MA Music (Performance) at Kingston University

Programme overview

The Music MA Performance Pathway at Kingston University will empower you as an emerging performer to develop artistry, confidence, and professional versatility.

Faculty: Kingston School of Art | Duration: 1 year full time / 2 years full time including professional placement / 2 years part time | Study mode: full-time, part-time (optional professional placement year) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will learn alongside other MA Music pathways in three core modules integrating practical and theoretical learning through project-based, interdisciplinary approaches rooted in arts school pedagogy. You will also develop an understanding and critical awareness of contemporary issues, debates, and practices informed by the discipline. Modules: Advanced Studies in Music Performance, Leadership and Collaboration in Creative Arts Practice, Major Project, Performing and Teaching Music, Researching Music. Optional placement year: Professional Placement School of Arts.

Career pathways

This pathway will equip you to work effectively in diverse and global professional music contexts, develop attributes for resilience and long-term employability, provide opportunities for creative entrepreneurship, and develop sustainable career models. Our graduates have performed professionally, taught in settings both within and beyond educational institutions, and worked in recording studios.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: The typical offer for this course is a 2:2 or higher in music from the UK or abroad. If you don’t have a music degree, we will consider your application individually if you have:; Relevant music performance experience (evidenced in portfolio) and qualifications in another subject, such as an honours degree in a different subject; Equivalent professional experience, such as work as a professional performer; Advanced conservatoire study or other music performance qualifications, which have not led to a degree We will ask you to submit an online portfolio including links to two video-recorded performances. You'll receive upload instructions after you’ve submitted your application. English language: Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no element below 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,100 a year (2027/28). Home (UK) full-time annual tuition fee Source

International applicants: GBP 22,300 a year (2027/28). International full-time annual tuition fee Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full time / 2 years full time including professional placement / 2 years part time

Apply through the official page: https://osis.kingston.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=PFMUP1MUP20BD01&code2=0101

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