Composition MMus

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Overview

Unlike many composition courses at this level, the course actively celebrates the diversity of today's musical genres, and fosters artists who challenge, innovate and transform notions of artistic practice today. You'll spend most of your time writing music for professional and student ensembles, whether you choose to respond to our set briefs or work on your own projects.

You'll be encouraged to express yourself in multiple musical and artistic genres.

By studying composition within a thriving conservatoire setting, you'll have excellent opportunities to collaborate with performers and to have your works performed.

Alongside your focus on composition, our course provides opportunities for you to develop other skills relevant to a future career in the music profession.

What's covered in the course?

• Regular individual tuition in composition from internationally recognised composers.


• A chance to develop a distinctive compositional voice within the context of a broadly based course, enhancing your employability.


• The opportunity to participate in a wide variety of creative projects, including interdisciplinary collaborations.


• Regular forums, seminars and masterclasses with distinguished visiting composers and performers.


• Opportunities to have works performed/workshopped by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and other leading professional ensembles and musicians.