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Music at Lancaster has a deserved reputation for high-quality and innovative teaching and research. With an enviable research record, all staff are research-active ensuring students benefit from the latest perspectives in musicology and music technology. Lancaster has a thriving music-making culture, with a variety of ensembles including orchestras, choirs, a Big Band, and numerous chamber groups. As a constituent part of Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA), Music offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research opportunities in music.
 | MA Contemporary Arts |
 | MA by Research |
 | PhD Programmes |
 | BA (Hons) Music |
BMus, 2007
"The staff are enthusiastic about what they teach, and this comes across through the way they lecture. The department is stimulating, not just because of the lecturers but also the other student’s enthusiasm."
"All societies and sports clubs will have their own socials that are a great way to ‘get away from the subject’ and mix with people of different interests, and year group."
"The music department is like anything in that you get out of it what you put in. You’ve got to be willing to work hard to get the rewards of satisfaction. "
BA (Hons) Music, 2006
"The module options are diverse and suit the topics I am interested in. The contemporary emphasis is fantastic!"
"I enjoy how everything is based in one area, as a campus but also as a music community. The facilities are really useful and well equipped for module needs."
MA Music by Research, 2012
"Studying at lancaster has been great with opportunities that have helped me develop my own musical skills as well as life skills from management of events to performing my work in Spain."
"As a graduate from lancaster it made sense for me to attend my MA in music here due to the help and expertise of the staff in the department, which in turn has helped me define my future career in music."
PhD: Music, 2008
"At LICA I had the opportunity to work closely with two excellent supervisors, which was very important to succeed in achieving my PhD."
