格羅寧根大學

Studying music in Groningen in the Arts, Culture and Media Department offers students a broad spectrum of perspectives from which to situate music’s role in culture and society. Within core modules, students learn to identify the aesthetic, historical and formal qualities connected to various classical and popular music genres. Students also examine particular case studies to highlight music’s performative, mediated, and discursive formations. The programme provides an overview of relevant theoretical models, drawing in particular from the disciplines of cultural studies, ethnomusicology, musicology, media studies, and theories of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. Individually and in groups, students engage in research projects that expose them to local, national, and international music cultures and phenomena. Here, they investigate the changing processes guiding music’s mediation and institutionalization in the twenty first century.

Within the Bachelor’s Programme, students enrol in core modules in both popular and classical music. During a three-year programme, students follow the required modules in their own arts specialization (music) as well as integrated arts courses highlighting the role of arts in society. Ultimately music majors complete a curriculum comprised of six music modules, five integrated arts courses and two courses that foreground one academic framework (criticism, policy, or education).

Job prospects

Once you have graduated, you will be qualified to work within organisations related to the arts, such as theatres, arts companies, concert halls, popular music venues, orchestras and museums. You could also work for a publishing firm, within government institutions, for research companies, or within public media organizations (radio, TV or internet). Your employment tasks will range from arts curatorship and arts research and evaluation to management and policy consultation.

Job examples

Research Positions
Criticism and Analysis
Arts Education (as MA specialisation)
Arts Policy and Marketing
Other job possibilities