Masters Degrees in Jazz, United Kingdom

We have 3 Masters Degrees in Jazz, United Kingdom

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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Postgraduate Courses

Jazz programmes are available as Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and MA awards. - Advanced principal study tuition from professional musicians. Read more…

Jazz programmes are available as Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and MA awards.

Key Features

- Advanced principal study tuition from professional musicians
- Advanced tuition in music preparation, including composition and arrangement
- Specialist listening and analysis classes, including transcription and critical writing
- Professional ensemble coaching
- Wide range of performance opportunities at RWCMD
- Professional touring and festival performance opportunities
- Integral player in local and regional Jazz scene
- Strong links with regional music industry, including education

Key Features of all Postgraduate Programmes

- Advanced principal study tuition from professional musicians
- Training in career development, self-promotion, event management and sustainable technique
- International masterclass series
- Fully integrated performance programme by international artists
- Performance Practice training supported by seminars, tutorials and symposia
- Training in performance analysis and presentation (MA)
- Optional training in advanced teaching skills and arts management
- Opportunities to study abroad at a partner conservatoire

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MA Music Industry Innovation & Enterprise

University of Chichester
Music

This innovative and exciting masters programme is designed as a professional practice qualification for anyone wishing to further develop and sustain employment opportunities in the modern music industry. Think of this as the start of your professional career in the music industry. The curriculum is carefully designed to prepare students for the next stage of their careers, to challenge current music business models, to innovate and to be in control of your own career aspirations.

Course content
The programme expects to attract entrants who have a background in the subject or a related subject area, acquired through previous study (a bachelor's degree with honours or equivalent) and entrants who have acquired experience through work or other means that enables staff responsible for admissions to be confident of the candidate's ability to succeed in the programme.

Course will included a diverse curriculum including music industry analysis, business and enterprise, innovation in the music industry, professional skills development and a commercial project.

Entry requirements: You would generally need to have a relevant undergraduate degree with at least a 2:1

Our facilities
Facilities include professional recording studios, Pro Tools suite, creative suite, rehearsal rooms, showcase rooms and lecture rooms.

Where this can take you
Music industry employment, self employment or running your own business.

Indicative modules
Music industry analysis
Business and enterprise
Innovation in the music industry
Professional skills development
Commercial project
Teaching and Assessment
A mixture of critical analysis, academic writing, performance, production and business planning. Final assessment will be a self directed commercial project.

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Music (MMus)

Aberdeen University
Graduate School - College of Arts & Social Sciences

Your programme of study. Music at Aberdeen is world renowned and has been taught since Bishop Elphinstone founded the university in 1495. Read more…

Your programme of study

Music at Aberdeen is world renowned and has been taught since Bishop Elphinstone founded the university in 1495. 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.

Find out more about music at Aberdeen:

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/music/#panel193

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/music/groups-and-ensembles-47.php

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. 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.

Courses listed for the programme

Semester 1

Music Research Skills

Optional

Renaissance Counterpoint

Vocalisation

Semester 2

Music Research Seminar Series

Optional

Words and Music

Contemporary European Opera

Electroacoustic Composition: the Voice and the Machine

Semester 3

Extended Project

Find out more detail by visiting the programme web page

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/degree-programmes/200/music/

Why study at Aberdeen?

You get expert tuition across the musical spectrum from voice to instrumental areas, drawing from well known composers and researchers in their field such s Royal Wedding composer Professor Paul Mealor
You can join a Symphony Orchestra, Choral Society, Chapel Choir, String Ensemble, Viol Consort, Recorder Consort, New Music Group, Baroque Ensemble, Concert Band, Big Band, Chamber Group and many others