Protestant College for Church Music in Halle

The Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle (Saale) is a university, specialised in music, in Halle an der Saale. It was established as the Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule on 18 April 1926 by the consistory of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony in Aschersleben. On 29 January 1939, it moved from Aschersleben to Halle, into the building of the Schlesisches Konvikt on Wilhelmstraße, today Emil Abderhalden-Straße. In 1993, the Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule was granted the status of a university, and renamed. In 2001, it moved to the Händelkarree (Kleine Ulrichstraße 35). The now located in the immediate vicinity of the musicological institute of the University of Halle, the Halle music library and the Handel House.

Type

University of applied sciences

Founded

1926

Students

61