Length:
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.

Applying: You should normally have, or expect to have, a first-class or upper second-class Honours degree in Music, or an equivalent qualification. Your qualification should comprise a substantial practical/creative element relevant to the selected MMus pathway and option choices. A detailed transcript of your degree is preferred.
We also encourage applications from people without formal qualifications who can demonstrate equivalent professional experience, in which case you may be asked to provide additional examples of your written work.
For the pathways in Creative Practice, Composition, and Studio Composition, you should include with your application a short portfolio that provides selected examples of your recent creative work (e.g. musical scores, CD, DVD, as appropriate). These examples should be relevant to the focus of the pathway.
For Performance and Related Studies, if you are invited for interview you will be required to perform two contrasting works (not more than 15 minutes in total). Please bring your own accompanist if possible. International students may submit an audio or video recording of a performance, accompanied by a signed statement from an authority such as a teacher that the performance is the applicant’s own.

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Entrance requirements:

You should have undertaken a composition component in your undergraduate degree, and received a classification in this equivalent to first class or upper second class standard. You may be considered if you do not have these qualifications, but show particular promise and experience in composition and/or sound art practice. MMus in Contemporary Music Studies: In addition to the general entrance requirements, you should have gained a music degree with substantial academic (not just practical) content.

We may also consider applications from those who lack some of these formal qualifications, but can demonstrate a comparable level of musical skills and academic experience.

If your first language is not English, please check our English Language requirements.

Skills:
Strategies and methodologies for creative practice; critical reflection and evaluation; contextualisation of creative work.

Fees:
Please see Tuition fees.

Staff research interests:
Please see Staff research interests.

Contact the department:
Contact Roger Redgate

About the department:
Music

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