MMus in Performance & Related Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London

MMus in Performance & Related Studies

The MMus in Performance and Related Studies develops your technical and interpretive abilities as a performer, informed by an understanding of style, genre, context and interpretation, as well as historical and theoretical issues relevant to your specialist repertoire. You have the opportunity to engage with a range of different musical styles, and to develop those practical and intellectual skills that can make you a better informed and more accomplished performer. You receive significant amounts of one-to-one instrumental or vocal tuition from expert performers, and participate in yearly masterclasses with distinguished international performers and teachers.

"The reason I chose to come here is this college has a high reputation in terms of art and music, and it belongs to the University of London. Moreover, I can appreciate different kinds of concerts and performances in London because of the college’s convenient location."

Wen, MMus in Performance & Related Studies

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

Applying:

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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 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.

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

Careers:
The programme provides you with a secure technical and intellectual base on which you can build a career as a professional musician, or enhance your understanding and enjoyment of musical performance.

Skills:
The programme is designed to develop your practical skills as a musical performer to a high level.

Fees:
Please see Tuition fees.

Staff research interests:
Please see Staff research interests.

Contact the department:
Contact Professor Alexander Ivashkin

About the department:
Music

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You develop your individual specialist skills to a high technical and artistic standard, while also developing intellectual and team-working skills, and you have the opportunity to perform with a variety of departmental ensembles, including Goldsmiths’ Sinfonia. The programme offers an extensive list of elective courses that encompass historical study and the latest performance-based technologies.

The pathway is particularly suitable for those hoping to develop a career as a professional solo or chamber musician, or to develop performance skills before entering teaching, or as preparation for PhD research in performance practice. It appeals to and can accommodate many different types of performer, whether your interests are in Classical or Romantic repertoire, or contemporary music.

What you study

The programme comprises:

1. Core: Strategies for Performance, Sources and Resources.

2. Options: (two courses):
Interactive and Generative Music, Performance as Research, Philosophies of Music, Interpreting Music, Working with Original Musical Documents, Soviet and Post-Soviet Music and Politics

3. Recital.

Register your interest

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