Brighton,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA Music and Sonic Media in Brighton United Kingdom | University of Sussex
University of Sussex
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Brighton United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
21,500
(c. USD28,793.02)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months
Enhance your creative skills in composition and audio through hands-on projects and theoretical studies. Delve into both the principles and applications of music production, examining historical influences while building advanced technical expertise.
Our MA program addresses modern trends in concert settings and beyond, covering areas like film scoring, media, and interactive arts. You will:
craft original compositions
produce sound installations
design musical theater works
utilize audio technologies
score for film
critically assess musical and sonic creations.
This program is tailored for composers, performers, sound artists, and practitioners from related disciplines such as theater, as well as theorists with a focus on music and audio.
The Music Department serves as a global hub for contemporary music research, innovative musical thought, and music theater. You'll benefit from specialized resources including:
the department's extensive archives of recordings and sheet music
the dedicated Music Mac Lab
three professional-grade recording studios
performance spaces and practice rooms.
We provide an exceptional array of interconnected research fields, with strengths ranging from opera and musical theater to composition. This enables you to create a customized portfolio aligned with your talents and passions.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
Subject-specific requirements
Your qualification should be in music, theatre, sonic arts or audio-visual media. Youll also be considered for this course if you have relevant professional experience.
Since much of the practical work on different modules involves your own creative and/or compositional engagement with the topics covered, you should include a short composition portfolio with your application. This is composition interpreted broadly (i.e. it does not have to be 'traditional' notated composition): it could be songs, tracks you have produced, movie soundtracks, performances of your own compositions, a score. etc. The portfolio should demonstrate your ability to create music, audio or other sonic media. You can submit in a variety of formats: links to tracks on Soundcloud, Youtube, MP3s, scores, etc.
IELTS (Academic) - Standard level (6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component).
TOEFL (iBT) - 80 overall, including at least 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking, 17 in Writing.
Subject-specific requirements
Your qualification should be in music, theatre, sonic arts or audio-visual media. Youll also be considered for this course if you have relevant professional experience.
Since much of the practical work on different modules involves your own creative and/or compositional engagement with the topics covered, you should include a short composition portfolio with your application. This is composition interpreted broadly (i.e. it does not have to be 'traditional' notated composition): it could be songs, tracks you have produced, movie soundtracks, performances of your own compositions, a score. etc. The portfolio should demonstrate your ability to create music, audio or other sonic media. You can submit in a variety of formats: links to tracks on Soundcloud, Youtube, MP3s, scores, etc.
IELTS (Academic) - Standard level (6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component).
TOEFL (iBT) - 80 overall, including at least 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking, 17 in Writing.
Tuition
GBP
21,500