Music (Research)

Expand your knowledge and professionalise your skills as part of our music community.

You'll concentrate your studies across one of four pathways:

• Composition (acoustic or digital)

• Performance

• Music Technology

• Musicology

Depending on your passions and interests you might:

• Develop advanced skills in performance, composition or music tech

• Create your own recital or portfolio

• Research a major project in musicology

You have the opportunity to shape your own studies while being supported by our experienced and dedicated staff.

Research areas
Our research strengths are grouped into four themes.
Music, space and place

• Music and musical culture in a specific time and place

• Transnational and transcultural exchange

• Urban geographies and mobility

Music-text-image

• How music interacts with other art forms

• Applying and developing methodologies from other disciplines

Musical creativity and community

• Musical creativity

• Development of communities and networks

Music, politics and identity

• How music has contributed to local, national and international political change

• How music shapes individual identities

Explore our research themes and projects in detail - nottingham.ac.uk/music