Music
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Entry requirements
- For UK students, a good honours degree, minimum 2:1 (not necessarily in Music)
- For EU/International students, a qualification equivalent to a good honours degree
If you do not meet the standard entry requirement it may be possible to consider your application based on evidence of other relevant personal and professional experience, the support of your referees and examples of written work.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English, then an English language level of IELTS 6.5 is required with 6.0 in each component
Months of entry
September
Course content
Our MA in Music offers advanced training in either musicology or composition. The modular structure allows you to pursue a broad generalist programme or to specialise in a particular area of your choice.
Within the field of musicology, you can direct your studies towards one or several of the following:
- music in nineteenth-century culture
- opera studies
- popular music studies
- film music.
The composition pathway provides a practice-based contemporary composition curriculum. It encourages you to push the boundaries of your practice and develop a voice as an engaged and creative composer.
This course is unusual in combining a rigorous academic education with the opportunity to acquire vocational skills through our innovative Professional Experience module. You take up work placements with a wide range of external arts organisations. Or undertake a project with one of our specialist research units. This gives you rich opportunities for career development and can pave the way for further study at PhD level.
Information for international students
Pathways courses for international and EU students
We offer a range of courses to help you meet the entry requirements for your postgraduate course and also familiarise you with university life in the UK.
Take a Pre-Master's course to develop your subject knowledge, study skills and academic language level in preparation for your master's course.
If you need to improve your English language, we offer pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements of your chosen master’s course.
Fees and funding
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGDip
- full time8 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time18 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGCert
- full time4 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Enquiries
- query@brookes.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1865 484848
