Examinations board (incl. doctoral examinations board)

The examination board advises the dean's office in cases of admission and doubt, for example in aptitude tests or in the recognition of academic achievements and examination results. The composition of the examination board is determined by the relevant examination regulations and provides for the following membership: chairmanship by a university lecturer, two additional university lecturers, one person from the academic mid-level faculty, and one student member. The committee meets as required and at the invitation of its chairperson.
The term of office is two years. For the student members, the term of office is one year. Re-election is permitted.

• Representing the professors:
  Prof. Koh G. Kameda (chair)
  Prof. Heribert Koch (deputy to the chair)
  Prof.'in Isabelle Heiss
• Representing the non-professorial academic staff:
  Prof. Clemens Rave
  Annalena Zernott (alternate members)
• Representing the students:
  Arne Dietrich
  Marc Messinger (Vertretung)

Doctoral examinations board

The doctoral committee is responsible for organising the doctoral procedure, including admission to doctoral studies and the doctoral procedure. The composition of the doctoral committee is determined by the relevant examination regulations and provides for the following membership: The doctoral committee consists of its chair (university lecturer), their permanent representative, two other university lecturers, one member of the academic mid-level faculty and two Master's students. The committee meets as required and at the invitation of its chairperson.
The term of office is two years. For the student members, the term of office is one year. Re-election is permitted.

• Representing the professors:
  Prof. Stephan Froleyks (chair)
  Prof.'in Isabelle Heiss
  Prof.'in Dr. Ilka Siedenburg
  Prof.'in Dr. Daniela Bartels
• Representing the non-professorial academic staff:
  Dr. Torsten Augenstein
  Julian Vorst (deputy)
• Representing the students:
  Hanna Schots
  Max Winder (deputy)

Artistic event management (KVB)

Internal and external requests for artistic performances are coordinated and processed by this working group. Members are appointed by the departmental council on the recommendation of the dean's office. The composition of the group should reflect the artistic diversity of the conservatoire. The chairperson coordinates the processes and involves the other members in accordance with the incoming enquiries.
The term of office is two years. In the student group, the term of office is one year. Re-election is permitted.

• Representing the professors:
  Prof. Peter von Wienhardt (chair)
  Prof.'in Annette Koch
  Prof. Alex Grube
• Representing the non-professorial academic staff:
  Prof. Clemens Rave
• Representing the students:
  Arne Dietrich
  Julius Funke (deputy)

Orchestra committee

• Representing the professors:
  Prof. Koh G. Kameda
  Prof. Heribert Koch
  Prof. Eyal Ein-Habar
  Prof. Giovanni Arturo Guzzo
  Prof. Peter von Wienhardt
  Prof.'in Elisabeth Fürniss
• Representing the non-professorial academic staff:
  Miloš Dopsaj
  Gernot Sülberg
  Christian Kim Sitzmann
• Representing the students:
   n. n.

Departmental student body

Mattis Friske (chair)
Arne Dietrich (1st deputy chair)
Eva Travers (2nd deputy chair)
Justus Albert (financial office)
Nele Becker
Henrike Blikslager
Xingdi Chen
Shaya Eldar
Aaron Gorny
Lara Liesner
Taily Malich
Jakob Scheidtweiler
Maximilian Scharpenberg
Clara Teichmüller
Fotini Irini Zafiridou

Faculty Board

Meeting dates in the Winter term semester 2026/27

Start in each case at 10:00 am
4th November 2026 | 2nd December 2026 | 13th January 2027 | 3rd February 2027

• Chair | non-voting members:
  Prof. Stephan Froleyks (Dean)
  Prof. Heribert Koch (Vice Dean for Artistic and (artistic-)Educational Projects)
  Barbara Plenge, M.A. mult. (Vice-Dean of Studies)
• Members:
  Prof. Eyal Ein-Habar
  Prof.’in Isabelle Sophie Heiss
  Prof. Sergey Kuznetsov
  Prof. Dr. Marcin Dylla
  Prof. Giovanni Guzzo
  Prof.’in Dr. Ilka Siedenburg
  Lisa Schäfer M. Mus.
  Georg Harbig, StR. i.H.
  Melina Feuerstein M. A.
  Mattis Friske
  Emma Johanna von Fabeck
• Deputies:
  Prof. Koh Gabriel Kameda
  Prof. Peter von Wienhardt
  Prof.’in Dr. Daniela Bartels
  Raphael Ophaus
  Prof. Altfrid Maria Sicking
  Nicole Kindler
  Arne Christian Dietrich
  Nils Thurau

Study Advisory Council

The Student Advisory Board advises the Faculty Council on matters relating to studies. In particular, the Student Advisory Board recommends the adoption of examination regulations and amendments thereto. The committee is composed of equal numbers of teaching staff and students. The Vice-Dean for Studies and Teaching holds the chair ex officio. The committee meets as required and at the invitation of the Vice-Dean for Studies and Teaching.
The term of office is two years. For the student representatives, the term of office is one year. Re-election is permitted.

• Dean of studies, chair:
  Barbara Plenge, M. A. mult.
• Representing the instructors:
  • Instruments and singing:
    Prof. Ines Krome (deputy Prof.‘in Tomoko Akasaka)
  • KMP or Pop:
    Prof. Alex Grube (deputy Prof. Henning Verlage)
  • EMP/ Music Theory/Musik History:
    Dr. Torsten Augenstein (Eliana Baruffol)
  • Institut for Music Education/ Teacher training:
    Prof. Dr. Ilka Siedenburg (Dr. Markus Giljohann)
• Representing the students:
  • Instruments:
    Aaron Gorny
    Henrike Blikslager (deputy)
  • Singing:
    Layna Arbasch
    Maike Merschmann (deputy)
  • KMP/Pop:
    Mattis Friske
    Taily Malich (deputy)
  • EMP/Music theory/ Music history
    Pauline de la Chevallerie
    Noemi Wolniewicz (deputy)
  • Music pedagogy
    Marcio Kroner
    Felicitas Hoffe (deputy)