Goldsmiths, University of London
MMus Popular Music
London, United Kingdom
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LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
MMus Popular Music
The MMus Popular Music builds upon our international reputation in the popular music field established by our ground-breaking undergraduate degree.
The Popular Music pathway is designed for music artists who are seeking to deepen their creative practice. We are songwriters and composers, producers and performers, engaged in making work that has relevance to real music scenes.
The programme centres the creative artist in a stimulating and supportive environment where critical enquiry, testing of songs/compositions/performance and experimentation in practice lead to a portfolio of new work.
The development of industry-relevant skills and key cultural-theoretical understandings is led by the needs of our own projects and foundational knowledge. Typically, students make records, explore performance and production methodologies, present shows, write and release new sets of songs/works. The programme offers the opportunity to extend the boundaries of artistry and critically reflect upon our own creativity in music.
You’ll also be able to extend your own practice through options in sonic and studio art, advanced music technology, exploration in audiovisual media, and ethnomusicology.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory modules
You take the following compulsory module:
- Popular Music Composition
You also choose one of the following compulsory modules:
- Critical Musicology and Popular Music
- Popular Music and its Critics
Option modules
You choose two modules from a list of options that currently includes:
- Audiovisual Composition
- Composition and Moving Image Media
- Critical Musicology and Popular Music
- Ethnographic Film and Music Research
- Interactive and Generative Music
- Music Management
- Performance as Research (Ethnomusicology)
- Popular Music and its Critics
- Studio Practice
- Advanced Strategies in Creative Music Production
- Philosophies of Music
Creative project
- Popular Music Project
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates may progress to be composer-performers, studio practitioners/producers and music industry employees within the popular music sector. Older students who have returned to advance their knowledge and practice base will be better positioned in the job market.
We are also able to offer a series of employability/placement/internship style opportunities to include:
- the Music Professional Practice scheme - a departmental scheme supporting final year undergraduate and MMus/MA students with employability concerns
- Music Management Course - specifically assesses students on cultural entrepreneurship and their own real world music projects
- NX records - the departmental record label in association with Matthew Herbert and Accidental Records
- PureGold festival - the annual departmental festival launched at the Southbank centre
- Simon Says - showcase events in collaboration with Goldsmiths Students' Union
- Goldsmiths Vocal Ensemble - recent performances at Glastonbury, the Southbank Centre and Shepherds Bush Empire
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