School of Music

Programme Manager: Dr Ewan Stefani
Email: e.j.stefani@leeds.ac.uk

This programme aims to introduce students to a wide range of musical studies at an advanced level, and to develop presentational skills and capabilities in a variety of studio-based techniques, as well as giving the opportunity for developing creative skills where appropriate. Students take a compulsory Music Technology Project - a portfolio of work devised in consultation with the module tutor which combines theoretical research with practice-led investigation of music technology hardware and/or software at an advanced level. They also attend the core module Computer Music Studies, which introduces students to a wide range of advanced software-based skills for musical applications (including audio processing and sound synthesis techniques, real-time control interfaces, and audio-visual interfaces). All taught postgraduate students also attend a core research skills module, Introduction to Musical Scholarship. The remaining programme credits are chosen from a wide-ranging menu of optional modules, allowing students the flexibility to tailor their studies to their own individual enthusiasms and interests

On successful completion of this programme students should be able to:

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of key theoretical principles in the area of study.
Demonstrate the development of practical skills associated with music technology and computer music at an advanced level.
Demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge to the field of study
Pursue an intensive and detailed exploration of a single field or a group of related areas within music technology and computer music.
Evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline.
Demonstrate advanced skills in music both practically and theoretically.

MUSI 5662M Music Technology Project (60cr)

Project Portfolio (55%)
Project Report, 5000 words (30%)
Literature Review, 2500 words (15%)

MUSI 5631M Computer Music Studies (30cr)

Folio of exercises (70%)
Literature review, c.2000 words (15%)
Reflective log, c.2000 words (15%)

MUSI 5030M Introduction to Musical Scholarship(30cr)

Bibliography assignment (50%)
Presentation Skills (50%)

Students choose an additional 60 credits from the following options (subject to availability), to make up a total of 180 credits - either one 60cr module, or two 30cr modules:

60-credit modules:

Dissertation
Portfolio of Original Compositions
Editorial Project
Final Recital

30-credit modules:

Issues in Contemporary Musicology
Composition Studies
Short Dissertation
Computer Music Studies
Applied Performance
Short Recital
Editing & Archival Studies
Studies in Historical performance
Individual Project