As a postgraduate education degree, it is the highest degree to be awarded by the university. The postgraduate course leading to the concert examination serves to train highly talented students in instrumental or singers skills to become concert-ready soloists. The entrance requirement for the course is usually the or the artistic diploma with particularly outstanding performance and an entrance or aptitude test. The concert exam usually consists of two parts: The first part is an internal university event, the second part a public concert. The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg evaluates the examination performances with the grades "passed with distinction", "passed very well", "passed" and "failed".pdf Musikhochschule Freiburg, Prüfungsordnung vom 16. November 1916. The Hochschule für Musik DetmoldPrüfungsordnung für Konzertexamen, Stand 2017. and the Hochschule für Musik Saar award only three grades: "passed with distinction", "passed" and "failed"..pdf Regulations for examinations in the Konzertexamen course of study at the Saar University of Music dated 11 November 2015 The awards a Konzertexamen only a "pass" or "fail".Study and Examination Regulations for Church Music Courses of Study at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen (Study and Examination Regulations for Church Music Courses of Study - PrüfOKiMu) 19 May 2016.
