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In addition to school, many children and teenagers would like to learn an instrument or make music in an ensemble. There is a wide range of opportunities for this.

Public music schools had approximately 1.4 million pupils in the calendar year 2021. Particularly in the younger age groups, pupil numbers declined in the pandemic years.

Public music schools offer a variety of instrumental and vocal subjects. Piano, guitar, violin, recorder, percussion and flute have the highest numbers of pupils.

With almost 6,200 schools and 5,100 kindergartens, most of the cooperation partners of public music schools are educational institutions. Many music clubs are also partners.

Die Musikschullandschaft zeigt im Bundesländervergleich teils große Unterschiede. Michael Dartsch benennt Gründe und geht auf Kooperationen, Unterrichtsangebote und Finanzierungsmodelle ein.

Der Landesverband der Musikschulen in Schleswig-Holstein geht auf die Folgen des „Herrenberg-Urteils“ für Honorarverträge und Honorartätigkeiten im regulären Unterrichtsbetrieb an Musikschulen ein.