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Specialisations and contents of a Master of Music

If you are interested in following the Masters programme in Music, you need a university degree in a similar field of study and a classic instruments training. The study usually combines music performance, own compositions, and conducting or teaching.

You study music history, music therapy, music pedagogy, and music technology – representing the four building blocks of your study. Moreover, the universities support your instrumental performance to a greater or a lesser extent depending on the specialisation you choose. In any case, the Master of Music takes two years to completion.

To be accepted at universities or colleges of music, you need to pass an entrance test. Due to the great variety within the Masters programmes itself, be aware which aspects you plan to focus upon.

Career Options after the perfection of the Masters programme in Music

The degree prepares you to be a professional performer, conductor, composer, and teacher. You can find several employments in the following exemplary fields:

  • Concert and cultural management
  • Professional musician
  • Music therapist
  • Teaching of music
  • Researcher in the field of musicology
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These universities and colleges provide such Masters degree:

    study programmes     universities
  Acoustics and Music Technology   comprehensive profile   University of Edinburgh
  Sound Design   comprehensive profile   University of Edinburgh
  Musikwissenschaften   comprehensive profile   Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
  Music   comprehensive profile   University of Edinburgh
  Musicology   comprehensive profile   University of Edinburgh
  Computer Music (Res.)     Plymouth University
  Production of Popular Music     Kingston University
  Songwriting and Production     University of South Wales
  Music (Performance, Composition, Musicology)     University of Southampton
  Music     Oxford Brookes University
  Music Technology (by research)     University of York
  Arts of Asia and Africa     SOAS, University of London
  Sonic Arts     University of Sheffield
  Sound and Music Computing with Industrial Experience     Queen Mary University of London
  Music     University of Liverpool
  Education - Music     Liverpool Hope University
  Music     King's College London
  Critical and Experimental Composition     University of Leeds
  Music     Kingston University
  Fine Art     Bangor University
  Performance     Bangor University
  Contemporary Curatorial Practice     University of Lincoln
  Traditional Music of the British Isles     University of Sheffield
  Music     University of Cambridge
  Music - including composition and performance (MPhil)     Bangor University
  Performance     SOAS, University of London
  Music (MPhil)     University of York
  Ethnomusicology     Durham University
  Advanced Music Technology     University of West London
  Music - including composition and performance (Research)     Bangor University
  Music     Newcastle University
  Music: Mixed Composition     University of Birmingham
  Musical Composition     University of Birmingham
  Music Technology     Leeds Beckett University
  Composition     Birmingham City University
  Music (MA)     Bangor University
  Music (Musicology)     University of Oxford
  Dance Philosophy and History     University of Roehampton
  Music (Research)     University of Bristol
  Music     Keele University
  ...     ...
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