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Qualification
Mmus/MusM - Master of Music
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Location
Bangor University
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP-21
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
About This Course
The MMus in Composition and Sonic Art allows you to develop your skills and understanding of contemporary practices in music composition and sonic art. The programme will equip you with the knowledge required to compose in a range of styles and genres, while enabling you to develop high-level skills in a compositional field of your choice. You will learn more about the concepts of research-led practice, and will hone high-level transferable skills in critical thinking, conceptual thinking, problem solving, analysis, communication, self-direction, creativity and originality.
Specialism is offered in a range of styles and genres, including writing for instruments and/or voices, acousmatic composition, composition for live musicians with electronics, popular song composition, and composing for film, television and other media.
You will work closely with professional composers and established researchers, most of whom have international profiles. The School enjoys close links with industrial and third-sector partners such as Music Theatre Wales, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Blipfonica, and it is often possible for students to undertake a work placement during the course of the programme.
Programme Length
MMus: 1 year full-time, 2-5 years part-time.; Diploma: 30 weeks full-time
Careers
The MMus in Composition and Sonic Art will allow you to develop a strong original voice in an academic environment, and is an ideal preparation for further creative work at PhD level and beyond. The programme will also equip you with skills in critical thinking, creativity and communication which are valued by employers both within and outside the field of music. Recent graduates have pursued successful careers as professional composers, arrangers, music typesetters, arts administrators, teachers, educational advisers, performers, and business people.
Application deadline
11 June 2021
Modules
Tuition fees
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University information
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University League Table
72nd
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Campus address
Bangor University, Bangor (Wales), LL57 2DG, Wales
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
43rd out of 86 2
33rd out of 85 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 239131 59%41st
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10075 75%13th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.48 90%3rd
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Entry standards
/ Max 214129 60%38th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10070 70%35th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.38 88%8th
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