Course summary
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
- Develop advanced skills in performance, composition or music tech
- Create your own recital or portfolio
- Research a major project in musicology
- Music and musical culture in a specific time and place
- Transnational and transcultural exchange
- Urban geographies and mobility
- How music interacts with other art forms
- Applying and developing methodologies from other disciplines
- Musical creativity
- Development of communities and networks
- How music has contributed to local, national and international political change
- How music shapes individual identities
Modules
There are four compulsory modules worth 180 credits in total. They develop in-depth knowledge and skills across subject areas as well as improving your research skills.
Assessment method
Depends on your chosen pathway and special interests.
Entry requirements
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
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
More information on fees can be found at: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/fees/postgraduate-fees.aspx
Provider information
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Course contact details
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