- This course focuses upon composition of contemporary music and offers two distinct pathways.
- Students can choose to specialise in instrumental composition, in which they 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.
- They may also have the opportunity to make mixed-media work, and collaborate with artists working with other media (visual, design, text).
- Alternatively, they may specialise in electronic/electroacoustic composition, in which they 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.
- At the start of the course, they will be offered intensive training in the knowledge and methods of their chosen field; this is followed by opportunities for independent research and exploration.
- By the end of the course they will have developed and refined their own compositional voice and will be able to situate creative work within a broader contextual framework.
- The MA also includes composition for film and film sound recording, recognising training needs for those wishing to enter the creative industries as composers, sound designers and game contributors.
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Eligibility & Entry Requirement
Academic Eligibility:
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A 2:1 in music or a combined degree with a substantial music component.
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Degrees in other related subjects may be acceptable depending on the applicant’s background.
Indian Eligibility:
- Bachelor degree in relevant subject.
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Scores Required
Required Document List
- Portfolio required.
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Scholarship Grants & Financial Aids
Name | Scholarship Per Student | Level of Study | Type | |
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Goa Education Trust Scholarships | Scholarship per studentVariable Amount | Level Of StudyMaster | TypeMerit-Based | |
Debesh Kamal Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 1.5 L/Yr$1,385 | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
Paul Foundation scholarships | Scholarship per student₹ 22.4 L/Yr$20,174 | Level Of StudyDiploma | TypeMerit-Based | |
Narotam Sekhsaria Scholarships | Scholarship per studentVariable Amount | Level Of StudyMaster | TypeMerit-Based | |
India Postgraduate Taught Master’s Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 4 L/Yr$3,555 | Level Of StudyMaster | TypeCollege-Specific | |
Prodigy Finance-GyanDhan Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 2.8 L/Yr$2,500 | Level Of StudyMaster | TypeMerit-Based |
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