Music MRes

University Park Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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12 monthsProgramme duration

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

MusicMain Subject Area

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

MRes

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The department offers exceptional research-led teaching, with inspiring facilities for performance, composition, music technology, and musicology. The department benefits currently from a partnership with the BBC Concert Orchestra, through which world-class performance, composition, and production experiences are offered. The Music Department enjoys a close relationship with Lakeside Arts, the University of Nottingham’s public arts programme.

The MRes offers four distinct specialisms, each supported by world-leading experts:

Musicology
Composition (acoustic or digital)
Performance
Music technology

The Department of Music has world-leading expertise (64% outputs rated 4*, REF 2021) and research synergies across the following areas:

Popular music, film music, electronic music, traditions of music and dance, musical theatre, opera, jazz, sacred music, 19th-c. orchestral music, early and medieval music, twentieth-century music
Performance studies, performance practice, improvisation, embodiment
Computer music, mixed reality, AI, coding, audio engineering, sound art, music technologies
Acoustic, acousmatic, electroacoustic, electronic, and digital composition
Practice-based, archival, digital, material, analytical methodologies
Geographies of Western Europe (esp. Britain, Germany, Italy), North America, Asia
Politics, identity, environment, ethnicity, mobility and exchange
Transnational, colonial, postcolonial perspectives
Social justice
Community music
Social practice
Participatory arts

Your department

Department of Music website
The department was ranked 7th among the Russell Group universities for research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

MRes

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Musicology
Composition (acoustic or digital)
Performance
Music technology

The Department of Music has world-leading expertise (64% outputs rated 4*, REF 2021) and research synergies across the following areas:

Popular music, film music, electronic music, traditions of music and dance, musical theatre, opera, jazz, sacred music, 19th-c. orchestral music, early and medieval music, twentieth-century music
Performance studies, performance practice, improvisation, embodiment
Computer music, mixed reality, AI, coding, audio engineering, sound art, music technologies
Acoustic, acousmatic, electroacoustic, electronic, and digital composition
Practice-based, archival, digital, material, analytical methodologies
Geographies of Western Europe (esp. Britain, Germany, Italy), North America, Asia
Politics, identity, environment, ethnicity, mobility and exchange
Transnational, colonial, postcolonial perspectives
Social justice
Community music
Social practice
Participatory arts

Your department

Department of Music website
The department was ranked 7th among the Russell Group universities for research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Admission Requirements

TOEFL

90+

PTE Academic

71+

Bachelor GPA

IELTS

6.5+

2:1 (or international equivalent) in music or a related subject

Depending on which specialism you want to follow, you will also need:

Composition: portfolio of two compositions with at least one notated (one can be electro/acoustic)
Performance: 20 to 30 minutes of contrasting repertoire, submitted as a recent unedited video performance (online or DVD)
Music technology: portfolio of audio recordings lasting between 40 to 60 minutes (CD or uncompressed 24-bit audio download)
Musicology: an example of your written work, 3000 to 5000 words long

All applicants must also submit a brief research proposal, containing:

proposed title
aims, objectives, methods
summary of content
outline bibliography

Program Duration

12 Months

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic

Starts from

5,350 GBP

International

Starts from

23,000 GBP

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