MA Music Performance (London)

An MA in Music Performance will provide you with the breadth and depth of knowledge to realise a wide range of music performance projects across numerous scenarios that will serve you well in the world of work. On this masters degree you will be challenged to innovate across a range of disciplines within the industry such as creative covers, songwriting, artistic endeavours and recording. You will develop a personalised journey in specific areas of interest culminating in you leaving with a focused commercial strategy for a sustainable career. You'll explore contextual elements of the world of music and consider your place within it.

The key aim is to cultivate high quality, entrepreneurially adept graduates to work in the Music Performance industries from a portfolio career grass roots level to more structured established company environments. You will be well placed for the real world of work in this exciting field. Graduates will be equipped to take up roles working as a session musician, artist, instrumental related teacher, gigging performer, portfolio-based musician, MD.

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or an appropriate equivalent, i.e. a professional qualification, from a recognised British or overseas institution, in a related subject. Your degree should be in a related subject, including Music Performance, Commercial Music, Commercial Music Performance and Production, Popular Music, Contemporary popular Music, Jazz performance, Any degree mentioning Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keyboards.
You should be of at least Grade 6 standard on your instrument or voice
Please send hyperlinks to videos of you performing 2 contrasting songs on your primary instrument or singing them. The songs must be performed from start to finish. At least one of the 2 videos must show you performing unaccompanied i.e. on your own without other musicians or a backing track. The songs can be your own compositions or covers.

IELTS - 6.5 with minimum of 5.5 in each component
TOEFL iBT - Overall score of 81 with at least 18 Reading, 17 Listening, 20 Speaking, 19 Writing