BA (Hons) MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION (WITH FOUNDATION YEAR)

To us, music is a broad church. It could mean the creation of a top-40 pop song, an experimental sound installation at Tate Modern or a viral track online. So we’ll offer you a broad spectrum of studies, too.

You will learn the basics of music production, recording and sound design, giving you an excellent start to study on our Sound and Music degree pathways in Media, Games, Theatre, Technology and Performance.

The BA Sound and Music with Foundation course consists of five Projects that you will study over two semesters.
Semester 1 offers, music production (on Apple Mac, using Logic Pro X) and Sound Design, additionally you will be working on a collaborative project with students from the Performing Arts sector

Semester 2 offers, studio production (with recording, mixing and sampling), Music Performance and Creative Portfolio Production.
Both semesters offer personal portfolio development and a number of collaborative projects with other students.

Our course is designed to turn our students into highly employable modern music professionals. The pathways that lead from our course into the industry are varied and stimulating.

You could forge a career in contemporary or experimental music. Or you could choose to stay in the pop world. Or write film soundtracks. You could end up composing music for computer games.

Anything would appear possible when you consider the range of careers that just a small cross-section of our students gone into since leaving us.

Some go into the recording business, like Joe Power and Stephen Peeling, who are signed up to an independent record label with the post-rock band, Codes in the Clouds.

While some graduates go on to work as music producers, sound designers and DJs, others opt for the business side of the industry in areas such as music journalism and music teaching.

Others choose to continue their studies, like Tomas Peckys, who’s doing a PhD in Lithuanian dance culture.

One of our alumni now even boasts a double musical life. By day, Phoebe Osborne is a music teacher but she moonlights as a singer-songwriter for the alternative folk band, Penniless Cove.

Must include passes at A2 in at least two subjects.
Extended Diploma or Diploma
Diploma with 25 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.