MMus — 2025 entry Music

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique and creativity beyond the scope of undergraduate study, informed by a range of global and historical practice. 

The purpose of this module is to enable you to develop and refine skills in contemporary studio techniques using a ‘home studio’ setup. The module facilitates a wide range of approaches including producing a seamlessly edited recording, audio and MIDI editing and sequencing, synthesis, assembling separately recorded tracks and the creative use of advanced sampling techniques.  These will be developed through a series of diverse case studies for recreation and inspiration. The possible applications of this module range from producing a demo showreel of performances, instrumental compositions, edited material or entirely electro-acoustic works, informed by historical and contemporary practice.

This module is one of six project based learning modules within the Music degree programme. Project based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross year, group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the module convener, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year, each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Live! – a large scale popular music performance project featuring student performers, coordinators, sound and lighting technicians, composers and arrangers. Experimental Music – research, creation and performance of 20th century repertoire and techniques from minimalism to indeterminacy. Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals from vintage classics to the present day. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Historical Listening – listening to music through history, for different functions, in different spaces and places. Meta Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

You will develop your understanding of the theory, aesthetics and technical considerations of digital performance. Topics will include the design and construction of electronic music systems and effective performance strategies and approaches. This will develop independence, resourcefulness, and resilience in the field; enhance digital skills, and provide a wider awareness of cultural practice, enhancing creative ideas, technical development and employability in future work.

This module enables students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the major currents of 20th- and 21st-century music in the Western classical tradition through the exploration of key composers and repertories as well as key documents in the critical reception of the repertoire. It draws on analytical skills acquired in previous modules such as Encounter Music History and Nineteenth-Century Music as well as Music Project and the Topic Study modules. It also consolidates students’ experience of 20th- and 21st -century music encountered elsewhere on the programme. Intersections with global cultural developments form a significant strand in developing an understanding of composers’ decision-making. The module facilitates further development of students’ writing skills, and their ability to assess the significance of scholarly work, including that in the digital domain.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique, knowledge and creativity to a professional and postgraduate standard, informed by a range of global and historical practice.

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

This module is one of six project-based learning modules within the Music degree programmes. Project-based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large-scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross-year, cross-programme group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the Module Leader, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year. Each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals of the twentieth twenty-first centuries. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Meta-Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Folk Music and Nostaglia - exploring folk music, primarily in an Anglo-Irish context, and its relationship to nostalgia. Words and Music - investigating the many relationships between words and music in both texted and untexted genres in a range of musical traditions. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique and creativity beyond the scope of undergraduate study, informed by a range of global and historical practice. 

The purpose of this module is to enable you to develop and refine skills in contemporary studio techniques using a ‘home studio’ setup. The module facilitates a wide range of approaches including producing a seamlessly edited recording, audio and MIDI editing and sequencing, synthesis, assembling separately recorded tracks and the creative use of advanced sampling techniques.  These will be developed through a series of diverse case studies for recreation and inspiration. The possible applications of this module range from producing a demo showreel of performances, instrumental compositions, edited material or entirely electro-acoustic works, informed by historical and contemporary practice.

This module is one of six project based learning modules within the Music degree programme. Project based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross year, group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the module convener, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year, each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Live! – a large scale popular music performance project featuring student performers, coordinators, sound and lighting technicians, composers and arrangers. Experimental Music – research, creation and performance of 20th century repertoire and techniques from minimalism to indeterminacy. Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals from vintage classics to the present day. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Historical Listening – listening to music through history, for different functions, in different spaces and places. Meta Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

You will develop your understanding of the theory, aesthetics and technical considerations of digital performance. Topics will include the design and construction of electronic music systems and effective performance strategies and approaches. This will develop independence, resourcefulness, and resilience in the field; enhance digital skills, and provide a wider awareness of cultural practice, enhancing creative ideas, technical development and employability in future work.

This module enables students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the major currents of 20th- and 21st-century music in the Western classical tradition through the exploration of key composers and repertories as well as key documents in the critical reception of the repertoire. It draws on analytical skills acquired in previous modules such as Encounter Music History and Nineteenth-Century Music as well as Music Project and the Topic Study modules. It also consolidates students’ experience of 20th- and 21st -century music encountered elsewhere on the programme. Intersections with global cultural developments form a significant strand in developing an understanding of composers’ decision-making. The module facilitates further development of students’ writing skills, and their ability to assess the significance of scholarly work, including that in the digital domain.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique, knowledge and creativity to a professional and postgraduate standard, informed by a range of global and historical practice.

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

This module is one of six project-based learning modules within the Music degree programmes. Project-based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large-scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross-year, cross-programme group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the Module Leader, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year. Each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals of the twentieth twenty-first centuries. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Meta-Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Folk Music and Nostaglia - exploring folk music, primarily in an Anglo-Irish context, and its relationship to nostalgia. Words and Music - investigating the many relationships between words and music in both texted and untexted genres in a range of musical traditions. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique and creativity beyond the scope of undergraduate study, informed by a range of global and historical practice. 

The purpose of this module is to enable you to develop and refine skills in contemporary studio techniques using a ‘home studio’ setup. The module facilitates a wide range of approaches including producing a seamlessly edited recording, audio and MIDI editing and sequencing, synthesis, assembling separately recorded tracks and the creative use of advanced sampling techniques.  These will be developed through a series of diverse case studies for recreation and inspiration. The possible applications of this module range from producing a demo showreel of performances, instrumental compositions, edited material or entirely electro-acoustic works, informed by historical and contemporary practice.

This module is one of six project based learning modules within the Music degree programme. Project based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross year, group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the module convener, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year, each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Live! – a large scale popular music performance project featuring student performers, coordinators, sound and lighting technicians, composers and arrangers. Experimental Music – research, creation and performance of 20th century repertoire and techniques from minimalism to indeterminacy. Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals from vintage classics to the present day. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Historical Listening – listening to music through history, for different functions, in different spaces and places. Meta Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

You will develop your understanding of the theory, aesthetics and technical considerations of digital performance. Topics will include the design and construction of electronic music systems and effective performance strategies and approaches. This will develop independence, resourcefulness, and resilience in the field; enhance digital skills, and provide a wider awareness of cultural practice, enhancing creative ideas, technical development and employability in future work.

This module enables students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the major currents of 20th- and 21st-century music in the Western classical tradition through the exploration of key composers and repertories as well as key documents in the critical reception of the repertoire. It draws on analytical skills acquired in previous modules such as Encounter Music History and Nineteenth-Century Music as well as Music Project and the Topic Study modules. It also consolidates students’ experience of 20th- and 21st -century music encountered elsewhere on the programme. Intersections with global cultural developments form a significant strand in developing an understanding of composers’ decision-making. The module facilitates further development of students’ writing skills, and their ability to assess the significance of scholarly work, including that in the digital domain.

This module seeks to advance individual compositional technique, knowledge and creativity to a professional and postgraduate standard, informed by a range of global and historical practice.

The purpose of this module is to critically engage with and employ your knowledge of research, discussion and writing about music of the Western classical tradition or popular repertoires at HE Level 7. This is pursued through the study of a single work or a small group of works or the study of a single album or group of tracks and its/their various contexts. The module provides further foundation for historically based study. This topic will change each year and indicative topics may include Popular Music and New Media, Popular Music and Culture, Musical Theatre, Opera Studies, Historical Performance Practice, Studying Music as Performance, and English Music from Elgar to Britten (this is not an exhaustive list). 

This module is one of six project-based learning modules within the Music degree programmes. Project-based modules focus on learning in the context of musical practice, based on a professional model of project implementation to realise concerts, compositions and arrangements, conference events, recordings and publications.  Project modules will develop a coordinated and managed group activity based on the project theme, such as a large-scale performance or musical outcome, a music creation project with associated conference/performance/material outcomes and documentation.  This module is a cross-year, cross-programme group project in which students can pursue their own specialism by agreement with the Module Leader, in the context of a large, coordinated group enterprise.  Two project module themes will be available in each academic year. Each theme will only occur once for each student cohort. Themes have included and will be drawn from: Reworking Music – investigations and realisations of the ways in which music has been recycled across a wide range of genres. The Music of Data - studying and experimenting with music based on all sorts of non-musical data from numbers, to patterns, to the natural world. In C – from Terry Riley's minimalist classic to explorations of the continued attraction of C major for composers. Film Music - uncovering and learning to utilise techniques of combining music, image and narrative. The Musical - the study and realisation of musicals of the twentieth twenty-first centuries. Musical Games after John Zorn's 'Cobra' – starting from Zorn's directed improvisation and exploring a range of generative musical procedures. Medieval Music – exploring medieval music in its own time and ours. Meta-Music - music about, and made from, other music. Dido and Aeneas – contextual and analytical study of Purcell's opera, including performances and the creation of new works based on associated themes. Women in Music - female musicians through the ages in popular and classical music.   Mahler and Musical Meaning - studying the music of Gustav Mahler, the ways it may be understood and what it can tell us about music's meaning-making potential. Folk Music and Nostaglia - exploring folk music, primarily in an Anglo-Irish context, and its relationship to nostalgia. Words and Music - investigating the many relationships between words and music in both texted and untexted genres in a range of musical traditions. Other project themes may be offered and the above is not an exhaustive list. 

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.

The purpose of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies in applied performance research, advance individual learning/preparation skills in the context of your instrument/voice, and develop performing experience. The creative skills you learn will also contribute to your learning in other modules. All students learn from lectures and seminars given by the module leader and occasional invited speakers who represent a range of sectors within the music industry. At Department events you will witness live performance at first hand. You will be required to attend rehearsals and concerts as outlined in the appropriate handbooks, and will be expected to play a full part in the musical life of the Department. In addition to your assessed performance you will be encouraged to perform a significant solo or small ensemble item in a major Department concert (eg Wednesday lunchtime concert) on an unassessed basis. Your assessment will take place in a public concert.