MSt in Music (Composition)

University of Oxford

About the course: The MSt can serve both as a self-contained course for students wishing to pursue more advanced studies in composition for one year or as an excellent preparation for doctoral research. Students on the MSt courses in musicology, performance and composition follow a common structure, supported by appropriate individual supervision or tuition in their chosen specialism. Assessment: You will submit a musical composition in response to techniques presented in core composition seminars at the end of Michaelmas term. An essay is submitted at the end of Hilary term. The final Assessment: includes a further essay in musicology or a further musical composition produced in response to techniques presented in composition seminars and a larger musical composition or portfolio of compositions, at the end of Trinity term. Graduate destinations: Typical Graduate destinations: include doctoral research in music and other music-related or broadly cultural professions.

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