36 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Music
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Music with specialisations in:
- Musicology
- Composition
- Welsh Music
- Performance
Normally the research project will be limited to any one area. Performers, however, will follow, in addition to their practical studies (60%), an agreed programme of original research into historical study, performance practice, editing or analysis, focusing on aspects related or central to repertoire performed (40%).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Music
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Music with specialisations in:
- Musicology
- Composition
- Welsh Music
- Performance
Normally the research project will be limited to any one area. Performers, however, will follow, in addition to their practical studies (60%), an agreed programme of original research into historical study, performance practice, editing or analysis, focusing on aspects related or central to repertoire performed (40%).
Admission Requirements
- Degree at British Master’s standard: normally merit degree or equivalent.
- English proficiency (for non-native English or Welsh speakers): IELTS overall result of 6.5 with no individual score lower than 6.0.
- Proposal of a project, appropriate to the duration and academic level of the course.
- Performers will have to audition or, alternatively, submit a recent unedited recorded video performance, featuring contrasting repertoire (45-60 minutes).
- Musicologists and composers may be asked to submit samples of their work.
Postgraduate degrees by research are suitable for candidates who already have some experience at postgraduate level (normally evinced through a Master’s degree). Apart from these formal requirements, candidates will be accepted on the strength of their research proposal.
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