Music Performance Studies

at University of Sheffield

MA modules

You will select either the piano or the non-piano pathway.
 

Core modules:

• Academic Skills
• Advanced Ensemble Performance Skills
   

Piano pathway - you will take:

• Historically-Informed Piano Performance
• Piano Recital
   

Non-piano pathway - you will take:

• Historically-Informed Performance
• Recital
   

Recommended and optional modules - both pathways:
 

Subject to the approval of the course director.

• Collaborative practice, public engagement and impact
• Communicating about music and music research
• Critical Listening and the Musical Work
• Critical Listening and the Musical Work
• Performing South Asian Rhythm
   

Optional modules - both pathways:

Subject to the approval of the course director.
 

• Topics in Musicology
• Critical Musicology
• The Social and Applied Psychology of Music
• Music, Brain and Body
• Qualitative Data Collection
• Qualitative Research Techniques

You'll need a 2:1 in music or a combined degree with a substantial music component.
 

Degrees in other related subjects may be acceptable depending on your background.
 

Provide a portfolio with your application
 

When you apply you'll need to provide a portfolio in the form of a video. It must include two contrasting pieces of different styles and eras that demonstrate your expressive and technical flexibility. Classical singers should choose works in two different languages. Musicians performing in a popular style can choose works from the same era but they should show sufficient contrast. The portfolio should be approximately 20 minutes.
 

To submit your portfolio, you should do one of the following:
 

• upload your video recordings with your postgraduate online application

• provide an online link to your performance portfolio in your postgraduate online application
   

Entry requirements for international students
 

Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

• Home ( annual fee) : £9,300
   
• Overseas ( annual fee) : £23,250
   

The fee listed is for the advertised mode of study. If you're studying for an alternative qualification or via a different mode of study (eg full-time, part-time) then the fee could be different. Due to inflation, the fee for Home students could also increase after your first year of study.

Many of our graduates have found success in the music profession as performers, while a large number have gone onto teach or establish their own music freelance business. Others have stayed to continue their studies at PhD level, or taken up offers to study further at leading music conservatoires.