University Master's Degree in Musicology, Musical Education and Interpretation of Early Music

There are two tracks available: one that will provide you with the methodological and practical tools to undertake musicology or music education research, and a second to perfect the instrumental interpretation of early music

General information

  • UAB University Master's Degree
  • Credits: 60 ECTS
  • Beginning of the pre-enrolment period 10/01/2025
    See the calendar
  • Pre-registration period: Open
  • Places: 50 places
  • Price: Specialization in Interpretation of Early Music
    €27.67 per credit (official price) + €19,13 per credit
    (ESMUC specific academic services) (EU citizens and non-EU holding an EU residence permit). 2024/25 Academic year.
    €100 per credit (non-EU citizens who do not hold an EU residence permit). 2025/26 Academic year.

    Specialization in Musicology and Musical Education Research
    €27.67 per credit
    (EU citizens and non-EU holding an EU residence permit). 2024/25 Academic year.
    €66 per credit (non-EU citizens who do not hold an EU residence permit). 2025/26 Academic year.

  • Language: Catalan and Spanish.
  • Mode: Classroom-based learning
  • Teaching centre: Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Do you want to do musicology research? Are you interested in the new challenges in music education? Or would you like to perfect your interpretation of early music, based on historically informed criteria?  This master's degree is the only postgraduate degree from a public university in Spain that offers both tracks (research and interpretation) from a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective.

Teachers of Musicology, Education Sciences and from the Higher Music Education College of Catalonia (ESMUC), as well as specialised visiting lecturers, will provide you with advanced learning in the aforementioned areas. For the Musicology and Music Education Research track, the aim is to provide students with flexible and cutting-edge research tools and methodologies, and teach content that covers the various aspects of music history, ethnomusicology, and pedagogy and didactics in musical education. The Early Music Interpretation track provides elements, criteria and resources for the improvement of instrumental technique and the interpretation of historical repertoires, through one to one classes, as well as the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to study aspects such as musical notation, documentary sources or an analytical approach.

 

Career options

Professional career options mainly include:

  1. Centres and institutions related to the promotion and management of musical activities.
  2. Musical assessment and classes in educational resource centres, cultural and educational centres, auditoriums and theatres.
  3. Early Music ensembles, and training of soloists and musicians in specialist orchestras.
  4. Research institutions and research projects on musicology.
  5. Research institutions and research projects on music education.
  6. Archiving and technological processing of musical sources (digital humanities).

Research opportunities

Collaborating institutions:


Faculty of Educaction
Higher School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC)

Quality

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