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Music – (M.Phil.)

Newcastle University

School of Arts and Cultures
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Application Deadline: Applications are considered throughout the year
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: January, September
Educational Form:
  • Research
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of Newcastle University

Supervision is available in the following areas:

* Modernist and postmodernist music and theory, especially since World War II; music and gender (Dr P Attinello).
* Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music; music and philosophy; music and politics; gender and sexuality; psychoanalysis; popular musics (Dr I Biddle).
* Michael Tippett; analysis and theory; music and culture, Hindustani classical music (Professor D Clarke).
* Vivaldi; late baroque music, especially opera; conducting (Professor E Cross).
* Ethnomusicology; the African diaspora; salsa; jazz; cultural memory; performance (Dr N de Jong).
* Improvisation; studio-based composition; hip hop, funk, jazz and counterculture (Dr W Edmondes).
* Composition; twentieth-century music; Latin American music (Professor A Fernández).
* Twentieth-century music; music analysis; music and philosophy (Dr P Fleet).
* Early modern English secular song; print culture; gender; historiography and critical theory (Dr K Gibson).
* Composition; ethnomusicology; cultural history and theory of technology; psychoanalysis (Dr B Hogg).
* Music and empathy; children’s singing pedagogy; composing with children; music in children’s school transitions; music education (Dr F Laurence).
* Early twentieth-century music; music theory and analysis; performance analysis (Dr B Lowe).
* Performance; composition; history of folk and folk-related musics (Ms C Macdonald, Ms K Tickell).
* Scottish, Irish and Welsh traditional music; traditional music and the performance of meaning (Dr S McKerrell)
* Ethnomusicology; world music/world beat; traditional and popular musics, especially of the Mediterranean (Dr G Plastino).
* Historical performance practice 1500-1650; Renaissance performance practice (Dr J Savan)
* Literature review mentoring (Dr R Southey).
* Irish and Breton traditional music; performance (Dr D Wilkinson).
* Medieval and Renaissance music; editing and source studies; performance (Dr M Williamson).


Contents

We run a programme of research seminars, classes and workshops with key contributions from eminent visiting scholars and musical practitioners. Music research training covers general training in music research and topics specific to musicological, music educational, and practice-based research and MPhil and PhD students are advised to participate in these modules where appropriate.

In addition, our Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School organises a comprehensive training programme for postgraduate students that covers research techniques, professional/key skills and provides support for personal development.

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Requirements

Normally an upper-second-class (2.1) Honours degree or higher in music or other arts or humanities subjects, or an international equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 90 (Internet-based) or 577 (paper-based), or equivalent.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.5
TOEFL Internet-based: 90

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