Music

University of Bristol

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Programme overview
The Department of Music is a centre of research excellence in both composition and musicology.
In composition, there is no particular house style, but we are well known for a number of areas including:
acoustic work, ranging from solo to symphonic scale;
electro-acoustic, including acousmatic composition;
composition exploring the interface of Western and non-Western traditions.
The department also provides access to a wide network of opportunities for professional and amateur performance.
In musicology, research strengths include not only the Western art music tradition, but screen media, non-Western and popular music. We have particular depth of expertise in the early Middle Ages (especially Spain), and in the 19th and 20th centuries (including the music of France, Britain and Soviet Russia). We also have expertise in Anglophone vernacular traditions including jazz and hip hop; in opera, film, music and the history and philosophy of technology, music and migration, and cultural and reception history more generally.
Several musicology students are co-supervised between the Department of Music and a related department, such as Russian, English or History.
NB For students starting in January 2018, fees for 2017/18 will apply.

Facilities

Location

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Bristol (Avon)
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Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TH

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2018

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

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Subjects

  • Musicology
  • Professor Training
  • Music
  • Media
  • Project
  • Composition

Course programme


Research groups

Research is structured in several interlinked clusters:

Composition

Contemporary vocal, instrumental and orchestral music; electro-acoustic music and live electronics; music with film and mixed media; cultural transfer through composition; traditional media, such as brass band and choral work.
Group members: Dr Michael Ellison, Dr Neal Farwell, Professor John Pickard.

Music and society

Music and politics; cultural history of French music; film, musicals and music for television; cultural transfer, migration and diasporas (especially British and Russian music); medieval liturgical chant and orality.
Group members: Dr Michael Ellison, Dr Pauline Fairclough, Dr Guido Heldt, Dr Emma Hornby, Professor John Pickard, Dr Florian Scheding, Dr Justin Williams.

Intermediality

An emerging cluster exploring the place of music in multi-medial cultural artefacts and practice.
Group members: Dr Michael Ellison, Dr Neal Farwell, Dr Guido Heldt, Dr Emma Hornby, Dr Justin Williams.

Music as performance

Historical performance practice; medieval oral transmission.
Group members: Dr Emma Hornby.

British music

A cluster focused on the Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth (CHOMBEC, co-directors Dr Guido Heldt and Dr Florian Scheding).
Group members: Dr Annika Forkert (Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow), Dr Guido Heldt, Dr Florian Scheding, Professor John Pickard, Dr Justin Williams.

Old Hispanic Office Research Project

Old Hispanic chant; liturgy; theology; creative engagement with contemporary composition. Funded by the European Research Council.
Project members: Dr Emma Hornby, Dr Elsa de Luca (postdoctoral Fellow), Dr Kati Ihnat (postdoctoral Fellow).

Beyond East and West Research Project

Composition for western and traditional Turkish musicians; developing and documenting an evolving transcultural musical practice. Funded by the European Research Council.
Project members: Dr Michael Ellison, Dr Simon Jones (Theatre), Dr Argun Çakır (postdoctoral fellow)


Careers

A large number of graduates from this programme develop careers in higher education or work on high-level research projects in the field of music; some graduates take up careers as composers and musicians.

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