Music and Visual Art

The music pathway of our performance and visual arts programme offers a unique opportunity to develop your interest in performance alongside visual art practice through practical and theoretical investigations.

The course encourages independent and collaborative working methods and the exploration of varied contexts for the dissemination of artistic activity.

Course structure

Year 1 introduces and investigates performance and visual art language and practice through visual, movement and aural studies. Practical experimentation in movement, music, live performance, drawing, photography, video, sound, and site-specific performance offers a year of orientation.

Technical inductions provide a skills base from which creative work is developed. Theoretical research supports practical investigations and provides a broad cultural and historical mapping of performance and visual art.

Year 2 develops performance and investigates installation practices and visual art practice, and its documentation through proposals and presentation. Interdisciplinary work is developed through an exploration of forms, contexts and audience. Professional practice is supported by the opportunity to present work in a public context, while extension studies enable students to study other arts-related topics.

Theoretical studies develop cultural and historical knowledge and provide the opportunity to develop critical and analytical skills.

Year 3 develops independent practice through the preparation and documentation of an individual practical project informed by a written research project. Final degree work includes performance, exhibition or site-specific presentations. Professional practice studies support students in identifying possible arts-related career paths.

Areas of study

The music pathway combines music, contemporary sound and visual art studies focusing on the development of the creative alliances between music and visual art performance practices. The course provides a platform for experimentation in the interchangeability of sound and sight - to make visible forms audible and audible forms visible. Consider this pathway if you have an interest in producing interdisciplinary work which includes audio visual performance, alternative-instrument making, sound sculpture, video, installations and site-specific work.

Career and progression opportunities

Graduates enter the arts, media, cultural and communication industries as independent performance and visual art practitioners, curators, film and television producers, directors, researchers, radio and television presenters, community arts practitioners, arts administrators, academics and teachers.

Requirements

Typical entry requirements
individual offers may vary

A-levels:
not normally sufficient qualification without a subsequent foundation diploma. However where A-levels and portfolio provide sufficient grounding, grades BCC apply (typically translate as 260 points in the UCAS tariff).

ND/C (Level 3):
DMM.

International Baccalaureate:
individual assessment.

QAA-approved access course:
individual assessment. Subject-specific units preferred.

GCSE (minimum grade C):
a good profile.

Foundation degree/HND
direct to year 2 for suitable candidates. HNC not suitable.

For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.

Other:
Art and Design Foundation Diploma or equivalent. Interview and portfolio review. Applicants are considered from a diverse range of prior visual and performance learning.

Mode of Attendance : Full-time