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University of Birmingham: Music (Performance pathway)
Institution | University of Birmingham View institution profile |
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Department | School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music |
Web | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk |
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Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
**The Performance Pathway will equip you with practical, theoretical, and professional skills and knowledge in music performance at an advanced level, nurturing your holistic development as a performer, and preparing you for a career within today's music industry.**
Full time staff include Director of Performance Ceri Owen, an award-winning collaborative pianist and scholar - who leads the pathway - as well as scholar-performer and early music conductor Andrew Kirkman. Tailored instrumental or vocal tuition is delivered through one-to-one lessons with leading professional performers employed either directly by the University of Birmingham or through the faculty at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. You also receive the opportunity to take advantage of the early performance opportunities afforded by the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR). Other performance staff in the Music Department include Simon Halsey, renowned chorus master of the CBSO and Berlin Radio Choir, and orchestral conductor Daniele Rosina.
You will develop and refine your skills as a performing musician through a combination of expert individual tuition on your instrument or voice, together with performance classes, seminars, and tutorials. You will be introduced to research in music performance studies and guided in how to draw on historical and contextual perspectives to inform and nourish your musical understanding and your individual creative and professional practice. You will also have opportunities to develop professional skills and knowledge needed to foster a music career and identify transferable skills for adjacent career trajectories.
Performance constitutes perhaps our fastest growing and most exciting venture, with ambitious plans developing from the £16 million Bramall Music Building, a facility equipped with the acoustically peerless Elgar Concert Hall - one of the most flexible concert halls of its type in any UK university - and Dome Room, designed by Birmingham Symphony Hall acoustician Nick Edwards. The recently opened University Music Hub offers a superbly equipped recording studio and flexible rehearsal spaces which are ideal for recording.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | We usually ask for a good Honours degree (2:1), or equivalent, in Music or a related subject with a substantial musical component. Degrees in other subjects will be considered where candidates have significant professional musical experience and relevant qualifications. Your application should include a personal statement of approximately 5,000 characters. You should use your personal statement to explain why you are interested in studying this programme. In order to expedite processing, please clearly state the pathway to which you are applying within the first paragraph of your personal statement. All prospective students for pathways in performance must also submit a sample of written work of at least 1,500 words - in English - in addition to the usual supporting documents. This should focus on a musical topic, with academic bibliography and references. For this pathway, you must also present a 20-minute programme during which you play a varied programme focusing on Western classical repertoire. The audition should include a brief spoken introduction - in English - to the programme, discussing the repertoire performed. All students are expected to submit a video-recorded audition. This is preferably submitted as an internet video link, (e.g., YouTube/Vimeo/Youku or Dropbox/WeTransfer/YouSendIt), with the URL pasted into a text document and uploaded to the application portal. The writing sample and audition video (where the audition is not taking place in person) should be submitted at the time of making your application, or uploaded within two weeks of submitting your application. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. |
Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
Summary
**The Performance Pathway will equip you with practical, theoretical, and professional skills and knowledge in music performance at an advanced level, nurturing your holistic development as a performer, and preparing you for a career within today's music industry.**
Full time staff include Director of Performance Ceri Owen, an award-winning collaborative pianist and scholar - who leads the pathway - as well as scholar-performer and early music conductor Andrew Kirkman. Tailored instrumental or vocal tuition is delivered through one-to-one lessons with leading professional performers employed either directly by the University of Birmingham or through the faculty at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. You also receive the opportunity to take advantage of the early performance opportunities afforded by the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR). Other performance staff in the Music Department include Simon Halsey, renowned chorus master of the CBSO and Berlin Radio Choir, and orchestral conductor Daniele Rosina.
You will develop and refine your skills as a performing musician through a combination of expert individual tuition on your instrument or voice, together with performance classes, seminars, and tutorials. You will be introduced to research in music performance studies and guided in how to draw on historical and contextual perspectives to inform and nourish your musical understanding and your individual creative and professional practice. You will also have opportunities to develop professional skills and knowledge needed to foster a music career and identify transferable skills for adjacent career trajectories.
Performance constitutes perhaps our fastest growing and most exciting venture, with ambitious plans developing from the £16 million Bramall Music Building, a facility equipped with the acoustically peerless Elgar Concert Hall - one of the most flexible concert halls of its type in any UK university - and Dome Room, designed by Birmingham Symphony Hall acoustician Nick Edwards. The recently opened University Music Hub offers a superbly equipped recording studio and flexible rehearsal spaces which are ideal for recording.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | We usually ask for a good Honours degree (2:1), or equivalent, in Music or a related subject with a substantial musical component. Degrees in other subjects will be considered where candidates have significant professional musical experience and relevant qualifications. Your application should include a personal statement of approximately 5,000 characters. You should use your personal statement to explain why you are interested in studying this programme. In order to expedite processing, please clearly state the pathway to which you are applying within the first paragraph of your personal statement. All prospective students for pathways in performance must also submit a sample of written work of at least 1,500 words - in English - in addition to the usual supporting documents. This should focus on a musical topic, with academic bibliography and references. For this pathway, you must also present a 20-minute programme during which you play a varied programme focusing on Western classical repertoire. The audition should include a brief spoken introduction - in English - to the programme, discussing the repertoire performed. All students are expected to submit a video-recorded audition. This is preferably submitted as an internet video link, (e.g., YouTube/Vimeo/Youku or Dropbox/WeTransfer/YouSendIt), with the URL pasted into a text document and uploaded to the application portal. The writing sample and audition video (where the audition is not taking place in person) should be submitted at the time of making your application, or uploaded within two weeks of submitting your application. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. |
Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
Summary
**The Performance Pathway prepares students for careers as performers and educators, with an emphasis on advanced technique and stage performance.**
Performance constitutes perhaps our fastest growing and most exciting venture, with ambitious plans growing out of the £16 million Bramall Music Building, a facility equipped with the acoustically peerless Elgar Concert Hall and Dome Rehearsal Room, designed by Birmingham Symphony Hall acoustician Nick Edwards.
Full time staff include Director of Performance Ceri Owen, an award-winning collaborative pianist and scholar, and scholar-performer and early music conductor Andrew Kirkman. They join forces with Simon Halsey, renowned chorus master of the CBSO and Berlin Radio Choir, and orchestral conductor Daniele Rosina, plus instrumental and vocal lessons arranged with the faculty of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
You also receive the opportunity to take advantage of the early performance opportunities afforded by the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR).
The MA in Music at Birmingham offers first class, world-recognised staff who are experts in their fields meaning students learn from people who really are the best at what they do.
Students study within the excellent facilities available with the Elgar Concert Hall, which is one of the most flexible concert halls of its type in any UK university.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | We usually ask for a good Honours degree (2:1), or equivalent, in Music or a related subject with a substantial musical component. Degrees in other subjects will be considered where candidates have significant professional musical experience and relevant qualifications. Your application should include a personal statement of approximately 5,000 characters. You should use your personal statement to explain why you are interested in studying this programme. In order to expedite processing, please clearly state the pathway to which you are applying within the first paragraph of your personal statement. All prospective students for pathways in performance must also submit a sample of written work of at least 1,500 words - in English - in addition to the usual supporting documents. This should focus on a musical topic, with academic bibliography and references. For this pathway, you must also present a 20-minute programme during which you play a varied programme focusing on Western classical repertoire. The audition should include a brief spoken introduction - in English - to the programme, discussing the repertoire performed.Students from the United Kingdom are expected to audition in person, where possible. If you are unable to audition in person or are located overseas, you should submit a video-recorded audition. This is preferably submitted as an internet video link, (e.g., YouTube/Vimeo/Youku or Dropbox/WeTransfer/YouSendIt), with the URL pasted into a text document and uploaded to the application portal. The writing sample and audition video (where the audition is not taking place in person) should be submitted at the time of making your application, or uploaded within two weeks of submitting your application. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. |
Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
Summary
**The Performance Pathway prepares students for careers as performers and educators, with an emphasis on advanced technique and stage performance.**
Performance constitutes perhaps our fastest growing and most exciting venture, with ambitious plans growing out of the £16 million Bramall Music Building, a facility equipped with the acoustically peerless Elgar Concert Hall and Dome Rehearsal Room, designed by Birmingham Symphony Hall acoustician Nick Edwards.
Full time staff include Director of Performance Ceri Owen, an award-winning collaborative pianist and scholar, and scholar-performer and early music conductor Andrew Kirkman. They join forces with Simon Halsey, renowned chorus master of the CBSO and Berlin Radio Choir, and orchestral conductor Daniele Rosina, plus instrumental and vocal lessons arranged with the faculty of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
You also receive the opportunity to take advantage of the early performance opportunities afforded by the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR).
The MA in Music at Birmingham offers first class, world-recognised staff who are experts in their fields meaning students learn from people who really are the best at what they do.
Students study within the excellent facilities available with the Elgar Concert Hall, which is one of the most flexible concert halls of its type in any UK university.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | We usually ask for a good Honours degree (2:1), or equivalent, in Music or a related subject with a substantial musical component. Degrees in other subjects will be considered where candidates have significant professional musical experience and relevant qualifications. Your application should include a personal statement of approximately 5,000 characters. You should use your personal statement to explain why you are interested in studying this programme. In order to expedite processing, please clearly state the pathway to which you are applying within the first paragraph of your personal statement. All prospective students for pathways in performance must also submit a sample of written work of at least 1,500 words - in English - in addition to the usual supporting documents. This should focus on a musical topic, with academic bibliography and references. For this pathway, you must also present a 20-minute programme during which you play a varied programme focusing on Western classical repertoire. The audition should include a brief spoken introduction - in English - to the programme, discussing the repertoire performed.Students from the United Kingdom are expected to audition in person, where possible. If you are unable to audition in person or are located overseas, you should submit a video-recorded audition. This is preferably submitted as an internet video link, (e.g., YouTube/Vimeo/Youku or Dropbox/WeTransfer/YouSendIt), with the URL pasted into a text document and uploaded to the application portal. The writing sample and audition video (where the audition is not taking place in person) should be submitted at the time of making your application, or uploaded within two weeks of submitting your application. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. |
Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
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