BMus (Hons) Music Composition and Recording

Bachelor's degree

In City of London

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    City of london

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary
Overview
Do you write music? Do you want to get your music heard?

This course is explores the many types of composition and is designed for the composer looking to develop a skill-set ready to create the sound of tomorrow. There will be opportunities to collaborate with other artists and to showcase your work at live venues and performance spaces across the capital.

Why choose this course?
Our world-renowned multi-million pound facilities, coupled with highly experienced teachers and researchers come together to offer an extremely exciting course routed in a rich legacy of award-winning and highly acclaimed composers and music writers, but with its eyes firmly set on the future.

You will be using the very latest techniques and technologies to make your musical ideas become sonic reality, and in a variety of solo and collaborative contexts.

The music you will create and develop, along with the networks you join and nurture, form a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the bed-rock for your career as a composer.

Career and study progression
Your degree can take you anywhere, but some of the most popular careers for graduates include songwriting, composition for TV, film, video games and corporate promotion, and teaching.

You may also wish to undertake postgraduate study to specialise in a subject you've already studied, or to explore something new.

For more details please see the Career and study progression section.

Facilities

Location

Start date

City of London (London)
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St Mary's Rd, W5 5RF

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry requirements
112-128 UCAS tariff points at level 3 or equivalent, which would normally include at least two subject areas including Music or a related subject area, plus Maths and English grade A*-C.
You will also need to provide evidence of a portfolio of composition with music technology.
International students need to meet our English language requirement at either IELTS at 6.0 or above and a minimum of 5.5 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening).

In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications....

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Subjects

  • Composition
  • Sound
  • Music

Course programme

Course detail
During this course you will develop your skills by exploring the following:
electronic and computer-based composition
songwriting
traditional and general composition
composition for multimedia and film
composition for theatre production.
You will also have endless collaborative possibilities - we have an institution full of highly talented and creative people, in a variety of disciplines including pop performers (encompassing a huge range of genres), jazz players, dancers and actors, orchestral performers, sound-designers, producers, sound engineers, managers, promoters and many more.

Year one (Level 4) modules
Song writing and Composition
Harmony in Popular Styles
Desktop Composition
Role of Music Management
Sound Theory
Sound Practice 1.
Year two (Level 5) modules
LCM Music Factory
Studio Recording 2
Sound Practice 2
Harmony and Structure
Collection Societies.
Optional modules
Composition and Arranging Workshop
Songwriting.
Year three (Level 6) modules
Music for the Moving Image
Advanced Harmony and Structure
Music Management
Experimental Sound
Composition and Recording Project.
Optional modules
Music Education workshop
Audio Post Production.

BMus (Hons) Music Composition and Recording

£ 9,250 + VAT