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Research Degrees

Research lies at the heart of the activities in Music and Sonic Arts. It informs teaching, guides concert programming and seminars, and provides a context for many strategic activities within the School. The postgraduate community is one of the largest in the UK or Ireland (+ 50 students in 10/11) with students working on a range of musicological, creative and technical projects.

Further details of the various research degrees can be found via the links below.

 

PhD in Musicology

The School offers PhD supervision in a wide range of fields. A recent strength has been in nineteenth- / early twentieth-century music, with topics such as Exoticism in Massenet, Baroque influences in Brahms, Richard Strauss and Modernism, Salome, Strauss and Dance, and the music of Frank Bridge... More
   

PhD in Composition

The PhD in Composition programme is part of the practice-led research activities which take place within the School. Student composers can work across a broad range of creative practice from acoustic composition through to creative work in sonic arts.  More

 

  

PhD in Ethnomusicology

PhD degrees in Ethnomusicology at Queen’s are offered in the School of History and Anthropology and the School of Creative Arts covering abroad spectrum of research areas such as: music in religion and ritual; music in politics; music and emotions; medical ethnomusicology; local musicking; popular music; and organology, among other topics. The regional expertise of our staff is extensive, with special focus on Europe, the Americas, South East Asia and Australia. More
   
 

PhD in Sonic Arts

A PhD in Sonic Arts offers the opportunity for cross-disciplinary research reflecting the interests of members of the Sonic Arts Research Centre and its staff.  In addition to all studio and technical facilities at SARC, PhD students have access to...  More

  

 

Funding/Scholarships

Click here to see the lastest funding opportunities available for research study at the School.  

 

Applications:

Applications should be made on line, via the Queen's  Postgraduate Applications Portal


More Information:

PhD study in Sonic Arts (including composition and creative practice):
contact Dr Pedro Rebelo - p.rebelo@qub.ac.uk

PhD study in Musicology and Composition (instrumental):
contact Professor Ian Woodfield - i.woodfield@qub.ac.uk

MA in Music, MA in Composition:
contact Dr Martin Dowling - m.dowling@qub.ac.uk

MA Sonic Arts:
contact Dr Stephanie Bertet - s.bertet@qub.ac.uk

For general MA and PhD administrative enquiries:
contact Mrs Pearl Young - pearl.young@qub.ac.uk