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Postgraduate courses

Music

Join an inspiring creative community

Discover our Music courses here, or find out more at a postgraduate event.

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Develop your composition practice or ensemble leading skills, or deepen your understanding of community music.

Studying music at postgraduate level can lead to career paths including music teaching, community arts, music therapy, radio production, and more.

Courses

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Music MA

Work with, and learn from, musical experts who will support you in professionalising your creative voice. You'll further your skillset across performance, composing, facilitating...

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Artistic Practice MRes

Build your future, grow your creativity and enhance your personal and professional artistic research practices. This course has been designed to facilitate an inclusive and diverse creative environment...

This postgraduate course has provided me with the opportunity to further explore my career as a composer. Studying at this level has provided me with even more opportunities than I had during my undergraduate degree, and my independent project has led me to produce high quality compositions which several pianists have shown an interest in. After discovering specific interests in my chosen field through my undergraduate degree, the masters allows me to further explore these interests and delve into more detail, with the higher level of work providing me with the opportunity to write and compose to a higher standard than I ever previously have. The knowledge that the lecturers on the course provide is amazing, with the support and guidance in the music department and University being one of the key factors in my choice to return to York St John University to study at postgraduate level.

Ewan | Music

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Collaboration

The work you create will reflect your passions and strengths. This could include performances within our Creative Centre or iconic venues in York, recordings of original music developed in conjunction with our Music Production team, facilitated sessions with any of the numerous local community groups and schools, leadership of your own professional ensembles, or even collaborations with Fine Artists to create installations or interactive sonic spaces.

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Community

You will be part of a local, national and global creative community that connects you to a network of artists through projects and experiences that prepare you for successful careers in the arts.

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International Centre for Community Music

York St John University is also the home for the International Centre for Community Music whose projects operate in various locations globally. These locations have included Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Malawi, Brazil and North America and many more. This course captures the importance of cross-cultural and transmedia approaches for today’s artists and supports students' aspirations to collaborate with projects in film, digital production, live performance and more.

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