Music MMus at Kings College London

Overview

Develop and expand your knowledge of music in a world-leading university, located in the heart of London with access to major arts centres.  Choose to study either Composition or Musicology and Ethnomusicology. 

On our Musicology & Ethnomusicology pathway, you can explore a wide range of music and approaches, while learning advanced skills in writing and research.

Our Composition pathway allows you to both develop your compositional skills and explore other areas of music studies. You can also select from a wide range of modules across Arts & Humanities at King’s

Key benefits

• Intensively taught course covering a wide range of specialised topics.
• Musicology & Ethnomusicology students choose from historical, sociocultural and theoretical modules.
• Composition students benefit from one-to-one lessons and participation in composition seminars and have the opportunity to hear their works performed by resident ensemble Lontano.
• Option to take modules in other Arts & Humanities departments at King’s, or at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
• Located in the heart of London’s music scene, with two major opera companies (Royal Opera Covent Garden and English National Opera) and two major arts centres (South Bank Centre - location of the Royal Festival Hall - and Barbican) within walking distance.

Description

On this course you may specialise in either Composition or Musicology & Ethnomusicology. (Please note, we do not offer a Performance pathway.) We encourage you to choose modules that reflect your particular interests, and up to a third of your optional module choices may be from other Arts & Humanities departments, meaning you can build a broad and truly individual study pathway.

Our specialist modules will teach you current approaches to academic writing on music as well as advanced techniques for research and composition. At the end of your course, you will submit a special study – either a dissertation or a substantial work of 8-15 minutes in duration – for which we will give you one-to-one supervision.

Our aim is to nurture leaders in musicology, ethnomusicology and composition. If you intend to go on to research or composition at doctoral level, or if you want to build on your existing skills, this course will be ideal for you.

Career prospects

Our graduates have gone on to careers in teaching, media and arts amongst others or further study.