159 Music, Sound and Creative Technologies MA Degree Programs

Elevate your career in the performing arts with the NUS one-year Master of Arts (Theatre and Performance Studies). This programme blends academic rigor with industry insights, offering hands-on learning in traditional and contemporary theatre and performance. Gain critical thinking, research, and digital skills from globally recognized experts, preparing you for roles in arts education, cultural leadership, and beyond.

The Master's programme in World Music deepens trans-traditional and interdisciplinary artistic practice and research and is aimed at individuals working in music and sound art who wish to further develop their projects in a global, collaborative and professional context.

Pursue your chosen area of interest, specialisation or passion project in sound and music through an iterative, practice-based research process. The Creative Production (Music) MA offers a focused yet flexible space to experiment, refine your artistic voice and create substantial original work – supported by expert mentoring, collaborative exchange and a rhythm of workshops, seminars and guest sessions.

The MA in Creative Music Technologies degree is a skills conversion programme. The programme is aimed at graduates with musical abilities, who would like to explore musical applications of technology. The programme accepts graduates from any primary degree.

The MA in Sound and Music allows for specialised study in diverse music disciplines, including composition, instrument design, musicology, performance and recording, while bringing together students across these areas (and more) to explore a broad range of topics through collaboration and individual research.

DCU’s MA in Music, Sound, Culture, and Media combines expertise from the School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music with the School of Communications. Open to diverse academic and professional backgrounds, it offers interdisciplinary training in music, sound, and media, equipping graduates for evolving creative industries.

The MA in Sound Design provides students with focused studio training in sound design, digital audio workstations, and industry standard practices in creating sonic worlds for visual media. Emphasis is placed on creative sound design techniques, and editorial practices in layering sounds in synchronization with visual media.

The Sound in New Media MA (Art and Design) focuses on digital sound, sonic interaction and new interfaces for musical and auditory expression. Program duration (overall): 2 years (full-time). Students develop artistic and design thinking across areas such as sound and music computing, sonic interaction design, AI for sound, game audio and acoustic branding.

The MA Sound Practice will transform and deepen your understanding of how sound functions across different disciplines. By engaging with the possibilities of listening and making with sound, you will investigate how sound opens up new creative, social and political opportunities for artists and designers.

An MA pathway focused on contemporary music production, including studio recording, creative mixing, digital and hybrid workflows, spatial audio, sound design, and the development of a distinctive production practice.

Our innovative MA in Music, Culture, and Practice is grounded in cutting-edge academic and creative research, positioning students at the forefront of scholarly exploration.

This course adopts an interdisciplinary approach for exploring and experimenting with the relationship between sound and narrative, within a range of professional contexts.

Our MA in Music is an opportunity to challenge yourself academically and musically in our lively and creative community while developing a specialism in performance, composition, music studies or music education. Placing an emphasis on flexibility and student choice, you’ll be able to personalise a significant proportion of your study, tailoring the programme to meet your career goals and ambitions.

Grounded in cutting-edge academic and creative research, our innovative MA in Contemporary Music Practices positions students at the forefront of scholarly exploration and artistry. Collaborating with esteemed international scholars in the Department's key disciplines of composition, performance, and music technology, students explore a core curriculum that focuses on honing practical, creative and research skills in these areas.

Ready to refine your creative practice and expand your knowledge of music? Kingston University’s Music MA will give you the practical, theoretical and academic skills you need to broaden your career horizons in the industry and beyond. Studying an MA in Music at Kingston University could lead to a range of careers, both in the industry and in a related field.

Build upon your practical and theoretical experience of contemporary music production and apply a range of creative production approaches in industry-standard studio facilities. This course in MA Music Production will help you to develop the skills and knowledge to take your production ambitions further, nurture your confidence to work within the music and media industries and prepare you for further study.

Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music (Performer). Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate performance degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.