MA Music (with Performance): Composition pathway

The Music with Performance (Performance Pathway) MA course offered by the University of Birmingham equips students with the necessary skills to enhance their performance ability and widen their professional scope. This course trains students to perform in various professional environments and gives an opportunity to immerse in a stimulating course program that explores a wide spectrum of music performance.Course Content: The course content includes various elements such as Defining Musicology: methods and approaches; Applied Performance Studies; Recital; Critical Musicology, and many others. It also encompasses the techniques of performance, criticism and assessment, and performance pedagogy which broadens the students' understanding of music as a profession.Key Modules: The key modules in this course include Defining Musicology: methods and approaches; Post-Tonal Music and Composition Techniques; Work-Based Learning in the Creative and Cultural Industries; Music Performance: Stagecraft and Presentation, and others.Future Careers: Upon completion of this course, students find opportunities in numerous areas. Some of these areas include professional performance, community music leadership, and instrumental teaching, both private and within schools. Some graduates of this course also progress to study music at PhD level and may also consider careers in academia, arts administration, journalism, and librarianship.'For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.