Creative Music Technology BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Leicester
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
9,250 €
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Leicester
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Duration
3 Years
On the Creative Music Technology BA you will focus on composition and production. With us, you will explore an extensive range of approaches to creating and performing, including studio-based composition, multi-track recording and production, and sound synthesis.
Discover the application of music across disciplines, from music and sound for film to site-specific and installation work, creative computer coding, and advanced surround sound and diffusion.
Allow your vision and voice to be inspired by the academic study of digital and post-digital history and aesthetics. Based on your own interests, you will have the freedom to choose compositional, technical and theoretical topics to research in greater depth. You will have access to our dedicated facilities where you can explore areas such as spatialisation, musical computing and sound recording.
This course is taught by internationally recognised, experienced musicians who are active performers, composers and researchers at the forefront of electronic and electroacoustic music, electronica and sonic art.
Our graduates have gone on to work as composers, sound designers, performing and recording artists, session musicians, recording engineers, producers and audio technicians, in major organisations such as the BBC, ITV, Sony Music, Warner Music Group and smaller genre-based labels Ninja Tune and K7.
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Digital music and audio are central components to contemporary media. Recent graduates are now composers, sound designers, performing and recording artists and session musicians, recording engineers, producers, and audio technicians.
You may choose to pursue careers in music management, theatre, radio content and production, television, music retail, music and internet publishing, software development, and music education.
Our graduates have taken up roles with large companies such as the BBC, ITV, Sony Music, Sony Computer Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Ableton and Babel Media (Toronto, prestigious recording studios, including Abbey Road, Great Linford Manor, Townhouse Studios and Metropolis Studios, as well as smaller genre-based labels such as Ninja Tune and K7.
We also support students with entrepreneurial ambitions, with success stories in both freelance and company start-ups. Students have created businesses in music creation and production, recording, sound design, music for media, music technology equipment supply and technical support, acoustics consultancy and studio design, along with online forms of distribution and sales.
Five GCSEs at grade C or above, including English and Maths or equivalent, plus one of the following:
Normally 104 UCAS points from at least two A-levels or equivalent, with Music or Music Technology at grade C or above or
Music or Music Technology BTEC National Diploma/ Extended Diploma at DMM
Develop your practical skills in our creative technology studios. You will benefit from access to audio recording studios, broadcast-standard radio production studios and management systems. The studio facilities include mixing desks and digital audio workstations, each equipped with comprehensive libraries of audio effects and samples.
Join a dynamic musical community which hosts concerts and workshops and has a number of musical groups such as the Dirty Electronics ensemble. The university also has many active student musical societies, including the Music Society, Recording Society, Sound Design Society, and DJ Society.
Have opportunities to present your work at some of Leicester's most important cultural institutions, including the CURVE Theatre, the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, and creative hub LCB Depot.
Gain valuable, industry-relevant experience by contributing to the award-winning Demon Media group, which includes the Demon FM radio station and Demon TV.
Through our Music, Technology and Innovation Institute for Sonic Creativity you can take part in events, undertake creative research, work with professional artists, lead workshops and contribute to international research projects.
Benefit from guest lectures from music industry specialists. Previous guest speakers include Merzbow, Mira Calix, Tim Exile, DJ Sniff, Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Brian Duffy, GRM, Leafcutter John, Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle), Keith Rowe and Evan Parker.
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Subjects
- Art
- Teaching
- Music Technology
- Sound
- Music Industry
- International
- University
- Project
- Technology
- Industry
- Music
- Musical
- Production
Course programme
Year one modules
- Introduction to Studio Techniques (core)
- Sound Analysis and Perception (core)
- Introduction to Music and Sonic Art (core)
- Foundations of Music (core)
- Creating with Technology (core)
- Digital Music Creativity: Sequencing (core)
- Academic Fundamentals (core)
- Ideas in Music and Sonic Art 1 (core)
- Ideas in Music and Sonic Arts 2 (core)
- Composing with Technology (core)
- Studio Production Techniques (optional)
- Sounds and Images (optional)
- Creative Coding (optional)
- Electronic Instrument Building (optional)
- Sound Diffusion (optional)
- Live Sound and Location Recording (optional)
- Studio Signal Processing (optional)
- Sound for Screen (optional)
- Digital Audio Electronics: Sensors and Interfaces (optional)
- Spatial Composition (optional)
- Ensemble Recording (optional)
- Negotiated Project (optional)
- MAT Research Project (core)
- Music, Media and Community Arts (optional)
- MAT Personal Practice (optional)
- Sound Design (optional)
- Composing for Dance (optional)
- Sound Installations and Environments (optional)
- Music Industry Management 1 (optional)
- Music Industry Management 2 (optional)
Teaching is carried out through lectures, seminars, practical workshops and rehearsals and you will have extensive individual contact. Assessment is primarily through musical, practical and written coursework.
Your precise timetable will depend on the optional modules you choose to take, however, you will normally attend around 8-12 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 32 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.
Additional information
Creative Music Technology BA (Hons)
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
9,250 €