MA Music Production

On this course you will examine the relationship between music and the wider cultural, social and economic circumstances of its production and reception. We encourage you to focus on contemporary ideas and developments emerging within the industry. Interdisciplinary learning is encouraged and you will consider complex questions about creativity and knowledge alongside students from other practice-led master's programmes.

You will undertake two taught modules in the first semester, which will help you to develop the necessary frameworks of thought enabling you to progress to the final stage of the programme. This specialist knowledge will inform your final independent music production focused on the area of music production which most excites you.

Our Music Production Team has a high profile within academic publishing in this subject area, most notably with the Perspectives on Music Production series published by Routledge.

Qualifications

Entry onto this postgraduate course requires a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree in a related subject.

If your undergraduate degree is not in a related field but you have extensive experience of music production, your application will be considered.

International Students

If you're an international student, you'll need to demonstrate experience, or qualifications equivalent to those above.

If your first language is not English you must show evidence of English Language competence at IELTS level 6.0 (with no skill below 5.5) or equivalent.

Interview and portfolio

Entry onto this postgraduate course will require you to attend an interview.

At interview you will be asked to give a presentation which will:

• Demonstrate your readiness for graduate level practice
• Show evidence of your engagement with critical thinking.

You will also be asked to complete a portfolio. This portfolio should show examples of previous and current performance practice.

We are happy to arrange interviews via Skype for overseas students.

APEL policy

If you can't meet these minimum requirements it may be possible to take into account evidence of Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) as an alternative method of meeting the programme’s entry requirements. In such a case, appropriate references and records of employment might be presented to support the applicant’s case for admission.