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Master of Music (Mmus)

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Department
School of Education
Additional Information

The MMus programme aims to ensure the students’ ability to excel in today’s professional environment, where musicians must posses exceptional training as both teachers and performers. Specifically, it enhances and develops the students’ personal performance standards; the range of their performance experience; their effectiveness as pedagogues; and their problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Career Prospects

The degree is primarily oriented towards students whose careers will involve a combination of performance and teaching, with a specialization on a particular performance medium. Graduates will be qualified for employment as instructors in private and public conservatories and music schools.

Examples:

Freelance Pianist and Piano Teacher

Violin Instructor in a private conservatory

Guitar Instructor in a public music lyceum

Access to Further Studies

Graduates of the programme can be accepted into Third Cycle degrees (Doctorate Degree)

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Program

Semester 1

  • Problems and Methods of Music Research (10 ECTS)
  • Contemporary Methods of Music Analysis (10 ECTS)
  • Post-Graduate Primary Study 1 (10 ECTS)

Semester 2

  • Readings in Performance Studies (10 ECTS)
  • Principles of Music Pedagogy (10 ECTS)
  • Post-Graduate Primary Study 2 (10 ECTS)

Semester 3

  • Thesis Writing Seminar (10 ECTS)
  • Advanced Music Pedagogy (10 ECTS)
  • Post-Graduate Primary Study 3 (10 ECTS)

The above semester breakdown is an indicative one. A few of the courses are electives and can be substituted by others.