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Music MRes
Expand your knowledge and professionalise your skills as part of our music community. You'll concentrate your studies across one of four pathways: - Composition (acoustic or digital) - Performance - Music Technology - Musicology Depending on your passions and…
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Department of Music
Expand your knowledge and professionalise your skills as part of our music community. You'll concentrate your studies across one of four pathways: - Composition (acoustic or digital) - Performance - Music Technology - Musicology Depending on your passions and interests you might: - Develop advanced skills in performance, composition or music tech - Create your own recital or portfolio - Research a major project in musicology You have the opportunity to shape your own studies while being supported by our experienced and dedicated staff. Research areas Our research strengths are grouped into four themes. Music, space and place - Music and musical culture in a specific time and place - Transnational and transcultural exchange - Urban geographies and mobility Music-text-image - How music interacts with other art forms - Applying and developing methodologies from other disciplines Musical creativity and community - Musical creativity - Development of communities and networks Music, politics and identity - How music has contributed to local, national and international political change - How music shapes individual identities Explore our research themes and projects in detail - the university's website
Getting in
As the university states it
2:1 (or international equivalent) in music or a related subject. Depending on which pathway you want to follow, you will also need: • Composition: portfolio of two compositions with at least one notated (one can be electro/acoustic) • Performance: 20 to 30 minutes of contrasting repertoire, submitted as a recent unedited video performance (online link or DVD sent by post) • Music technology: portfolio of audio recordings lasting between 40 to 60 minutes, either on CD or as uncompressed 24-bit audio via a download link (unless otherwise agreed) • Musicology: Brief research proposal, containing a proposed title, aims, objectives, methods, summary of content and outline bibliography
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