BA (Hons) Music

Module: 4MU085

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module develops core musicianship skills for professional performers through individual and small-group vocal or instrumental work, developing experience of repertoire, improvisation and interpretation.

Module: 4MU087

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module aims to develop the rounded and varied skills that are needed in the modern music graduate. It combines academic study and the development of academic skills in music (such as critical thinking, editing, transcription and realisation) with an understanding of the role of music in contemporary culture. Students will be asked to attend concerts and workshops throughout the West Midlands and to engage with performers and artists in order to make the essential connections required for their future career. This is a developmental module as much as a skills-based one. It will help students to explore their creativity, develop a personal voice and to explore music from a historical and cultural perspective. The module will be taught via a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops, visits and practical activities.

Module: 4MU079

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module explores the community and therapeutic settings in which musicians work. You will learn about the place of music in a variety of settings such as education and healthcare. You will experience the interrelationships between arts, society, community and music therapy. This module is about understanding both the types of community where music might be used therapeutically and the underpinnings of running a creative and ethical community music or therapeutic project.

Module: 4SW003

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

In this module you will explore a range of performance strategies and styles in order to develop creative and collaborative interdisciplinary skills. The module combines performance practice and the development of academic skills (such as critical thinking, discussion, interpretation and analysis) with an understanding of the role of the performer in a collaborative production. This module culminates in a performance for a public venue or digital platform. The production will be tutor-led, though not necessarily tutor-directed. Performance material will be selected by the module lecturers and will be responsive to changing social, and cultural contexts. The production may be developed for a large ensemble or several small ensembles and may be performed in a theatre, on film or across a range of non- conventional venues.

Module: 4DR019

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

During this module you will have the opportunity to engage with sources and texts, developing ideas arising from the material and designing for production. You will engage with a wide variety of methods to help you interpret texts and realise their potential for developing creative and innovative designs.

Module: 4MU083

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module develops your understanding of the history of the musical, and explores how that history gets told. We will think about who gets to be part of the story and ask if the story needs changing. We consider the contributions of many groups who have developed the form we know today: we explore the work of key Black, Jewish, women and LGBTQ+ creative practitioners whose work has sometimes been overlooked in histories of the form. We interpret the cultural and social contexts that shape these processes, through practical workshops and seminar discussions. We will explore how the history of the musical might shape its future. The module will improve your knowledge of repertoire (songs and practices) and musicals.

Module: 4MU018

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module provides a practical overview of live sound and lighting for performance. It covers the fundamentals of live sound engineering, including an understanding of the components of a live sound system and how they can best be set up and operated for a live gig. The module will also prepare you to design and operate a lighting rig, with the opportunity to set up and run a variety of equipment.

Module: 4MU010

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will develop your skills and knowledge through an exploration of the rudiments of music theory. This will provide a firm foundation for understanding, analysing, creating and performing music.

Module: 4MU086

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will enable you to develop your understanding of key lyric writing and structural techniques and then apply these skills in the development of original songwriting work.

Module: 4MU088

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module introduces you to the music and instruments of other cultures. Your contribution to the weekly rehearsal process is a core element of this module. Through weekly performance activities and seminars, you will explore issues of cultural identity and performance context. The module will also consider the ways in which these instruments are used in Western society.

Module: 4MU013

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

In this module you will learn the basics of studio recording you will learn the tools and techniques to be able to take an appropriate role in a variety of recording and production scenarios. Using the University recording studios you will learn the fundamental concepts of studio practice, including the basic operation of mixing consoles. Further study will include learning about microphones and their placement and how to record different instruments in the studio including percussion, guitars, bass, piano and vocals.

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