MMus Composition
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Introduction
MMus Composition
The MMus Composition fosters your ability to compose and notate music, and to develop your own personal musical language.
You explore a wide range of technical procedures for contemporary composition and engage intellectually and critically with related theories and concepts.
There are many practical opportunities to work with performers, including the Department of Music's ensemble-in-residence, and other artistic collaborators.
The composition pathway appeals to composers interested in a wide range of contemporary music including Boulez, Stockhausen, Birtwistle, Carter, Xenakis, spectral music and improvised music.
There's a focus on fundamental issues concerning pitch, time and pulse, and covers topics such as orchestration, advanced instrumental techniques, large-scale structure.
Composers taking this pathway may elect to take options in studio-based composition, providing they have the requisite prior experience.
There are also opportunities to work with visiting professional musicians and meet visiting composers, which have included Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Finnissy, Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory modules
- Compositional Techniques
- Material, Form and Structure
Option modules
- Advanced Music Studies
- Analysing Contemporary Music: From Serialism to Spectral Noise
- Audiovisual Composition
- Composition and Moving Image Media
- Contemporary Music: Practices and Debates
- Interactive and Generative Music
- Performance as Research (Ethnomusicology)
- Research through Musical Performance
- Sound Agendas
- Studio Practice
- Philosophies of Music
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
You'll develop strategies and methodologies for creative practice, critical reflection and evaluation and skills in the contextualisation of creative work.
English Language Requirements
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