MMus Creative Practice

This flexible Master of Music (MMus) in Creative Practice is an inclusive and forward-thinking degree designed for students with broad conceptions of music composition and multi-disciplinary approaches. It offers specialist focuses in popular music composition and production, sonic arts, and audiovisual cultures, allowing you to investigate and combine strategies for developing new creative work. You will devise a bespoke program of study from an extensive list of options, blending practices from contemporary songwriting, production, sound art, composition, ethnography, and multi-media work. The modules are designed to equip you with a variety of intellectual, creative, critical, and technical skills, culminating in a substantial creative project. Depending on your module choices, you may have access to advanced facilities like the Electronic Music Studios for electro-acoustic composition and multichannel work, or the Goldsmiths Music Studios with an HD Pro-tools recording system. This Masters is ideal for those preparing for further postgraduate research or aiming to build a distinctive portfolio for the creative industries.

Curriculum

The MMus Creative Practice programme involves compulsory modules and a range of optional modules allowing for a personalised study experience. All students begin with a core module in their first term, followed by choices that expand skills in their primary practice and allow experimentation in complementary fields. Optional modules may also include related studies from outside the music subject area, subject to approval.

1. Year 1
   • Expanding Your Practice
   • MMus Project

Careers

The MMus Creative Practice programme is designed to prepare students for diverse career paths within the creative industries or for further academic research. The skills and portfolio developed are valuable for direct entry into professional roles.

• Composer
• Producer
• Sound Artist
• Music Technologist
• Academic Researcher