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MA Songwriting
MA Songwriting

MA Songwriting

  • ID:BSU440014
  • Level:Master's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Requirement

IELTS Academic 6.5 or 7.0, This must include a minimum of 5.5 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

TOEFL Ibt, This must include a total of 75, to include a minimum 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking, and 17 in Writing.

PTE Level C1, Our postgraduate courses have differing requirements depending on the course.  For specific information please see the course webpage.

  • For courses requiring IELTS 6.5, the PTE required score is 58 overall with at least 51 in each of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

  • For courses requiring IELTS 7.0, the PTE required score is 67 overall with at least 62 in each of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

LanguageCert International ESOL,We accept the LanguageCert International ESOL with an overall B2 Communicator Pass or High Pass (depending on the course)

 

 

Course Information

From day one, you’ll write songs, using alternative strategies designed to work alongside your current creative approaches.

Applying practice-based learning at our world-heritage research centres, through a range of creative strategies and critical perspective on your songs’ relationship with audience and industry, you’ll develop and focus your output. This is informed by a blend of practical, theoretical and scholarly practice.

Lyric-writing, and a fluent command of imagery, metaphor, and narrative is nurtured, as chords and melody take shape around language’s meaning, and vice versa. You’ll investigate the power and potential of song forms, modes of address, perspectives, time-frames, and characters.

Having stretched the range of creative options available to you within your own artistic palette, you’ll turn your hand to research; this is your entry to the postgraduate world. You’ll identify the industrial context relevant to your songs; your knowledge of your field will become intensified through primary research, secondary research, and contact with guest speakers from industry.

Collaborating with songwriters from near and far will increase your creative and networking range. Ahead of your Major Project, contextual and collaborative research perform the vital task of shaping your song outputs.

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Course structure

This course includes or offers the following modules. Please check the programme document (below the main image on this page) for more information.

  • Songwriting Skills

  • Song, Culture and Identity

  • Research Methodologies and Context

  • Professional Collaboration

  • Workstation Song Production

  • Major Project.

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

There’s a broad range of professional outcomes from this course and our graduates now work as:

  • Performers

  • Lecturers

  • Researchers

  • Agents

  • Signed artists

  • Signed writers

  • Teachers

  • Therapists

  • Publishers

This course also provides an excellent grounding if you’re interested in going on to PhD study.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year

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