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MA Music at Middlesex University has established a reputation for providing the Music postgraduate with a curriculum to strengthen, but also to contextualise the more specialist work in musicon which they may have decided to focus their professional development.

The masters course structure is flexible to allow you to vary your work according to varied interests or to focus exclusively on areas of your chosen practical discipline. This pliability permits international postgraduate students from wider Music disciplines to collaborate and benefit from one another's experience.

You are also encouraged to engage with unique lectures, seminars and workshops on the third year undergraduate BA Music, BA Jazz and BA Music and Arts Management courses to collaborate with other performing arts forms if you wish, and to join the music ensembles which include chamber groups, jazz, contemporary, Latin American and choir.

In full time mode, you will take four modules from September in the year in which the course is started, to May of the following year. You will have then until late in November to completeyour Final Music Project under the supervision of a dedicated, specialised, professionally-active staff.

In part-time mode,you willtake two modules Musicology and Music Research Techniques, from September of the year in which the course is started, to May of the following year; then Peripheral Music Project and Specialist Music Project from the following September to May of the subsequent year. With specialist staff supervision, you will have then until late in November to work on and completeyour Final Music Project. Preporatory work towards the Final Music Project will normally be started by part-timers during the summer of their first year.

The main teaching sessions are held in the early evenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Optional specialist seminars and extracurricular activities are timetabled during the day. There are regular masterclasses and research symposia. Individual tutorials may be arranged at other times. Postgraduate students may also attend relevant modules in other programmes or participate in ensemble rehearsals and concerts to broaden their experience.

All assessment is by coursework, either by essay from a choice of questions given by presentation of research portfolios with short accompanying essays and student presentations. Portfolios may comprise written work, compositions or an extended recital. Subject to approval, the format for the final music projectis proposed by the student and may include written work, field study, composition or performance following the postgraduate students own interests.

A 2.1 (or higher) graduate degree in Music or related subject(s). Candidates with lower grades who feel they have the potential and motivation to complete a postgraduate degree may also be considered. Mature candidates with equivalent professional experience can also apply.English Language RequirementsIf your first language is not English, you should have a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL 575 (paper-based), 231 (computer-based). English Language Requirements CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 75 (Grade B)