MA Sound and Music for Theatre

MA Sound and Music for Theatre

The MA / MFA Sound and Music suite will provide a significant opportunity to extend your skill base through applied practice and research in professional contexts. You will develop projects in your area of specialism (e.g. performance, production, sound, and music for media, games, or theatre), and capitalize on our expertise in interdisciplinary working to develop collaborative projects alongside other practitioners and researchers studying Acting, Drama, Performing Arts, Dance, Multi-media, Film, animation, and architecture, modeling professional practice and modes of collaboration by operating as creative and collaborative innovators. Program-specific skills and professional contexts will include Sound and Music Performance, Sound and Music Design and Production, Sound and Music for Games, Sound, and Music for Theatre, Sound, and Music for Games.

Modules

All modules are core. Modules 1-6 culminate in the MA qualification. Modules 7 and 8 are studied as a second full-time year for the MFA Qualification.

  1. Advanced Sound Design and Production
  2. Advanced Music Performance, Composition, and Production
  3. Creative Technologies
  4. Interdisciplinary Intersections
  5. Creative Project Design
  6. Dissertation / Final Project
  7. Research Praxis
  8. Meta-Praxis (Mental Wealth Module)

Employability

You are likely to have professional industrial experience and/or have joined the course as a graduate within the specialist areas of Music Performance, Music Technology and Production, Sound and Music for Media, Games, or Theatre. This will inform your path of study and practice. A significant feature of the course is to establish creative and collaborative interdisciplinary projects applied in professional industrial contexts, which may include your current place of work. This mode of embedded study will significantly increase your opportunity to operate and work in a wide range of roles across the music, media, theatre, games, and multi-media industries.

Key Facts

Requirements

  • DEGREE- 2:1 First degree or equivalent professional practice and experience in a discipline relevant to the field of study (i.e. Music Performance, Production, sound, and music for media, games, theatre)

Duration options

Full-time, 1 year

Part-time, 2 years

Start date
September

Fees and Applying

EU/Home – Tuition Fees:

  • Full-time: £9,120  UK
  • Part-time: £1,520 UK

International –

  • Tuition Fees: £13,860
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