Postgraduate study in Music

FUNDING: 2012 President's Doctoral Scholar Awards: School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
Submission deadline for a place on a doctoral programme in the School: 15 February 2012 at the latest. Submit deadline for the funding Application Form: 1 March 2012 at the latest.
2012 President's Doctoral Scholar Awards: School of Arts, Histories and Cultures The University of Manchester has launched a further £2.5m investment in PhD training with the creation of the President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards. These awards are open to all nationalities and research areas. The Faculty of Humanities proposes to make around 40 PDS awards, which will take two forms: [A] 20 or more awards to the top AHRC/ESRC applicants: these awards will provide tuition fees, the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12), and an additional stipend of £1K. [B] Around 20 further PDS awards, covering tuition fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12). Category A awards will be awarded competitively to the best candidates from any of the schools in the Faculty. Category B awards are devolved to Schools. The School of Arts, Histories and Cultures and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, which will form a single School with effect from September 2012, will together make five such awards. Successful candidates will be chosen by open competition among all students holding offers of places on doctoral programmes in either of the two Schools. These awards will carry limited teaching duties. Candidates for awards in either category must make an application to the School using the procedure outlined below. Additional benefits to be enjoyed by PDS award-holders will include opportunities to: Be invited to attend a series of exclusive events where you will have the opportunity to meet the University’s President and Vice Chancellor, interact closely with our academic community and network with other PDS students. Become a PDS ambassador for the University Receive a President’s Doctoral Scholar medal at graduation Criteria Applications will be ranked according to two key criteria: the candidate’s academic track-record, and the quality of the research proposal. Track-record. Applicants must have a first-class honours degree (or non-UK equivalent), hold or expect to achieve a Masters-level qualification, which we would expect to be at distinction level or equivalent. Additional indicators of academic quality will include prizes awarded and information supplied by the applicant’s referees. Research proposal. Proposals will be judged according to their cogency of exposition and evidence of the project’s originality. How to apply. Click here Applications should be made using the School’s Funding Application Form. Applicants must: Submit their application for a place on a doctoral programme in the School by 15 February 2012 at the latest. Submit their completed Funding Application Form by 1 March 2012 at the latest. Any enquiries on PDS funding within the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures should be directed to Joanne Marsh at joanne.marsh@manchester.ac.uk. Funding for Doctoral Students (2012-13) How to Apply (PhDs) School Awards for PhD Students Presidents Doctoral Scholar Awards (as above) Research Council Awards Funding for Master Students (2012-13) How to Apply (Masters) For funding councils (i.e. AHRC) For School (i.e. Department) Awards

FUNDING: 2012 President's Doctoral Scholar Awards:
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures

Submission deadline for a place on a doctoral programme in the School: 15 February 2012 at the latest.
Submit deadline for the funding Application Form: 1 March 2012 at the latest.

2012 President's Doctoral Scholar Awards: School of Arts, Histories and Cultures

The University of Manchester has launched a further £2.5m investment in PhD training with the creation of the President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards. These awards are open to all nationalities and research areas.

The Faculty of Humanities proposes to make around 40 PDS awards, which will take two forms:

[A] 20 or more awards to the top AHRC/ESRC applicants: these awards will provide tuition fees, the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12), and an additional stipend of £1K.
[B] Around 20 further PDS awards, covering tuition fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12).

Category A awards will be awarded competitively to the best candidates from any of the schools in the Faculty.

Category B awards are devolved to Schools. The School of Arts, Histories and Cultures and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, which will form a single School with effect from September 2012, will together make five such awards. Successful candidates will be chosen by open competition among all students holding offers of places on doctoral programmes in either of the two Schools. These awards will carry limited teaching duties.

Candidates for awards in either category must make an application to the School using the procedure outlined below.

Additional benefits to be enjoyed by PDS award-holders will include opportunities to:

Be invited to attend a series of exclusive events where you will have the opportunity to meet the University’s President and Vice Chancellor, interact closely with our academic community and network with other PDS students.
Become a PDS ambassador for the University
Receive a President’s Doctoral Scholar medal at graduation

Criteria
Applications will be ranked according to two key criteria: the candidate’s academic track-record, and the quality of the research proposal.

Track-record. Applicants must have a first-class honours degree (or non-UK equivalent), hold or expect to achieve a Masters-level qualification, which we would expect to be at distinction level or equivalent. Additional indicators of academic quality will include prizes awarded and information supplied by the applicant’s referees.
Research proposal. Proposals will be judged according to their cogency of exposition and evidence of the project’s originality.

How to apply. Click here
Applications should be made using the School’s Funding Application Form. Applicants must:

Submit their application for a place on a doctoral programme in the School by 15 February 2012 at the latest.
Submit their completed Funding Application Form by 1 March 2012 at the latest.

Any enquiries on PDS funding within the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures should be directed to Joanne Marsh at

joanne.marsh@manchester.ac.uk.

Funding for Doctoral Students (2012-13)

How to Apply (PhDs)
School Awards for PhD Students
Presidents Doctoral Scholar Awards (as above)
Research Council Awards

Funding for Master Students (2012-13)

RESEARCH INDICATORS
RAE Results 2008 (an indicator of our research ranking nationally and internationally) In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the Music department was judged to be among the top 1% of all departments in all subjects nationwide. Visit the links below to see how you can thrive in the country's strongest music department which places an equal emphasis on composition, musicology and performance all in one £8.6 million complex of facilities.

RESEARCH INDICATORS

RAE Results 2008 (an indicator of our research ranking nationally and internationally) In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the Music department was judged to be among the top 1% of all departments in all subjects nationwide. Visit the links below to see how you can thrive in the country's strongest music department which places an equal emphasis on composition, musicology and performance all in one £8.6 million complex of facilities.

POSTGRADUATE COURSES
Postgraduate Taught Courses (Master) Arts Management, Policy and Practice MA (applied music) Composition MusM Electroacoustic Music Composition MusM MusM Musicology (including Ethnomusicology) Research Degrees (PhD) Arts Management and Cultural Policy PhD Composition PhD Electroacoustic Composition PhD Music PhD Musicology PhD (including Ethnomusicology)

WHY MANCHESTER
Our graduates have an excellent record in establishing successful careers within musical professions and beyond, and include some of the country's top musicians and scholars. Many go on to further study in Universities or Conservatoires: several prominent lecturers/professors in musicology and composition are Manchester graduates, (including four recent lecturers in electroacoustic composition), as are many performers (conductors Paul McCreesh and Mark Wigglesworth both studied here). The list of professional ensembles Manchester graduates work with is impressively long: it includes several symphony orchestras (Halle, the BBC Orchestras, Manchester Camerata, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, CBSO and the orchestras of Bournemouth, Ulster, Reykjavik and Tucson); opera companies (ROH, WNO, Opera North, Glyndebourne, Carl Rosa Opera), early music groups (Orchestra of the Renaissance, Gabrieli Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir, Rose Consort of Viols, English Bach Soloists), choirs (BBC and Swingle Singers) string quartets (Sorrel, Bingham, Bridge, Archinto, Rivoli), brass bands, jazz bands and pop groups. Careers chosen by our graduates demonstrate the wide range of music-related professions for which our degrees prepare you. They include teaching, librarianship, music therapy, arts administration, publishing and journalism. They work for institutions and companies such as the BBC, San Francisco Opera, Spitalfields Festival, Britten-Pears foundation, Musicians' Benevolent Fund, Sage Gateshead, NYO, Scottish Opera, London Sinfonietta, Schott, Faber, Universal Edition, HMV, Gramophone, Time Out, The Guardian, and City Life. The Manchester degree can equip you with an enormous range of skills and, of course, not all our graduates have opted for a career in music. Some become lawyers, doctors, accountants, civil servants, tax inspectors, social workers, computer engineers, or workers in sales and human resources; some acquire management positions in companies such as M&S, the National Trust, IBM and Disney. Why Take Your MusM at Manchester?: A Guide to Our Taught Masters Course (pdf) Postgraduate Awards and Successes: The Past Three Years (pdf) Postgraduate Sample Profiles: In Their Own Words (pdf)

WHY MANCHESTER

Our graduates have an excellent record in establishing successful careers within musical professions and beyond, and include some of the country's top musicians and scholars. Many go on to further study in Universities or Conservatoires: several prominent lecturers/professors in musicology and composition are Manchester graduates, (including four recent lecturers in electroacoustic composition), as are many performers (conductors Paul McCreesh and Mark Wigglesworth both studied here). The list of professional ensembles Manchester graduates work with is impressively long: it includes several symphony orchestras (Halle, the BBC Orchestras, Manchester Camerata, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, CBSO and the orchestras of Bournemouth, Ulster, Reykjavik and Tucson); opera companies (ROH, WNO, Opera North, Glyndebourne, Carl Rosa Opera), early music groups (Orchestra of the Renaissance, Gabrieli Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir, Rose Consort of Viols, English Bach Soloists), choirs (BBC and Swingle Singers) string quartets (Sorrel, Bingham, Bridge, Archinto, Rivoli), brass bands, jazz bands and pop groups. Careers chosen by our graduates demonstrate the wide range of music-related professions for which our degrees prepare you. They include teaching, librarianship, music therapy, arts administration, publishing and journalism. They work for institutions and companies such as the BBC, San Francisco Opera, Spitalfields Festival, Britten-Pears foundation, Musicians' Benevolent Fund, Sage Gateshead, NYO, Scottish Opera, London Sinfonietta, Schott, Faber, Universal Edition, HMV, Gramophone, Time Out, The Guardian, and City Life. The Manchester degree can equip you with an enormous range of skills and, of course, not all our graduates have opted for a career in music. Some become lawyers, doctors, accountants, civil servants, tax inspectors, social workers, computer engineers, or workers in sales and human resources; some acquire management positions in companies such as M&S, the National Trust, IBM and Disney.

POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOKS AND GUIDELINES
MA MUSIC HANDBOOK 2011-12. Click HERE PG RESEARCH HANDBOOK 2011-12. Click HERE SAHC PGR GUIDANCE. Click HERE PhD in COMPOSITION and ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION Guidelines. Click HERE



Pictured above, PhD student in the Sheila Beckles Studio (NOVARS)	Pictured above, Quatuor Danel rehearsing PhD student compositions (seminar workshops on Thursday afternoon)

LINKS
SAHC Student Intranet Guidance for Applicants StudentNet Research in Music NOVARS Research Centre Manchester Centre for Music in Culture AHRC Research Project: Musical Creativity in Restoration England Manchester Centre for Music in Culture ('MC2')

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