Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) BSc (Hons) / BMus (Hons)

This prestigious course is unique in the UK, blending rigorous musical study, advanced investigation of audio engineering and mastery of sound-recording operation and practice.

Our BMus/BSc Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister®) course is aimed at exceptional students who are primarily interested in engineering and music. You’ll gain a breadth of experience, numerous practical skills, and invaluable initiative and adaptability that will prepare you for a career in any area of the professional audio industry.

We’re one of the UK’s leading universities for music, with our courses ranked 2nd by the Guardian University Guide 2020. We also achieved 100 per cent overall satisfaction for this course in the National Student Survey 2019.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Our graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers, including:

Audio engineering for pop music, classical music, film, post-production, mastering and broadcast
Audio editing for film, television, radio, classical music and pop music
Specification, installation, operation and maintenance of live sound systems for music and theatre
Technical support for the recording industry – carrying out studio maintenance, equipment rental and technical installations
Manufacture of all types of professional and consumer audio equipment – research and development, technical support, product management, marketing and sales
Creative music roles, such as composition for film and television, freelance performing or sound design for computer games.

Mathematics, Music, and Physics. Music Technology A-level together with ABRSM Music Theory grade 5 is acceptable in place of Music A-level. Musical performance proficiency equivalent to ABRSM Grade 7 is desirable.

Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).