Six reasons to study Music at Sheffield
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 1. Probably the best SSR in the country. = access to tutors = personal feedback = increased contact time = greater opportunity to understand research in music = a friendly and highly active department Please do visit the exhibition (in the exhibition space between 1000-1500) where can see additional department activity, examples of staff research, and discuss dual degree options
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 2. Sheffield.
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 3. Excellent facilities The Soundhouse and Jessop Building
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 4. The degree
Level One provides a broad overview of the subject, with the emphasis on acquiring key skills in performing, composing, evaluating and writing about music. (120 credits in a year). C indicates compulsory module. Other modules may be replaced with up to 40 credits drawn from outside the Music Department. (95% take-up the full 120 credits). Dual honours students take 60 credits. AUTUMN
SPRING
History of Western Music
20 C
Music of the World
20 C
Intro to Studio
10 C
Studio Composition
10
Popular Music Studies
10
Sound and Science
10
Musicianship I
10 C
Musicianship II
10 C
Composition
10
Performance
10
Department of Music
Degree Structure
MODULE CODE
MODULE TITLE
MODULE TUTOR(s)
MUS202
Music in Culture & Society
Ethnomusicology
MUS203
Analytical Approaches to Music
Simon Keefe
MUS212
World Music Performance
John Ball
MUS318
Ensemble Class
Mary Dullea
MUS340
Sound & Moving Image
Adrian Moore
MUS353
Music and Arts Administration
David Patmore
MUS354
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology
MUS362
Intermediate Composition
Dorothy Ker
MUS370
Sound Recording Practice
Dave Moore
MUS372
History of Popular Music
Andrew Killick
MUS374
The Broadway Musical
Dominic McHugh
MUS390
Sound and Music Synthesis
Dave Moore
MUS393
Analysing Electronic Music: tools, terms and techniques
Adam Stansbie
MUS391
Music, Power and Desire at the Renaissance Courts
Tim Shephard
2012 modules Semester 1. Note growth in degree with new modules and new members of staff.
Department of Music
Degree Structure
MODULE CODE
MODULE TITLE
MODULE TUTOR(s)
MUS208
Practical Skills
Dorothy Ker
MUS323
Orchestral Techniques
George Nicholson
MUS344
Piano Accompaniment
Stephanie Pitts
MUS349
Psychological Approaches to Performance
Renee Timmers
MUS355
Creative Applications of Music Technology
Adam Stansbie
MUS377
Mozart in Vienna
Simon Keefe
MUS378
Collaboratory Project
Dorothy Ker/Dave Moore
MUS383
Traditional Music in the Modern World
Simon Keegan-Phipps
MUS384
Music of India
John Ball
MUS389
Music in the Community
Stephanie Pitts/Fay Hield
MUS392
The Troubadours: Songs, Meanings, Receptions
Tim Shephard
2012 modules Semester 2. New modules based around staff research enable students to become independent researchers.
Department of Music
Degree Structure
Modules continue to be delivered to Level II and III together. (L1 – pass, L2 : L3 = 1: 2)
Level Three allows you to specialise further in chosen areas – original composition, solo performance, dissertation on a chosen topic, sound recording portfolio – (BMus) up to two can be taken as a double option worth forty credits.
For example: Double recital (40), Single Dissertation (20) + 3 modules Single recital (20), Single Dissertation (20), Single Composition (20) + 3 modules Double Composition (40), Single Dissertation (20), Single Sound Recording Portfolio (20) + 2 modules For BMus students these options must account for 40, 60 or 80 credits; for BA students they account for 20, 40 or 60 credits.
Department of Music
Entrance Requirements
Music W302 –for 2013 A, B, B = 320 points Music examinations (excluding GradeV theory) >= 55 Aspiration to achieve Grade VIII before arrival. Or similar: Interviews where appropriate, No A level Music / mature student ? ABRSM VIII practical and theory
If you want to come and study music at Sheffield, we will do everything we can to make it happen.
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 5. The Sheffield Music Graduate is extremely employable.
•Teaching, (class teaching / peripatetic instrumental) •Full-time research / University teaching. •Professional performing (solo / orchestral) •Arts administration / music management •Journalism and publishing (arts publications and websites) •Recording industry, television and community arts. Employment outside the field of music, including law, industrial management and banking. Music graduates are widely recognised for their transferable skills. Whatever the career path chosen, an overwhelming majority of previous students still enjoy their passion for music. Search for music case studies Further information
http://careers.dept.shef.ac.uk/casestudies/index.php http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/prospective_ug/careers
Department of Music
Why select Sheffield? Reason 6. We play a significant role in the cultural life of the city. If you wish to share our passion for excellent music making then please consider applying to Sheffield http://www.shef.ac.uk/concerts http://www.shef.ac.uk/usss/soundjunction http://wind-orchestra.group.shef.ac.uk/
