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| Application Deadline: | 1 August | ||
| Location: | Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Bristol
This programme offers several pathways to the MA, allowing students to deepen their interest in and knowledge of Musicology, Composition or Performance, with the option of specialising in Medieval Music, Russian Music or Music Theory. In addition to coursework you will submit a dissertation (or Edition), or a composition portfolio or two solo recitals. All pathways will enhance your experience of creative work at a professional level and refine your technical skills in preparation for careers in composing, teaching, research or performance.
Contents
For overseas applicants for whom English is not a first language, we offer a Music Theory pathway. Please contact the Department for details.
Musicology Pathway
* Research Skills for Musicians
* Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices
* Dissertation
Plus a selection from: * Aesthetics
* Any split-level History unit
* Readings in Musicology
* Special Study
Medieval Music Pathway
* Christianity and Culture
* Latin
* Medieval French
* Medieval Studies
Plus a wide range of units from History and Theology.
Practical Performance Pathway
* Research skills for musicians
* Performance Studies
* Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices
Plus a wide range of optional units.
Russian Music Pathway
* Introduction to Silver Age Culture
* Pushkin and Russian Romanticism
* Russian Language
* Russian Philosophy of the Silver Age
* Russian Thought in the Age of Catherine the Great
Plus a wide range of units from History of Art and Russian.
Composition Pathway
* Composition Portfolio
* Contemporary Ideas and Techniques
* Professional Composing
* Research Skills for Musicians
Plus a selection from:
* Analysis
* Composing with Electronics
* Compositional Craft
* Readings in Musicology
Performance Pathway
* Recital (Performance Studies)
* Research Skills for Musicians
* Source Study, Palaeography and Editorial Practices
Plus a selection from: * Readings in Musicology
* Special Study
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry requirements
Normally an upper second-class Honours degree (or international equivalent) in Music. For composers, examples of your music are also required.
Language requirements
An IELTS score of 6.5 in all bands, with exception of Practical Performance pathway (6.0 in all bands.) We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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