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MusB Music

University of Manchester

Institution
University of Manchester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
MusB Music
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
W302
Typical offer
A-level AAB

Entry requirements

A level: AAB including A in Music

About this course

MusB Music, focusing on composition, performance, and musicology. Core topics include Research Methods. Students study solo performance with professional instrumental and vocal teachers and complete ensemble performance modules.

Modules

  • Tonality: Form and Harmony
  • Sonic Invention A
  • Sonic Invention B
  • Approaches to Musicology
  • Music and Its Contexts
  • Solo Performance 1
  • Tonality: Theory and Analysis
  • Techniques of Tonal Harmony
  • Musical Notation
  • Analysis of Tonal Music
  • Fixed and Electroacoustic Composition
  • Interactive Media Composition Environments
  • Harmony and Counterpoint
  • Instrumental Composition
  • Vocal Composition
  • Music and Consumption in the Digital Age
  • Music, Culture and Politics
  • Solo Performance 2
  • Ensemble Performance A (10 credits)
  • Ensemble Performance B (10 credits)
  • Ensemble Performance B 20 Credit
  • Conducting
  • Music Cultures of the World
  • Introduction to Participatory Music
  • Symphonic Music circa 1900
  • Jazz Improvisation, Theory, and Analysis
  • Composition Portfolio
  • Dissertation
  • Aesthetics
  • Advanced study in Musicology A
  • Advanced Study in Musicology B (40)
  • Composition for Film
  • Recital
  • Modern Spanish Music: A Cultural History