Advanced training in music research has new challenges, due to the profound social transformation of the habits and interests of the contemporary population.
The knowledge, formerly focused on the musical work and the history of certain protagonists of the musical activity, is transformed from the root by new problems, ranging from the enormous cultural diversity of the planet -with different social logics- to the questions which presents the intense and complex musical activity in urban life. In addition, and at the same time, musicians show more interest and increasingly achieve higher levels of preparation in research.
We propose, therefore, a musical investigation that can understand and study all these new situations.
The Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya is recognized as a Research Center and has a highly prestigious teaching staff with a recognized national and international trajectory. Since 2014 it has had its own Emerging Research Group, “Musical Research and Creation” (2017 SGR 788), verified by the Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR).
Particularly noteworthy is the intense research activity carried out by many of the professors in the departments of Cultural and Musical Studies, Musical Creation and Theory, and Music Technology and Management, distinguished by scientific and informative publications, participation in congresses and research commissions , and the social return of research results.
Thus, Esmuc has established itself as one of the main European higher education centers dedicated to artistic research.
Postgraduate musical studies are present throughout Europe and respond to a stable and integrated demand for artistic education on the international map. Therefore, the Master of Artistic Education in Musical Research is part of the European program of music schools and European conservatories of higher level.
To access this master’s degree, it is required to be in possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution from the European Higher Education Area or from outside the community that authorizes access to master’s degrees in the country that issued the degree.
The qualifications for access to this master’s degree are:
Bachelors or graduates in music
University graduates with an intermediate degree in music
University graduates with musical knowledge but no official degree *
Admission is resolved by the Centre’s Academic Committee for Master’s Studies (CAEM). This commission is made up of:
Coordinator of the master’s degree in question
Two professors linked to master’s studies
Head of Academic Management at the Center (or delegate)
Once the admission has been completed, the places will be allocated on the basis of the following criteria:
Curriculum Vitae (60%)
Letter of motivation (40%)
In the case of those candidates who have musical knowledge but cannot be accredited by an official degree, there will be an entrance test that will include three exercises: score analysis, auditory analysis and transcription. For more information on the dates and procedures for these tests, please use the information request form.
Credits are organized as follows:
The general objective of the Master of Arts in Music Research is to develop an individual scientific profile and the training of researchers specializing in various aspects of music and their fields of interest. The specialization program provides access to the third cycle and other areas of public and private research.
In more detail, the objectives of the master’s degree are:
1. To promote in each student a continuous and high quality learning process that encourages their autonomous development in research and prepares them for access to the doctorate.
2. Offer advanced training in the various musicological specialties, stimulating interdisciplinary and collective practice.
3. Prepare students for access to groups and research projects, both national and international, by promoting critical thinking and enhancing teamwork.
4. Provide knowledge, flexibility, imagination and assessment tools so that students can develop innovative projects committed to the social return of music and culture.
5. Promote strategies for the implementation of music in cultural institutions dedicated mainly to other artistic and knowledge disciplines to propose actions, activities, resources and other interventions that favor the visualization of music in society.
6. Encourage musical research with academic rigor that is able, at the same time, to adapt their contents to products characteristic of the specialized dissemination in the field of humanities and social sciences.
The Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, as a center of specialization in higher musical education, offers a master’s degree aimed at music graduates and university graduates with musical experience, accredited with an intermediate degree or a access test (see Access and admission).
Student profiles:
Analytical ability and interest in advances in research in the field of music.
Ability to communicate, understand and convey abstract concepts in more than one language and especially in English.
Ability to work in a team, persistent, creative and with initiative.
Therefore, the master’s degree is aimed at people with an interest in developing their professional career in research positions, in public or private research institutes and in institutions that have research programs-projects in their different services or departments.
The master’s degree is also aimed at students who plan to enroll in doctoral studies in the field of Musicology.
Coordination
Horacio Curti
Professors
September 2024 – May 2025
1st semester: September 27, 2024 – January 24, 20252nd semester: January 31, 2025 – May 23, 2025
Defence of Master’s Thesis: July 7-11, 2025
Master’s degree verified by the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Catalonia.
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