MA Music: Mixed Composition pathway
Course Overview
This course empowers you to become a versatile composer for the 21st century, masterfully blending traditional instrumental and vocal writing with cutting-edge electroacoustic and computer music technology. You will develop a unique artistic voice by creating works for interactive systems, multimedia, and sound installations, navigating the exciting intersection of tradition and innovation. The program is designed to foster your creative vision within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Key Program Highlights
- Master the fusion of traditional composition with modern electroacoustic and computer music techniques
- Create innovative works for interactive systems, multimedia, and immersive sound installations
- Develop a unique artistic voice at the intersection of historical tradition and technological innovation
- Receive tailored career support, including one-to-one advice and bespoke employability events
- Gain access to a network of industry professionals through on-campus recruitment fairs and employer presentations
Course Overview
This course empowers you to become a versatile composer for the 21st century, masterfully blending traditional instrumental and vocal writing with cutting-edge electroacoustic and computer music technology. You will develop a unique artistic voice by creating works for interactive systems, multimedia, and sound installations, navigating the exciting intersection of tradition and innovation. The program is designed to foster your creative vision within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Key Program Highlights
- Master the fusion of traditional composition with modern electroacoustic and computer music techniques
- Create innovative works for interactive systems, multimedia, and immersive sound installations
- Develop a unique artistic voice at the intersection of historical tradition and technological innovation
- Receive tailored career support, including one-to-one advice and bespoke employability events
- Gain access to a network of industry professionals through on-campus recruitment fairs and employer presentations
Requirements
Modules
- LM Composition Tutorials 1
- LM Composition Tutorials 2
- LM Composition Portfolio
- LM Music Employability
- LM Music as Critical Practice
- LM Advanced Studies in Electroacoustic Composition 1
- LM Advanced Studies in Electroacoustic Composition 2
- LM Advanced Studies in Instrumental/Vocal Composition 1
- LM Advanced Studies in Instrumental/Vocal Composition 2
- Advanced Jazz Composition
- LH The Wagner Brand
- LM Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
- LM British Music in Performance
- LM Classical and Romantic Piano Music
- LM Composing for Voice
- LM Eighteenth Century Counterpoint
- LM Electronic Music Studies
- LM Experimental Musics
- LM Fieldwork Methods
- LM Gustav Mahler: The Philosophy of Music Gustav Mahler: The Philosophy of Music
- LM Historically Informed Performance
- LM Introduction to Global Popular Musics
- LM Love, Death, Religion and Music in the Renaissance
- LM Made in Birmingham. Art and Urban Space
- LM Music Scholarship and Bibliography
- LM Postsocialist Music and Ethnography
- LM Sonic Alchemy: Live Electronic and Mixed Music Ensemble
- LM Sound Studies
- LM The Singers’ Survival Guide: the effects of commercial opera on singing culture in the Later Baroque Period
- LM The Wagner Brand
- LM Topics in Early Music
- LM What is British Art?
