Project Description

With more than 2,000 students, around 90 teachers and a comprehensive range of subjects for the musical education of laypeople, the Wiesbaden College of Music and Art (Wiesbadener Musik- & Kunstschule e.V., WMK) is one of the leading music schools in the German state of Hessen.

Offering regular concerts and presentations, the school is a lively meeting point in the heart of Wiesbaden. The WMK's new internet presence is meant to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and well-structured information about its offers and activities.

The Wiesbaden Academy of Music (WMA) on the other side focuses on the professional education of students on their way to music teachers of various kinds.

Both institutions are related to each other which is supported by a combined basic layout with individual variations for each website.

Tasks

• concept and design of the new internet presences
• style: respectable but modern, well-structured and welcoming
• maintainable calendar of events and news area
• implementation of the css-based html frontend
• setting up the administration area with dynamic contents maintainable by the customer

Concept & Implementation

• Teaser with announcement of and links to current
  events or news
• Two-way access to the offer: either via a list of subjects related to the desired instrument or via an alphabetical list of the staff to detailed information on a teacher
• Cross-links within the detailed information allow changing from an instrument to the corresponding teacher and
  vice versa
• Direct selection of subjects or teachers via
  a pull-down window
• Choosing from related subjects or further tutors teaching the same main subject facilitate orientation and finding information