Overview

You will be able to study individually either with our excellent Royal Holloway-affiliated performance teachers, or an external teacher of your choice, subject to agreement with the Music department.

You will work towards a final recital performance, with the support of group seminars and individual tuition on your instrument or voice. You'll also be able to take two courses from the MMus Advanced Musical Studies syllabus.

Career opportunities

Our recent graduates from the Music Performance course at Royal Holloway University of London have gone into careers as music teachers, composers and musicians. Others have gone into PhD studies at Royal Holloway or other leading universities, and then into academic careers, with some working in the highest-rated research departments in the country.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Historical Musicology

Topics in Multimedia and Film Music

Topics in World Music

Techniques in Ethnomusicology

Documenting Performance

Music of the Americas - Politics, Indigeneity and Performance

Issues in Popular Music

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Egham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

2:2 A Bachelor's Honours degree in Music with a Upper Second Class grade in the performance module.
All applicants must provide an academic essay of 2,500 words on any musical topic.
As part of the application, an audition and/or a recent video recording of at least 3 contrasting pieces, total duration at least 15 minutes, is to be provided.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

22300 GBP / year

≈ 22300 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

11600 GBP / year

≈ 11600 GBP / year

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