{"id":418,"date":"2022-02-16T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:14:09","slug":"doctor-of-philosophy-in-composition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/?page_id=418","title":{"rendered":"Doctor of Philosophy in Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualification: Doctor of Philosophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Course code: MUSPhD(Comp)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits : 60<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How long does it take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part time \u2013 4 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full time \u2013 2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time limit \u2013 10 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Composition graduate degree programme is a senior research degree at 60 credits for those wishing to expand and develop both their technical and contextual skills in musical composition. A separate programme is available in solely Composition through the applied degree of Doctor of Music. A portfolio of upto three works totalling 90 minutes, one of which takes the form of a major work of at least half a concerts length and a written commentary of 10,000 words that places the compositions into a critically contextualised perspective, relevant to the genres explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key features of the course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Study a wide range of musical works and skills to a high standard of expertise<\/li><li>Extend your skills in analysis, research and contextual study to expert standard<\/li><li>Develop your ability as a composer to the highest standard\u00a0<\/li><li>Relevant to a wide range of careers including music performance, teaching, composition, community music leadership, and musicologist as well as further study of Music.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><em>As an American-validated research degree at postgraduate level, this award prepares you to either continue to post-doctoral research, higher education teaching or into professional work at a high standard<\/em>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entry requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Students for this qualification must already hold either a Masters degree in an appropriate subject or an equivalent diploma of at least 12 credit hours equivalent<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students at should have a knowledge of musical theory Students at should have a wide knowledge of musical theory, orchestration and compositional technique equivalent to professional level before commencing study alongside the required pre-requisite qualifications. Students would also usually be expected to be established composers of professional standard with a portfolio of works as well in order to demonstrate a practical understanding of the skills they will develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much time do I need?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Most of our students study part time, completing <strong>12 credits a year<\/strong>.<\/li><li>This will usually mean studying for <strong>6-12 hours a week<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Summary &nbsp; Qualification: Doctor of Philosophy Course code: MUSPhD(Comp) Credits : 60 How long does it take? Part time \u2013 4 years Full time \u2013 2 years Time limit \u2013 10 years The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Composition graduate degree programme is a senior research degree at 60 credits for those wishing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriacollegelondon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}