BA Music

University of Southampton

Master

In Southampton

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Choose a BA in Music at the University of Southampton and develop your musical skills on this uniquely diverse and flexible programme. Study the basics through foundations in analysis, counterpoint and harmony.
From medieval polyphony to global hip hop, our music degree courses provide a broad musical education covering history, culture and society taught in exciting research-led modules. Our course does not favour one kind of music over another, and our flexible approach means that you can choose modules from any other discipline to complement your music studies. You will be taught in tutorials, seminars and lectures by world-class academics. Our skills-oriented training will provide valuable transferable skills to prepare you for any career that requires critical thinking, teamwork and writing skills.
Learn to write your own music. Take vocal and instrumental lessons with a specialist teacher. Put the skills learned on this BA degree to use by taking part in high-profile performance projects delivered by the Music Department and by Student Union performing groups. Graduates from this bachelors degree go on to pursue careers in the music industry, in music education, in music therapy and in many other fields where creative ability and team working experience are required.

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Location

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Joint
  • Music
  • Musical

Course programme

Year 1

Semester OneCompulsory

MUSI1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Antique Music Roadshow 1: Materials of Music History 1500- 1750

MUSI1007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Fundamentals of Analysis, Counterpoint and Harmony

Optional

MUSI1009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Ethnomusicology

MUSI1012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

First Year Performance Tuition

MUSI1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

First Year Performance Tuition (single module)

MUSI1018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

First Year Performance Tuition, Joint Studies

Semester TwoCompulsory

MUSI1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Antique Music Roadshow 2: Materials of Music History 1750- 1900

Optional

MUSI1012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

First Year Performance Tuition

MUSI1014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Transformations in Twentieth-Century Music: Pop, Jazz, Art Music and Beyond

MUSI1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

First Year Performance Tuition (single module)

MUSI1017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Composition Fundamentals

MUSI1018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

First Year Performance Tuition, Joint Studies

Year 2

Semester OneOptional

MUSI2121Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Opera and Musical Theatre in Europe (1600-1750): The Birth of Multimedia Entertainment

MUSI2114Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music and Rhetoric

MUSI2116Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music Therapy 1: Fundamentals

MUSI2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Recital

MUSI2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Tuition (Joint Studies)

MUSI2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Performance Tuition (Single Study)

MUSI2011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance 1

MUSI2020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Conducting

MUSI2093Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Composition Workshop A

MUSI2094Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Music Technology

MUSI2095Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Songwriting

MUSI2129Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Orchestration

HUMA2013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

How the Arts Work: a practical introduction to cultural economics

Semester TwoOptional

HUMA2015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Culture at the Court of Charles II

MUSI2088Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Flappers to Rappers: Girl Singers in Popular Music

MUSI2123Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The American Musical

MUSI2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Recital

MUSI2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Tuition (Joint Studies)

MUSI2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Performance Tuition (Single Study)

MUSI2011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance 1

MUSI2015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Studio Techniques 1

MUSI2024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Jazz Theory

MUSI2092Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Composition Workshop B

MUSI2128Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Arranging

Year 3

Music finalists are required to take one double module from the following list: MUSI 3008 Performance Recital, MUSI 3003 Commercial Composition, MUSI 3017 Composition Portfolio, MUSI 3021 Research Project.

Semester OneCompulsory

MUSI3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Commercial Composition

MUSI3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Recital

MUSI3017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Composition Portfolio

MUSI3021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Research Project

Optional

HUMA3015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music and Comedy

MUSI3120Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music and Rhetoric

MUSI3124Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Opera and Musical Theatre in Europe (1600-1750): The Birth of Multimedia Entertainment

MUSI3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance I

MUSI3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance II

MUSI3009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Tuition (Joint Studies)

MUSI3010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Performance Tuition (Single Study)

MUSI3019Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Studio Techniques 2

MUSI3100Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Composition Workshop A

MUSI3103Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Songwriting

MUSI3135Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Orchestration

HUMA2013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

How the Arts Work: a practical introduction to cultural economics

MUSI2094Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Music Technology

MUSI2116Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music Therapy 1: Fundamentals

Semester TwoCompulsory

MUSI3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Commercial Composition

MUSI3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Recital

MUSI3017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Composition Portfolio

MUSI3021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Research Project

Optional

HUMA3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Culture at the Court of Charles II

MUSI3090Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Flappers to Rappers: Girl Singers in Popular Music

MUSI3106Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music Therapy 2: Beneath the Surface

MUSI3128Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The American Musical

MUSI3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance I

MUSI3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ensemble Performance II

MUSI3009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Performance Tuition (Joint Studies)

MUSI3010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Performance Tuition (Single Study)

MUSI3101Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Composition Workshop B

MUSI3106Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music Therapy 2: Beneath the Surface

MUSI3134Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Arranging

MUSI2015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Studio Techniques 1

MUSI2024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Jazz Theory

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