Subjects A-Z: Music

Postgraduate research

Postgraduate taught degrees

Music offers a wide range of MMus, MLitt and PG Dip/Cert programmes driven by a strong research and professional development ethos. These Masters are usually one year full-time or two years part-time and begin in September. There is also the option of an MRes in Music which combines taught courses with a larger independent research component. As the leading music research unit in Scotland (according to Research Assessment Exercise in 2008) and with 94% student satisfaction, we provide both a rigorous and supportive learning environment.

It would be hard to find a better city for studying Music than Glasgow. As a UNESCO City of Music, it offers huge opportunities to get involved in a vibrant musical culture. Our Popular Music Studies programme draws on Glasgow’s dynamic independent music scene offering the opportunity to gain work experience with companies such as The Arches, Chemikal Underground Records, DF Concerts and the Glasgow International Jazz Festival. The new Historically Informed Performance and Practice programme is taught in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and provides an element of apprenticeship with professional ensembles such as the Dunedin Consort. Through our Sonic Arts and Composition programmes, you will develop your creative practice in an open and supportive environment closely linked to the contemporary music scenes in Glasgow, as well as to performing ensembles such as Scottish Opera and the RSNO. In Musicology you’ll learn advanced critical and research skills and study with some of the UK’s leading musical scholars.

The RSNO will be offering a series of workshops with a sinfonietta sized ensemble starting in November 2012, specifically for postgraduate composition students, leading to possible performance opportunities. This will provide a supportive professional context in which to develop your work, complementing our existing ensemble workshop opportunities with groups such as the Viridian Quartet and the student-led contemporary music ensemble.