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Music – (M.A.)
University of Birmingham
Department of Music
| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,313 - ≈ € 14,088 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
From October 2009 the Department will offer a taught MA in Music. This Masters programme is suitable either as an additional year of study after an undergraduate degree, or as a stepping stone to postgraduate research (PhD). There are three pathways through the MA: Composition, Musicology and Performance Practice. The programme may be taken part-time over a two-year period.
The MA introduces students to the advanced study of music in an atmosphere of critical analysis, creative thinking, and debate. As well as technical, discipline-specific skills, the MA helps students acquire general, transferable skills such as communication, presentation, critical evaluation, advanced argumentation and independent study skills.
This taught Masters programme is suitable either as an additional year of study after an undergraduate degree, or as a stepping stone to postgraduate research (PhD). There are three pathways through the MA: Composition, Musicology and Performance Practice, each of which introduces students to the advanced study of music in an atmosphere of critical analysis, creative thinking and debate.
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The Composition pathway
This aims to raise your awareness of issues in contemporary western music, to increase your technical proficiency in writing music, and to give you experience of writing a sustained musical argument.
The Performance Practice pathway
This aims to improve your technical proficiency in performance, to raise your awareness of the issues of historically informed performance practice, and to give you, if you choose, experience of performing on a medieval, Renaissance or Baroque instrument.
The MA introduces students to the advanced study of music in an atmosphere of critical analysis, creative thinking and debate. As well as technical, discipline-specific skills, it helps students acquire general, transferable skills such as communication, presentation, critical evaluation, advanced argumentation and independent study skills.
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The minimum requirement is a II.i Bachelor’s degree in Music or closely related subject, or the equivalent from a university outside the UK. For the Performance Practice pathway, the applicant must display ability at Diploma standard (DipABRSM) on the chosen instrument or voice. The standard is assessed on initial application to the programme, either by proof of possession of the Diploma or at audition. Other entry requirements may be stipulated in individual cases. The applicant must choose a pathway before admission to the programme and is admitted on these terms; requests to change pathway after enrolment may be refused.
* · IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band.
* · TOEFL IBT 93 with no less than 20 in any band
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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