Popular Music MMus

**Why study MMus Popular Music at Goldsmiths**<br/><br/>**The MMus Popular Music centres creative artists in a stimulating and supportive environment where critical enquiry, and testing songs, compositions, performance and experimentation in practice can lead to a portfolio of new work.**<br/><br/><br/>- The Popular Music Masters is designed for music artists who are seeking to deepen their creative practice. We are songwriters and composers, producers and performers, engaged in making work that has relevance to real music scenes.<br/><br/><br/>- The programme builds upon our international reputation in the popular music field established by our ground-breaking undergraduate degree.<br/><br/><br/>- The development of industry-relevant skills and key cultural-theoretical understandings is led by the needs of our own projects and foundational knowledge. Typically, students make records, explore performance and production methodologies, present shows, write and release new sets of songs/works. The programme offers the opportunity to extend the boundaries of artistry and critically reflect upon our own creativity in music.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll also be able to extend your own practice through options in sonic and studio art, advanced music technology, exploration in audiovisual media, and ethnomusicology.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll acquire graduate-level training in creative practice and subject-specific skills that could set you up for a career as a composer-performer or studio practitioner/producer, as well as other jobs in the popular music sector.<br/>