Music

Aoife
Music MMus
I chose King’s for postgraduate study for its excellent reputation for studies in Musicology and its renowned teaching staff. The course is wide ranging in scope and provides opportunites to study all aspects of the subject intensively, from analysis to historiography and Baroque music to Contemporary. King’s place a distinct emphasis on independent and individual research, allowing each student the freedom to follow their own personal areas of interest when completing projects within each module of study.



The department staff are hugely supportive and there’s a really friendly atmosphere here. The weekly colloquia provide a great opportunity to encounter a broad range of visiting scholar’s musical research, as well as to make contact with all of the staff and get to know other students within the department. Needless to say, a huge bonus is the location of the Strand Campus right in the centre of London. All of the music venues, galleries and museums that the city has to offer are within easy reach, really enriching the experience of studying here.

Becky
Music MMus
When I was applying for postgraduate programmes I found it difficult to decide whether to continue my studies at music college or go to a university. I chose King's in the end because I felt that the wide-ranging expertise on offer and the variety within the course would be more suitable to me than another course of only composition. I wanted to make sure I left my postgraduate studies with a rounded skill set that will hopefully help me to forge a career afterwards!

As a composer at King's you take two modules with the musicologists, and I've found that my academic studies have fed into my composition and enhanced my work in ways I couldn't have predicted. There are three main composition tutors at King's - Silvina Milstein, Rob Keeley and George Benjamin. I study with Silvina and my one-to-one lessons are easily the best and most beneficial part of the course.

At King's you're expected to write three assessed pieces over the year. There are workshops with resident ensemble Lontano in February who perform MMus pieces, and eager musicians around the department who are happy to play our music the rest of the time.

For me, one of the biggest reasons for choosing King's was the opportunity to be based in London. London is the centre of all musical happenings in the UK, and there are so many concerts and events going on that being here is never dull. I'm trying to take advantage of everything that I can whilst I'm living in this exciting and vibrant city, and hoping that it will all help me to find something I love to do when I graduate!

You can find out more about being a student in the Department of Music by reading Becky's blog!

Flora
UK
Music MMus
King's MMus has definitely offered me high-quality teaching in a variety of subjects and the chance to develop my own ideas and research skills under the supervision of an expert in the field. To add to my great experience of the MMus, the university's location is only minutes away from many of the country's best classical music and opera venues - a music student could hardly ask for more!