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Applications can be made to the programme at any time up until the end of August.

Please apply on line via the Queen's Postgraduate Applications Portal

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Music and Sonic Arts at Queen’s University Belfast offer MA programmes which reflect all critical and practice-based aspects of Music and Sonic Arts. The programmes are designed around key areas of expertise in the School and provide an environment for the development of methodological, critical and creative skills at Masters level within a 12 month period. Taught Masters in the School are grouped into two programmes (music and sonic arts), within which various specialist areas can be pursued. The School performed extremely well in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, ranking 4th in the UK in terms of research power, making it one of the most research intensive departments in the UK. Music and Sonic Arts at Queen’s has established a reputation for delivering high quality taught postgraduate programmes which attract students from various backgrounds and from all over the world.

 

MA in Music | Musicology, Irish Traditional, Composition

The MA in Music is a specialist degree offering a particular focus on training in research techniques and, for composers, technical and creative skills. It offers refinement of skills acquired at undergraduate level, encouraging the ability to take forward individual musicological research and composition projects. 
While we offer a single module in performance, this is not a degree for those wishing to conentrate in that area.
   
   
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MA in Sonic Arts

The MA in Sonic Arts is based on establishing a foundation in digital audio and offers four specialist routes that culminate in a portfolio or dissertation. The programme is focused on links with research activities at the Sonic Arts Research Centre and provides students with unique opportunities to develop Masters level research in the context of larger research projects. The programme addresses the synergy between technology and creativity and prepares students with technical, critical and creative skills for future professional practice or further research in the areas of audio, music technology and new media.

 

Other Courses:

MA in Arts Management

MA in Arts Management


The School of Creative Arts in collaboration with the School of Management offer a new MA, entitled MA in Arts Management. This pathway will take advantage of the strong existing links between Drama, Creative Writing, Film Studies, Music and Visual Arts courses and Belfast’s wider cultural sector.