GRAD ACTING at New York University

Music is everywhere in the world around us; it is part of all of our lives, whether we play it, actively listen to it, or hear it in passing. At Oxford, we study music by reading, listening, performing and composing. We create music in all its aspects – acoustic, electronic, individually and communally, working with world-class professionals and with local communities. We analyse the relationships within a piece of music, and between that piece and its genre and context. Throughout the course, you will be exposed to music of all kinds and in all contexts: Western classical, popular music, musics of other cultures, community music, seeing these musics in terms of their social and cultural contexts (and how those contexts have been shaped over time).

Music has been part of the life of Oxford for more than 800 years. There are around 30 academic staff, of whom 15 give lectures regularly – scholars with distinguished reputations as musicologists, performers and composers. Oxford welcomes visits from numerous speakers and professional performing ensembles. Students enjoy performance and composition workshops, and play an active part in the life of the faculty and their colleges – in chapels, orchestras, ensembles, bands and stage performances, and in musical outreach to the broader community.

Music is an incredibly rich and diverse subject. It is a creative and aesthetic practice, a social and cultural phenomenon, and can be studied as a scientific object.

Our BMus programme embraces this disciplinary breadth. Initially, you will develop your creative musicianship skills and acquire the tools to engage critically with a variety of musical repertoires and media.

You will also:

• study how music is shaped by, and shapes the social, cultural, historical, and political environments in which it is produced
• be introduced to the psychology of music and its potential therapeutic effects

This unique programme teaches costume design and costume making.

Our curriculum includes:

• character and text analysis
• life drawing
• textiles
• millinery
• set design
• model making
• computer skills

Performance costume designers' ideas can respond to the written and spoken word, music, movement, location or historic period through concept, colour, cut and texture.

You will learn to become skilled at producing accurate recreations of costume as well as expressing imaginative flair.

Performance costume crosses a range of art forms, including:

• theatre
• dance
• opera
• television
• film
• performance art
• music video
• installation

We encourage innovative and individual creative responses while balancing a strong craft and technical expertise.

You will study Design and Screen Cultures courses alongside your studio work. These provide a contextual and theoretical understanding of the holistic nature of contemporary design.