The University of Edinburgh · Distance learning (part-time)
Creative Music Practice
The PhD in Creative Music Practice is an opportunity for you to pursue practice-led research in the field of music at the highest level. This will involve research that combines textual and musical outputs, for example: - composition - performance (either of o…
PhD6 yearsDistance learning (part-time)
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Edinburgh College of Art
The PhD in Creative Music Practice is an opportunity for you to pursue practice-led research in the field of music at the highest level. This will involve research that combines textual and musical outputs, for example: - composition - performance (either of original or pre-existing repertoire) - installation - sound design - interactive music software Typical applicants to this programme include: - composer-theorists who wish to carry out research into and practice of particular compositional models - performers who wish to deepen their practice through musicological research - computer-music composers who wish to develop documented hardware/software systems for their music - performers with a need to study the techniques and organology of period instruments - instrument builders/researchers seeking historical techniques found in evidence from the original instruments
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Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
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