MA Transcultural and Traditional Music Studies (distance learning)

Online University of Sheffield Department of Music

Part time September MA 2 years part time Award winner

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Creative Arts & Design Music - Folk Music Music - History of music Music - Musicology Sheffield United Kingdom Online

About the course

Through a series of part-time online modules, you'll encounter theories and methods from ethnomusicology, folklore, and cultural studies music education that will help you understand the sounds, people, and motivations driving music making and transmission in a variety of traditions.

World music studies encompasses the study of any and all musical activity in the world: Western as well as ‘exotic’, popular as well as classical, amateur as well as professional.

The course allows you to specialise in an area of your choice, while providing the opportunity to study musical phenomena from a global perspective.

Entry Requirements

2:1 undergraduate degree. If your undergraduate degree is not in music, you’ll need to provide evidence of substantial engagement with music.

We also recognise the value of experience, and may accept applications from people who have been in practice, or who bring other experience to their studies.

Fees

Home (2022 annual fee) : £4,650 each year
Overseas (2022 annual fee) : £4,650 each year

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Joy Edenfield

Since completing my MA I have had the opportunity to make great strides professionally. I have presented my dissertation at conferences in Athens, Madrid, Lisbon and Florence, and assisted other international school teachers in setting up alternative percussion ensembles in their schools. The course helped me define a new direction in my teaching career and I am so thankful for that opportunity.