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Master of Arts - MA
University of Salford - Peel Park Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
From exciting collaborations with your fellow students to learning from professional musicians, this Music master's course is about much more than studying and playing music. It’s about expanding your horizons, working together and immersing yourself in the training you need to establish a successful career in the music industry. Do you have a clear idea about where you want to take your musical career? We offer three specialist pathways focusing on composition, performance, or interactive music and advanced studio production. If more than one of these options appeals to you, the part time mode of studies offers options to combine modules from different pathways to create the postgraduate music course that best suits your future aspirations. Our New Adelphi Campus in Salford houses state-of-the-art facilities, including six recording studios, well-appointed rehearsal facilities and our 350-seater public theatre. And with easy access to Manchester, you’ll be able to experience the city’s exciting musical heritage.
This module deals with Dynamic Sound Editing, Design and Spatialisation, Studio Composition and Sound-Design Strategies, including those for Mixed-Media, An examination of the historical/cultural context for Studio-based Composition, Recent and current repertoires for Studio-based Composition practice and Delivery of the musical works in a form appropriate for the medium(s) chosen.
This module deals with Composition for TV and film, Composition for games, Composition for theatre, Sound environments and Project managing in the commercial world.
This module deals with Forms in the 21st century, Texture and instrumentation, Colour and structure in composition and Presentation of artifact.
The written score as locus of authority; The graphic score as provocation; The musical text in popular music; The aural tradition in European folk music and in non-Western traditions; The recording as artefact.
This module deals with Leadership skills, Non-verbal communication, Psychology of group performance, Repertoire planning.
This module includes: Cognitive processes in performance; Physiological responses; Relaxation techniques.
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