Study Details: MA/PGDip/PGCert Full-time: 12 months. Part-time: 24 months.
The MA in Music offers four distinctive study pathways, each of which places an emphasis upon recent critical debates in music.
The Music and Popular Culture pathway examines the place of music in contemporary society through the study of popular music and film music.
Music on Stage and on Screen explores how music functions in film and in opera.
Music in 19th-Century Culture places 19th-century musical works within their aesthetic, social and political contexts, with a particular focus upon opera.
Contemporary Practice in Composition allows composers to enhance their skills in acoustic composition, electro-acoustic composition and sonic art. The course culminates in the submission of a dissertation or portfolio of compositions.
Applicants should normally have an upper second class degree or above (not necessarily in Music). However, if you do not meet the standard entry requirement it may be possible to consider your application based on evidence of other relevant personal and professional experience, the support of your referees and examples of written work.
Decisions are made based on your application and an interview. Applicants from overseas may be offered a telephone interview.
If English is not your main language then you will also need to show that your English is at a high enough level to succeed in your studies.
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