Music

Music course at Kingston University provides an outstanding student experience and supporting its students to achieve successful degree outcomes has been recognised with a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

Quick Facts:

• The University has not only received an overall rating of Gold – a significant rise from its previous Bronze status – but has also secured a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
• Through a major project, you will focus on a particular area of your choice. This project may be written or may be a composition folio.

The nature of Kingston's Music MA, which combines theoretical knowledge and practical skills across a broad musical curriculum, means graduates are equipped for a wide range of careers, including in:

• music and arts administration;
• the music business;
• school, higher education and instrumental teaching;
• outreach work and educational workshops;
• music composition and arranging;
• professional performance and conducting;
• music publishing.

Courses include:

• Advanced Production of Popular Music

• Commercial Music

• Composing and Marketing Popular Music

• Constructing Music Education in the UK

• Critical Reflection on Musical Performance

• International Music Education: Psychology, Culture and Philosophy