PhD Music
Newcastle University
| Application deadline: | Applications are considered thrughout the year. |
| Start date: | January 2014, September 2013 |
| Duration full-time: | 36 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Part-time, Full-time |
| Project type: | Open, Predefined |
Description
PhD supervision is available in the following areas:
* Modernist and postmodernist music and theory, especially since World War II; music and gender (Dr P Attinello).
* Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music; music and philosophy; music and politics; gender and sexuality; psychoanalysis; popular musics (Dr I Biddle).
* Michael Tippett; analysis and theory; music and culture, Hindustani classical music (Professor D Clarke).
* Vivaldi; late baroque music, especially opera; conducting (Professor E Cross).
* Ethnomusicology; the African diaspora; salsa; jazz; cultural memory; performance (Dr N de Jong).
* Improvisation; studio-based composition; hip hop, funk, jazz and counterculture (Dr W Edmondes).
* Composition; twentieth-century music; Latin American music (Professor A Fernández).
* Twentieth-century music; music analysis; music and philosophy (Dr P Fleet).
* Early modern English secular song; print culture; gender; historiography and critical theory (Dr K Gibson).
* Composition; ethnomusicology; cultural history and theory of technology; psychoanalysis (Dr B Hogg).
* Music and empathy; childrens singing pedagogy; composing with children; music in childrens school transitions; music education (Dr F Laurence).
* Early twentieth-century music; music theory and analysis; performance analysis (Dr B Lowe).
* Performance; composition; history of folk and folk-related musics (Ms C Macdonald, Ms K Tickell).
* Scottish, Irish and Welsh traditional music; traditional music and the performance of meaning (Dr S McKerrell)
* Ethnomusicology; world music/world beat; traditional and popular musics, especially of the Mediterranean (Dr G Plastino).
* Historical performance practice 1500-1650; Renaissance performance practice (Dr J Savan)
* Literature review mentoring (Dr R Southey).
* Irish and Breton traditional music; performance (Dr D Wilkinson).
* Medieval and Renaissance music; editing and source studies; performance (Dr M Williamson).
Contents
We run a programme of research seminars, classes and workshops with key contributions from eminent visiting scholars and musical practitioners. Music research training covers general training in music research and topics specific to musicological, music educational, and practice-based research and MPhil and PhD students are advised to participate in these modules where appropriate.
In addition, our Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School organises a comprehensive training programme for postgraduate students that covers research techniques, professional/key skills and provides support for personal development.
Requirements
We normally require a merit, or higher, at Masters level. However, we may take other qualifications or equivalent experience into account. MPhil candidates may transfer to the PhD after a year of successful study. Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with 6.5 in writing), TOEFL 90 (Internet-based), or equivalent.
English Language Requirements
| IELTS band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL internet-based test score: | 90 |
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