Music Performance and Education MMus

Do you want to develop your performance skills or music teaching practice? Or are you passionate about pursuing a performance-based research project? Or maybe you would like to perform with industry professionals (e.g. from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra)? Or to professionalise your current profile as a musician and/or teacher?<br/><br/>The MMus Music Performance and Education at the University of Liverpool offers:<br/><br/>• Development of solo and ensemble performance<br/>• Development of teaching practice (solo, group and complementary approaches)<br/>• Development of research skills and research projects appropriate to performance<br/>• Opportunities to perform with members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for performance assessments<br/>• Opportunities to do other performance work beyond standard recitals (e.g. recording and videos)<br/><br/>In addition to your performance study, youll explore approaches towards and techniques for teaching Music, and develop the skills to analyse performances of a wide variety of repertoires, enabling you to question assumptions about performances made by performers today.<br/><br/>Performance accounts for 40 of the 180 credits in the flexible modular scheme (20 credits for in each of the two semesters), and involves 1-2-1 tuition as well as weekly group workshops. You will study a further 40 credits in pedagogy, exploring the skills and processes of teaching and learning a musical instrument or voice. The remainder of the taught modules will focus on research skills, preparing you to undertake a Major Project over the summer. Your project may be either a long recital or a pedagogy/research project, depending on your chosen performance studies specialism, and is worth 60 credits of your overall degree.<br/><br/>Please note that the MMus Performance is designed specifically for classical music.