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We welcome PhD applications in areas such as performance, musicology (including opera, critical editing, domestic music), composition (including concert, film, and electronic music) and music technology. You'll have access to instrumental teachers and supervisors who are leading practitioners in their fields.

Our research community

You'll be supported by a research community of around 40 postgraduate research students. We'll also provide a primary supervisor and a team of co-supervisors to support you. We host workshops and seminars by distinguished music scholars (the Hartley Residencies), performers and composers throughout the year.

Our PhD students take advantage of our growing network of international partners, including Erasmus links from across Europe and members of the World Universities Network such as the:

Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music)

University of Western Australia

Our work in performance features both practice-led research by professional performers, and the study of European art music performance and performance history. Graduates of our PhD programme go on to careers at universities in the UK and abroad. Others teach students of all ages and perform around the world. Some take up leading roles outside of academia. Whatever their role, they make use of the world-leading research training they received at Southampton.

Main areas of research

Our research areas include:

British music history

cultural policy

early music

18th studies and 19th century studies

music theory

gender, sexuality and queer studies

postcolonial and critical race studies