Popular Music

BA (Hons) Popular Music

Mode: full-time

Our facilities include three recording studios with Pro Tools Control24 systems and two 40­track systems; three rehearsal studios with a public­address system; three mixing studios with 5:1 Control24 systems and overdub, plus one 40­track facility; a 16:4 ambisonic studio with 3D sound; a film and TV studio with surround sound; and a sequencing lab. These are open for students from 8 am to midnight, seven days a week.

The course is specifically designed with the critically aware performer in mind. Alongside performance you also study songwriting, production, arranging, critical analysis and music criticism.

Structure

In the first year you take core modules in studio production, critical music studies, songwriting and performance. The second and third years include a critical musicological core and modules in songwriting and performance. It is also possible to study production, composing for film and TV, live sound and radio production.

The final year of your degree includes a major project. Typically, this could be an album of songs, a dissertation, or writing applied music for film, animation or computer games.