Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2017 | Page 53

Creative Music Technology Key Information Overview The MA in Creative Music Technology enables you to work at the frontiers of the creative application of technology in composition, music production, sound design, screen music, audio-visuals and music software. The course is informed and inspired by successful creative practitioners and researchers, and balances creativity with critical-theoretical approaches; there is also the option of a work placement. Modules blending composition, technological development and performance enhance the programme’s flexibility, and its final project allows you to produce work in one or more areas of specialism (e.g. completing a portfolio of compositions, a technology project consisting of music software development, a live-performance using new technologies – or a mixture of these and other creative works). Distinctive features include the option to benefit from the original and innovative research-led teaching offered by the composers and creative technologists at Keele on specially enhanced versions of level 5 and 6 modules; the chance to take a creative practice module in which composers and performers work together to create, perform and promote new music; and team-taught modules in which composers, performers, musicologists and technology developers work together, sometimes in the same session, to offer complementary perspectives on topics, techniques, technologies and repertoires. You will be taught by the researchers at Keele who have earned the university an international reputation as a centre for excellence in these areas: practice-led research in composition and technology, and text-based research in musicology. The music technology research group at Keele comprises a team of practitioners with worldwide reputations. All of our composers are active in music technology, but the music created at Keele is diverse, ranging from orchestral composition to acousmatic music, audio-visual works to digital interfaces for musical expression. The group continues to develop new forms of live processing, composition for multi-channel environments, and forms of motion capture, and the MA enables you to benefit from research-led teaching in such areas. You’ll also have access 24/7 to our purpose-built recording and project studios, practice rooms, a vast library of digital media assets and an extensive music library. Indicative modules The following is a list of indicative modules: • Approaches to Music Research • Contemporary Music Studies • Advanced Audiovisual Composition • Programming for Musical Applications • Advanced Composing with ICT • Advanced Real-time Sound Processing • Music as Creative Practice • Advanced Sound Design • Music as Social Life • Research Skills in the Humanities • Creative Music Technology Portfolio For more information please visit keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses Course type MA Mode of study Full-time or part-time Indicative entry requirements High 2:2 or above For a list of full entry requirements please visit www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses Contact email [email protected] Ronald Lim Music Technology MRes graduate The close ties between the music and music technology departments allowed me to leverage on the expertise and resources of both disciplines. Additionally, the staff – especially my thorough and exceedingly prompt supervisor – gave me a good grasp of current practices and industry norms, yet encouraged me to develop new ideas and innovations to shape the future. Thanks to the exposure to authentic experiences and alternate viewpoints, my studies at Keele have given me an unequivocal edge even amongst peers who studied in other well-established, highly prestigious universities. Did you know? In the REF 2014 (Research Excellence Framework), 29% of our overall research was rated as world leading, we were awarded the top category for one of our Impact Case Studies, and 80% of our research environment was deemed to be of internationally excellent and world-leading quality. We also achieved a 100% research intensity rating, our entire research-active staff, all lecturers on our MA’s, having being entered for the REF. Smart minds choose Keele 53