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Opleiding: Populair Music, MMUS
Learning purpose
MMus Popular Music is an ideal masters course for students wishing to acquire or develop their expertise in songwriting, performance, the music industry and-or musicology to a professional level. You may hope to lay a firm foundation for a career in these areas or to seek academic accreditation for experiences and skills to improve upon.
You'll receive training in the craft of Songwriting and Performance in the module of that name, study musicological and extra musical concepts in Popular Music Cultures and Musicology, and also explore the music-industrial practices of popular music.
Finally, you'll produce a professional portfolio of your work, though courses in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Final Music Project tailored to your specialist interests.
Programme
The course is ideal for students wishing to acquire or develop their expertise in songwriting, performance, the music industry and-or musicology to a professional level. You may hope to lay a firm foundation for a career in these areas or to seek academic accreditation for experiences and skills to improve upon. Modules are designed to enable you to develop a range of critical, practical, technical and research skills as you examine the history and criticism of popular music styles in theory and practice. You'll receive training in the craft of Songwriting & Performance in the module of that name, study musicological and extramusical concepts in Popular Music Cultures and Musicology, and also explore the music-industrial practices of popular music. Finally, you'll produce a professional portfolio of your work, though courses in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Final Music Project tailored to your specialist interests.
Entry Requirements
Candidates are usually expected to possess a UK honours or equivalent degree normally classified 2:1 or above,or otherwise subject to interview in or related to candidate s intended specialism s .An applicant who is not a graduate may be admitted provided they have appropriate professional experience or hold other qualifications approved for this purpose.
English language requirements
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
Professional perspective and employment market
With a postgraduate qualification in Popular Music, you will have acquired skills which are transferable across various sectors of the music and cultural industries and allow career options including arts administration and management; community and corporate arts work; copyright administration (royalty industry); education and training; live and session-based musical performance, including touring; music journalism-criticism; music research (including subsequent doctoral study); music publishing; production, retail and distribution of sheet music, recorded music and-or instruments; radio research, production and broadcasting; recording and audio editing industries, including studio production; representation, promotion and music marketing; songwriting and composition; venue management.
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