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Mmus/MusM - Master of Music
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Our MusM Composition (Instrumental and Vocal) master's course offers intensive training for composers and provides excellent preparation for doctoral work or a career in the professional world. With a strong focus on practical music-making and supported by an outstanding programme of workshops and performances by professional musicians, it offers an invaluable opportunity for composers to hone their skills and develop their personal voice. You will benefit from: links to ensembles as an integral part of the course; interaction with the music profession, including the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata; opportunities to develop professional skills, for example through collaborating, rehearsing and networking with professional musicians; learning to arrange/orchestrate; undertaking outreach opportunities; and collaborating in the creation of performances; flexibility to develop your own compositional and research interests; close ties with electroacoustic composers in NOVARS, and the flexibility to combine electroacoustic course units with those for instrumental and vocal composition.
