Orchestral Performance (Strings) - MMus
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Master
In Birmingham
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Birmingham
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Duration
2 Years
You will also participate in additional performance activities within the Conservatoire’s String Department and the wider Conservatoire, including performance classes, masterclasses, orchestra and chamber music.You'll have full access to our superb £57 million facilities, including our Concert Hall, 150-seat Recital Hall, our black box performance space known as The Lab, and more than 70 practice rooms, ensemble rooms and workshops; all acoustically designed to provide a music-making environment that is world class.
Both PgDip and MMus courses also provide excellent opportunities for you to develop other skills relevant to a future career in the music profession.
A separate postgraduate pathway is available for Instrumental Performers, which includes both solo and chamber music routes for string players (the latter for existing ensembles).
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About this course
In addition to one-to-one specialist tuition, you will spend a significant amount of rehearsal time in the CBSO alongside one or more dedicated host players who will act as mentors. You may also be offered opportunities to play at the back of the section to gain further experience. In addition to developing your technical facility, musicianship, interpretative skills and stylistic awareness, you will expand your knowledge of orchestral repertoire, learn how to prepare for rehearsal in the most efficient way, develop strategies which will help you to integrate within your section, and build confidence in preparing for orchestral auditions.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
UK students should normally hold an honours degree, ideally but not necessarily in Music.
Non-UK students should hold a Bachelor's degree or a similar degree-equivalent diploma, ideally but not necessarily in Music.
Entry level is very high and auditions will be conducted by Section Leaders from CBSO and the Head of Strings at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Home student auditions will be scheduled live in Birmingham, while special arrangements will be made for EU/international students unable to travel to the UK.
The opportunity to learn while playing alongside professional players in one of the UK’s leading orchestras is clearly an extremely valuable one. Furthermore, at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire we provide a friendly and supportive environment in which you can pursue your postgraduate studies. This is a time when you need to think particularly carefully and strategically about the direction of your developing career as a musician. We therefore encourage you to be ambitious in pursuing your aspirations, and endeavour to provide you with the flexibility to mould your course to your individual needs, both within your Principal Study area and in complementary modules.
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Subjects
- Music Management
- Project
- Music
- Wellbeing
- Orchestration
- Lecture-Recital
- Interactive Music Technology
- Jazz studies
- Historical Keyboard Performance
- Performing and Producing in the Studio
Course programme
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete THREE CORE modules (totalling 140 credits):
- Career Development
- Principal Study 1: Orchestral Performance
- Principal Study 2: Orchestral Performance
- THREE Professional Development modules (20 credits each), and
- ONE MMus optional module (40 credits)
- Optional modules
Additional information
International students
Award: MMus Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 2 years
Fees - £23,600 per year
Orchestral Performance (Strings) - MMus