Masters Degrees (Orchestration)

(This course is a pathway under the 'MFA Professional Composition' course.). More and more games are using live orchestra. Video games frequently have both the budget and the scale of ambition to support a large, epic fantasy score, or a thumping action soundtrack. Read more

- Have your music performed by a professional 50-piece film orchestra. - Personal 1-to-1 tuition from top professional orchestrators and composers. Read more

(This course is a pathway under the 'MFA Professional Composition' course.). This is a course that combines advanced training in scoring and orchestration for film, games and other media with focus on both live and sampled orchestration. Read more

The NFTS trains composers in both live and electro-acoustic music for the moving image in a production context closely modelled on Industry working practices. Read more

(This course is a pathway under the 'MFA Professional Composition' course.). In today’s competitive market, you need to be flexible and able to address the widest possible range of opportunities. Read more

Film and Television develops technical skills in compositional techniques and studio-based work. Designed for advanced composers, it provides an in-depth specialist training. Read more

This course is designed for students working primarily as instrumentalists, composers or conductors. Attendance for lectures is as limited as possible, with the remaining tuition delivered by one-to-one contact time through the tutorial system and via the e-learning platform. Read more

Our MusM Composition (Instrumental and Vocal) master's course offers intensive training for composers and provides excellent preparation for doctoral work or a career in the professional world. Read more

Writing music for the moving image requires a unique combination of technical and creative skills. You will gain a solid grounding in the theories, techniques and practices essential for contemporary film and television music production. Read more

Build your practical and theoretical experience in the creative and innovative applications of music technology in a studio environment. Read more

Do you love music? University of Aberdeen offers a wealth of musical genres, approaches and the practice of your art allows enrichment to your work, whether you compose, perform, teach, or do a combination of all three. Read more

Concert Music develops an advanced knowledge of received compositional techniques from the 16th to 20th/21st century. Read more

The MMus Music will introduce you to the fundamental principles of either research in popular music or composition for film, TV and media. Read more

The postgraduate programme in "Music and Acoustic Engineering" forms experts and designers who are able to face consolidated as well as emerging technological challenges in the audio, music and acoustics areas. Read more

The MMus in Composition fosters your ability to compose and notate music, and to develop your own personal musical language. . Read more