Universitetet i Agder

Classical Music Performance

Master

Duration: 2 years

Scope: Full time

Start: Autumn 2022

Campus: Kristiansand

This master’s programme focuses on your personal artistry as a musician, allowing you to follow your vocational and professional ambitions and offering great opportunities for professional and practical exposure in cooperation with the Kilden Performing Arts Centre, namely the Kilden Vocal Ensemble and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra.

Professional internships will develop and nurture your musical growth and open the possibility for feedback and learning from a variety of sources.

Our teachers at the Department of Classical Music and Music Education value your creativity and your desire to learn, and will provide you with a learning environment that enables you to fully polish and cultivate your musical strengths.

UiA’s unique Master’s Programme in Classical Music Performance offers two specialisations:

Artistic Performance Specialisation:
Alongside your principle study/main instrument and depending on your background and qualifications – you can follow one of the following in-depth fields: Creative performance, Ensemble singing, Orchestral academy, Collaborative piano, Classical music improvisation or Choir conducting.
Artistic Scientific Specialisation:
Alongside your principle study/main instrument, you can choose a musicological and theoretical module. A topic related to your principle study/main instrument and repertoire can be chosen for your academic work and the successful submission of a Master Thesis will complete the programme.

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What do you learn?

You will develop technical skills as a musician and instrumentalist at a high professional level.
You will acquire further understanding about the relations between music theory, music history and music performance.
You develop an academic and professional basis which is crucial to reflection, creativity and innovation in the field of music.
You will get broad knowledge on how to carry out advanced tasks and projects in the field of music.
The program provides a comprehensive introduction to the musicological disciplines and how to facilitate research on your own music.

Job opportunities

Upon completed course you will earn a master's degree in music performance. The program qualifies to work as a professional musician, as well as for creative and artistic work in the arts and cultural sector. It is a good starting point for a musical career. Completed master's degree may qualify to attend studies on a higher level, such as the PhD program at the University of Agder.