long-term director of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York). To the close friends of Jan Albrecht belonged Alfred Marnau (writer and poet), Emil Nolde (painter), Olda, spouse of Oscar Kokoschka (painter), and others.

From this point of view JAMAA puts a great emphasis on the quality of education, artistic and scientific activities and developing the creativity and ability of our students to succeed in their own professional life.

https://huaja.org/en/study-programmes/ 

Bachelor and Master Study Programmes

JAMAA offers two accredited bachelor (Bc.) and master (Mgr. art) study programmes:

Music Performance and Theory (MPT)

Music Composition and Theory (MCT)

These study programmes in the field of classical, historical and jazz music (singing and instruments), conducting (orchestral and choir), composition, sound design and sound directing are guaranteed and taught by both Slovak and foreign artistic, scientific and pedagogical experts.

Doctoral study program:

Music performance and Composition  https://huaja.org/en/study-programmes/