MA Creative Practice and Performance (Music)

Module: 7SW023

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module provides you with the opportunity to build on your research methods training and practice, applying and reflecting upon research skills that are of value for the dissertation.

Module: 7SW024

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module provides an opportunity to explore experimental performance practice and praxis. Having developed an understanding of the parameters and potential of practice and performance, you will apply this to your own work to develop your own creative practice. Working within a creative lab environment you will experiment with performance forms, structures and processes to create a work in progress.

Module: 7SW016

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will develop and broaden your understanding of your subject specialism by investigating practices within, and outside of the performing arts. Working across disciplinary boundaries you will gain new insights into practices beyond your own discipline/field, examine how these can inform your own practice, and explore the possibilities of interdisciplinary working.

Module: 7SW021

Credits: 60

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module is the culmination of your postgraduate study and allows you to demonstrate the depth of your knowledge and understanding gained through your course. In this module you will be required to undertake an extended independent project negotiated with your nominated supervisor. You will produce either a piece of empirical research, professionally related practice or performance related practice depending on your area of study.

Module: 7MU023

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

The concept of shape is widely used to discuss music. The module will draw on music performance, music psychology and music analysis to examine and make sense of shape in music from varied (cultural and stylistic) points of view and explore shape as a key notion for the practice and teaching of performance expression and nuance. Aspects covered in the module include shape as a: way of making relationships between sound and movement or gesture; link between improvisational and compositional dialogue; connection between notation, sound and cognition.

Module: 7MU007

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

The module will draw on film, film sound, audiovisual and Expanded Cinema theory to consider not only film and television, but also a wider range of contexts related to new media. You will consider and explore historical and contemporary practices of composing sound for image and of composing image and sound simultaneously including both fixed media (using software such as Pro Tools and Logic) and real-time generation and processing (using software such as Pd/GEM, Max/Jitter or similar).

Module: 7MU022

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will develop the theoretical understanding and practical skills needed to record music. While the module will primarily focus on various methodologies employed in the recording stage of audio production, it will also explore mixdown and mastering. Students will conduct research into genre and equipment-specific working practices, then apply this research to the development of their own innovative recording concepts and techniques.

As a graduate of this course you will be able to:

1. demonstrate a systematic understanding of the field of music, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of your academic discipline
2. apply a comprehensive range of techniques relevant to your own research, scholarship and practice in music
3. apply knowledge in original ways, together with an understanding of how established techniques of research and practice are used to create and interpret knowledge in music
4. critically evaluate current practice, research and advanced scholarship in music
5. deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate your conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences
6. demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level.

Location Mode Fee Year Home/EU Full-time £6400 per year 2020-21 Home/EU Part-time £3200 per year 2020-21 Home Full-time £6550 per year 2021-22 Home Part-time £3275 per year 2021-22 International Full-time £13350 per year 2020-21 International Full-time £13950 per year 2021-22

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

You will need a good degree (2:2 or above) in Music or Popular Music, with strengths in Music Performance and/or Music Performance Studies. All students will be interviewed/auditioned to assess their suitability and preparedness for the course.Candidates will be considered with a significant track record of professional experience in a relevant field, but without a BA (Hons) degree. To do this, non-standard applicants in this category will be interviewed, and may be asked to produce a piece of written work as a means of assessing their suitability. Applicants from overseas should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (normally IELTS 6.5 or equivalent)

Postgraduate Loan (Home Fee Status):

You may be able to get a postgraduate student loan from Student Finance England of up to £11,750 to help pay for a Master’s degree. Applications are made through Student Finance England and more information on the regulations and eligibility criteria can be found at Masters Loans gov.uk.

* Any RPL will invalidate your eligibility as you must study a minimum of 180 credits

Changes for EU students:

The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as Overseas (International) students for fee purposes. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) click here.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught on-site postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts; please see the following websites Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Action. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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