PhD Musical Composition

For our Musical Composition PhD, you’ll research and develop new musical languages. You achieve this through building a portfolio of works accompanied by a reflective critical commentary.

Our facilities provide the latest tools in software and hardware in the Jonathan Harvey Electronic Music Studio. Other specialist facilities include rare 20th-century music scores and unique collections of jazz and music television documentaries.

Our supervisors in the field of Musical Composition have particular expertise in:

• opera
• orchestral and chamber music
• electronic and computer music
• film and media music
• improvisation.

For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field.