Audio and Music Production

If you want a career in audio/music production you will benefit from developing both technical and entrepreneurial skills

The Student Experience

The BA (Hons) Audio and Music Production is primarily a practical course that prepares students for employment in both studio-based and ‘live’ audio environments.

Students are taught about the functions and operations of live and recorded music applications, enjoying a great deal of hands on experience in ‘state of the art’ facilities. New and future media constitutes a significant area of study, and the delivery of modules related to business practice and entrepreneurship underpin the vocational element of this course.  These include business modules that delve into areas such as finance/negotiation & communication, self-employment, intellectual property law and allied rights. Students are expected to graduate with an ability to ‘hit the ground running’, possessing a portfolio of work and project management skills which will make them readily employable in the live and recorded music sectors.

Students undertaking the programme can benefit from:

• Regular lecture input from a range of music and audio industry professionals
• A range of formal and informal work experience opportunities
• Access to purpose-built digital recording and production facilities
• Access to live sound production and computer controlled lighting systems in a dedicated venue
• Opportunities to work within the University’s production company: ‘INFX Productions’
• Key education/industry partnerships with some of the most recognised production equipment suppliers in the UK and Europe (Sennheiser, Shuttlesound, AC Lighting, Focusrite)
• A student friendly environment with dedicated campus and facilities
• UK and international exchange programmes and study visits
• Highly specialist staff delivering vocationally orientated programmes

A diverse range of employment opportunities are open to graduates from this programme including: studio and live production/engineering, music performance, audio for multi media, audio post production for Film/TV, music technology retail, music hardware/software support, audio production/sound design for the web.

**  Whilst it is not an absolute requirement for students to be ‘musically trained’, it is expected that you will be either a self taught or trained musician/singer, with at least some experience of either recording or performance

Entry Requirement: 200-240 UCAS Points

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