Masters degrees in Folk Music offer advanced study of traditional and revived forms of Folk Music and culture.
Taught MA and MMus (Master of Music) are typical for the field. Entry requirements normally include an appropriate undergraduate degree in a relevant subject such as Music or Performance Studies.
Do you see yourself on the stage singing beautiful arias, being the female lead in opera, singing lieder, folk songs and other types of music? Are you already performing and you want to refine those skills to gain even more work, techniques and ability? University of Aberdeen provides you with that platform to experiment, improve your level, the genres of music you perform and your technique to allow you to progress your music career. Whilst you progress there are plenty of opportunities to perform by yourself and with others and plenty of experiences to enjoy on campus and further afield.
If you are a performer who would like to fine tune your skills or you would like to research other types of music to enable you to perform to wider audiences Vocal Music can help you towards that goal. The programme is also aimed at choral music and musicologists in this genre to enable and enrich performance. Vocal music has started to become popular again within society and composers have been able to bring their skills within the mainstream musical area. World renowned composer Paul Mealor at Aberdeen provided a range of contemporary musical composition aimed at choral music performance, some of which was performed by modern choirs under direction of Gareth Malone and special composition for the Royal Wedding in 2011. His work has also been popularised on Classic FM.
An innovative Masters Degree programme specialising in vocal and choral music, led by the distinguished Royal Wedding composer Professor Paul Mealor intended for composers, musicologists, performers and other interested parties in choral music
Semester 1
Compulsory
Optional
Semester 2
Optional
Semester 3
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We are all shaped by the cultural experiences in our life and this programme offers you the opportunity to understand the different areas of culture and bring them together to broaden your understanding of Ethnology and Folklore.
If you want to keep the traditions of the past alive across your culture this programme may interest you whether you are from Scotland or live in Scotland. The programme can lead to teaching and further research or you can be involved in bringing the past alive and re-inventing traditions in new events for the future. Examples of traditions which contribute significantly to their economies are Uphelia on Shetland and The Fireballs ceremony in Stonehaven which is also replicated in towns in Northern England such as the Tar Barrels ceremony at Allendale. All of these ceremonies come from traditions within cultures that came to Britain in our past and they offer us unique understanding about the life and times of ancient civilisations.
This is a programme has a North East (Scotland) focus so if you want to know about what your ancestors experienced or the traditions you still keep alive this programme will help you towards more knowledge. You can take this knowledge into niche areas of interest to you, extend it into local festivals and raise awareness of lost areas of culture or those which are at risk of being lost. You can either research or teach or use this knowledge to enrich tourism and local community experiences.
The course will develop a broad-based understanding of how Ethnology and Folklore evolved, and of their approaches to the major genres of study: material culture, custom and belief, oral narrative, song, childlore and games, sports and pastimes. You learn how to research into the cultural past across all art forms and cultural traditions.
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Semester 2
Semester 3
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University of Aberdeen has been a creative hub of musicians since the Middle Ages. Music at Aberdeen was introduced by Bishop Elphinstone who founded the university in 1495. Since this time the University has provided the world with a wealth of global performers and composers of note, some of whom are in the current classical and other music charts and sought after globally with a packed diary. If you want to develop your musical interests at Master's level as a new graduate or returner, or if you want to improve and challenge your musical skills as part of your professional development the Mmus Music is an ideal programme of study for you. You are taught by known world renowned performers and composers within the music world including Professor Paul Mealor, and you are encouraged to start performing immediately to then start to specialise and find out what you most enjoy. If you are a highly creative individual with lots of talent this programme will ensure you progress and deepen your creative specialism.
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You can study orchestration and composing for choirs, and renaissance music, words and music, contemporary opera. These areas may help you advance your musical career within teaching, performing, advising and working for specific musical productions as a freelancer. Classical areas are also very useful for more contemporary approaches to musical creativity. You may decide to write music for choirs and help them perform your works or you may decide to work internationally within opera companies. With Words and Music you can study any composers and genres to then go on to work in the West End, a specific niche area of music or as an individual performer.
You develop your skills in composition, musicology and performance with further specialising to allow you to continue to develop research in the department. Career progression includes global musical outlets across the musical creative industries such as freelance performance work, composition, collaborations and more.
Semester 1
Optional
Semester 2
Optional
Semester 3
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Do you want to know more about your roots in terms of ancestry, history, influences and reasons why you or others moved? Are you interested in Scottish heritage from the point of view of arts, music, history, literature, architecture and major enlightenment periods, the clans through to civil wars and battles and effects on migration of people?
Scottish Heritage is known far and wide for its richness in terms of cultural identify, the way it has travelled to other countries where Scottish people settled and how this rich past of people moving in and out of Scotland has influenced major heritage of today, innovations, ancestry and roots of a great many people in the UK, Europe and internationally. This programme brings together many elements of Scottish History to provide you with a rich tapestry of cultural knowledge, historical knowledge and the changes which affected emigration and movement of Scottish people to many communities in the UK and internationally. You discover the European influences, the different periods of major change culturally and in terms of people, and you explore visual history and researching archives.
You are taught by the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy, History, History of Art to conduct research, read and explore the vast areas of Scottish Heritage. Experts will guide you through literature, poetry, art, cultural traditions, history and context and much more. This is a unique degree which takes full advantage of the wealth of cultural, historical and art history knowledge in University of Aberdeen and allows you to work at your own pace in finding out more about this fascinating area.
Careers in this area can be within teaching at local or community level, work in heritage attractions. International work can include re-invention of cultural areas overseas to explore identity, museums, research, publishing and more. You may wish to take your studies further to explore a specific area of interest to you. University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495 by Bishop Elphinstone to provide learning and study in specific historical areas which would influence social and business life of people in the North East of Scotland. The campus dates from the Middle Ages with tours being provided on site around the stunning buildings and streets.. Students come from Scotland and internationally to the campus or choose to study online. From Aberdeen nearby attractions include Orkney and Shetland - from the ferry in the city centre, the Highlands and Inverness, the wild Cairngorms National Park, the birthplace of J.M Barrie in Angus, and much more.
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£1300 per module
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