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City, University of London: Music by research

Institution City, University of London View institution profile
Department Department of Music View department profile
Web https://www.city.ac.uk
Email scc-admissions@city.ac.uk
Study type Research

Summary

Engage in a unique course that covers the diverse fields of music and sound. Within a vibrant musical community located in the heart of global London, you will develop skills in a topic of your choice including music performance and scholarship, contemporary composition and sound practices. You will learn directly from world-leading artists and scholars who are active creators and researchers. You will collaborate with international visitors in workshops and masterclasses.

You will receive training in fundamental research skills, culminating in a major project in creative practice or scholarly research.

You will refine and develop a topic of your choice in close consultation with an individual supervisor.

Topics include notated and digital music, sound arts, interdisciplinary practices; classical, jazz, and popular performance and improvisation; historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music analysis, and sound studies.

You may get involved in our research centre SPARC (Sound Practice and Research at City) and our ground-breaking record label multi.modal distributed by NMC Recordings.

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City University of London

City’s School of Communication & Creativity is a socially engaged and politically conscious centre of educational excellence and world-changing interdisciplinary research which shapes and influences professional practice. 

We support and develop the next generation of practitioners and entrepreneurs who work across, the cultural, creative, music, heritage and media sectors. We are deeply committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we are working to transform these sectors by educating and empowering students from under-represented backgrounds, and supporting them to excel. 

The School brings together our renowned Department of Journalism, with two new Departments: The Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries; …

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