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Music Performance
Kingston University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,970 - ≈ € 12,280 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
If you aspire to become a professional musical performer or are an instrumental teacher and would like to deepen your knowledge of music performance, this course is ideal. It focuses on performance practice, aesthetics, authenticity, contemporary performance, the psychology of performance and performance preparation leading to recitals. You will receive individual tuition on your instrument or voice from a top professional performer.
What will you study?
Kingston's MMus in Music Performance aims to create informed, skilled and insightful practitioners across a wide range of musical genres. The course covers issues of performance practice; preparation of performance; aesthetics of musical performance; analysis for performers; the psychology of performance; and performance presentation. You will also be asked to criticise and evaluate your own performances and undertake a project focusing on an aspect of some of the music you choose to perform in your final concert.
Teaching takes place through lectures, workshops, tutorials, masterclasses (recent masterclasses have included Jane Manning and Robert Taub) and individual instrumental or vocal lessons. A range of optional modules allows you to develop your skills in related topics, such as composition, conducting, arranging and ensemble performance.
Contents
Core modules
* Colloquia
* Major Project
* Performance Studies
* Psychology of Musical Learning, Communication and Expression
* Researching Music
* The Aesthetics of Musical Performance
Optional modules
* Advanced Production of Popular Music
* Comparative International Music Education
* Music Education in the UK: Theory and Practice
* Popular Music Composition
* Recording Techniques
* Sound Design
* Techniques and Technology for Composing for Film and Television
* The Marketing of Popular Music
* Applied Musical Skills
* Conducting
* Creating Music and Sound for Image 2
* Ensemble Projects 2
* Jazz Studies 2
* Live Electronics
* Music in Context
* Special Study
* British Cinema 1960-1990
* Gender and Sexuality in European Cinema
* Mapping World Cinema
* New Hollywood: from the mainstream to the margins
* Place and Identity in European Cinema(s)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* A second class degree or above in music and/or relevant experience.
* International students must have an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent
Samples of work
Prospective students need to send in a CD or DVD of a recital/performance (at least 2 contrasting works).
Interviews
Admission depends upon a satisfactory interview and submission of relevant work. International students based overseas can arrange for an interview by email or telephone.
Prior learning - AP(E)L
Applicants with prior qualifications and learning may be exempt from appropriate parts of a course in accordance with the University's policy for the assessment of prior learning and prior experiential learning.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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