Doctoral Research in Musicology at Birmingham Conservatoire
AHRC Midlands3Cities funding for UK/EU students
The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M3C DTP) is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, De Montfort University, University of Leicester, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham. M3C is awarding up to 87 PhD Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships for UK/EU applicants for 2017 entry. M3C provides research candidates with expert supervision (including opportunities for cross-institutional supervision), research training and access to a wide range of facilities, cohort events and placement opportunities with regional, national and international partners in the creative and cultural sectors.
Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham City University) is inviting applications from students whose research interests include:
• French Music (as part of our French Music Research Hub), notably:
o 17th- and 18th-century French music from Lully and Charpentier to Rameau (Shirley Thompson and Graham Sadler)
o Ravel and Milhaud (Deborah Mawer)
o Messiaen (Christopher Dingle)
• Contemporary Film and Television Music, Theory and Analysis (Janet K. Halfyard)
• Late Medieval Music, Theory and Critical Editing (Ronald Woodley)
• Performance Practices of the Renaissance and Early Baroque (Jamie Savan)
• Italian Baroque Music (Carrie Churnside)
• Music Critics and Criticism (Christopher Dingle)
• Jazz Studies (Tony Whyton, Hans Koller and Nick Gebhardt)
Expressions of interest to develop an application for study at Birmingham Conservatoire should be sent to [log in to unmask] by 28th November. Information on Conservatoire research staff and their specialisms can be found at http://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/research/groups-and-specialisms.
The deadline for M3C funding applications is 16 January 2017, by which time students must have applied for a place to study and have ensured that two academic references are submitted to the home university on the correct M3C form.
For full details of eligibility, funding, proposal-writing workshops and research supervision areas (including use of the supervision search tool) please visit www.midlands3cities.ac.uk or contact [log in to unmask]
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