Major project

The major project is an important focus of third-year work. You choose to specialise on one area of composition, performance or dissertation.

The dissertation option enables you to undertake in-depth research in an area related to any aspect of music.

Recent dissertations include:

• Authenticity in commercial English folk music, 1960-2011
• How valuable are Handel's ornamented Ottone arias to modern-day singers?
• Racial and geographical representations through music in Disney films
• The aesthetics of videogame sound: issues and concepts in creating interactive entertainment