Program Overview

Overview

The Music Performance MMus course is designed to enable students to pursue music performance at an advanced level, allowing them to specialize in particular areas and genres of music performance as well as develop their skills as a rounded and expert performer. Students will work to gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the repertoire they perform, develop their intellectual and creative skills required for a high level of performance, and apply research skills with a view to making an original contribution to the professional context of music performance.

Key Information

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of a 2:2 honors degree from a recognized University or equivalent institution.
• Application materials (or previous qualifications) and live audition (or documentation of performance) should demonstrate a strong understanding of performance and instrumental/vocal/other technique.
• Auditions should comprise two contrasting pieces, one of which should relate to the proposed specialism in performance.
• If the first language is not English, students will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification, with a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 overall and no element lower than 6.0.

Start Dates

• 22 September 2025

Duration

• 1 year full-time
• 2 years part-time

Course Detail

Core Modules

• Researching Music: Introduction to significant and contemporary scholarship relating to the study of music, including music production, composition, and sonic arts.
• Performance 1: Exploration and performance of a range of repertoire and skills appropriate to the instrument/voice or specialist route.
• Performance in Context: Examination of recent and current scholarship relating to music performance and performance studies.
• Performance 2: Development of performance skills, focusing on repertoire appropriate to the specialism, with three recitals, the final one representing the culmination of research and development as a performer.

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching takes various forms, including individual tuition, performance workshops, seminars, and tutorials.
• Students receive 26 hours of individual tuition from expert instrumental/vocal tutors.
• Assessments include a combination of written work, review of literature, and methods appropriate to performance and the specialism.

Fees and Finance

Tuition Fees - Full-time

• In 2025/26, the full-time tuition fee for UK postgraduate students will be £9,900 (Band 3).

Tuition Fees - Part-time

• In 2024/25, the part-time tuition fee for UK postgraduate students will be £740 (Band 3) per 15 credit module and £1,480 (Band 3) per 30 credit module.

Career Support

• The course prepares students for a career in which performance might play a part, such as portfolio careers including performing, teaching, and other pedagogical contexts, public engagement events, arts administration, music promotion, and further scholarly work.

Research Excellence

• The University of Huddersfield is in the top 50 UK universities for Research Power.
• Three-quarters of all research is world-leading and internationally excellent.
• Over 60% of the research environment was classified as world-leading and internationally excellent, especially in Music, Biological Sciences, Architecture, and Built Environment, Social Work, and Social Policy, History, and Communication and Media Studies.

Student Support

• The school has dedicated Academic Skills Tutors (AST) who deliver a range of generic skills.
• The AST offers help and advice with general study skills, IT, literacy, and numeracy, as well as research skills.
• The University's Disability Services provide information and advice to disabled students about the support available and liaise with members of staff on disability-related issues.