Overview
This Composition course at University of Sheffield focuses upon composition of contemporary music and offers two distinct pathways. You can choose to specialise in instrumental composition, in which you will explore a broad range of compositional approaches and techniques with a strong emphasis on inquiry-led practice.
This will include collaboration with professional performers and peers, resulting in numerous live premieres of work, and/or the scope for interacting across disciplines.
Key Features
- You may also have the opportunity to make mixed-media work, and collaborate with artists working with other media (visual, design, text).
- Alternatively, you may specialise in electronic/electroacoustic composition, in which you can explore creative applications of analogue/digital technologies, studio-based composition techniques, real-time audio processing techniques, aesthetics of sonic art, historical developments in electronic music, temporal/spatial-audio and post-digital aesthetics, amongst others.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Film Sound and Composition
- Influences and Inspirations: independent study of compositional practice
- Collaborative practice, public engagement and impact
- Composition Portfolio
- Electroacoustic Techniques
- Instrumental Techniques
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , National
- Apply before , International
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Music Music Composition Music Performance View 52 other Masters in Music Composition in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- You’ll need a 2:1 in music or a combined degree with a substantial music component.
- Degrees in other related subjects may be acceptable depending on your background.
- Provide a portfolio with your application: When you apply you'll need to provide a portfolio of your compositional work. The portfolio must include one or two examples of your best work and can be in many different formats depending on your style of composition - instrumental composers are invited to submit copies of scores, but any recordings of performances (or even midi files) are most welcome. Electroacoustic composers are invited to upload soundfiles of their works.
Tuition Fee
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International
24400 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 24400 GBP per year during 12 months. -
National
9850 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9850 GBP per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Sheffield
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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Available Scholarships
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