Musical Composition PhD

University of Birmingham

Course overview In this course you discover your own path as a composer. We welcome traditional and innovative composition styles, offering you opportunities to combine instruments and the latest technology to produce new compositions. On this course, you can create musical and sonic artworks using electroacoustics and computer technology, traditional (or not so traditional) instrumental and vocal composition, or a combination of these. We're also excited by projects involving interactive systems, multimedia, and sound installations with a range of music facilities on campus for you to use. Workshop and performance opportunities Get involved in our 'Ensemble in Association' workshops with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the New Music Ensemble where postgraduate researchers present their work. Our series of workshops and research seminars will bring you into contact with internationally leading composers, performers and scholars. In previous years the Fidelio Trio, Bozzini Quartet, and Ligeti Quartet visited campus. If you're interested in instrumental composition workshops you can expect to get a place at a workshop at least once during your studies.