Develop your skillset in more than one subject area and study with a wider range of expert staff on this Music Production with Classical course at Leeds Conservatoire. You’ll take your Specialist Study modules in Production and your Specialist Group Study modules in Classical.
This course will give students the skills to become sophisticated music producers, with performance experience in classical ensembles. Combining small group tuition and one-to-one final year tuition/mentoring, small-ensemble work and seminars, students’ composition skills will be underpinned with the technical know-how necessary to compete in a dynamic music industry. Students will enhance their understanding of production practices within a studio environment alongside issues of style and repertoire from a classical ensemble perspective.
We want you to explore a variety of influences and genres, and whether you want to join our Chamber Orchestra, experiment with a cross-genre ensemble, perform on strings for our Big Band, or play on recordings for our Film Music students, you’ll be immersed in a culture that encourages you to collaborate with a range of musicians and art forms. You'll benefit from our partnership opportunities with Opera North as part of the classical elements on this course.
Course Details - Modules
The BA (Hons) Music (Production with Classical) modules focus on developing you as a professional musician and producer through small group work and creative projects. The professional studies strand will develop your core business skills, and other optional modules will introduce additional cross-genre capabilities.
The programme has strands in Specialist Study, Contextual Studies and Professional Studies that span the three levels of the programme. Students focus primarily on their Specialist Study. Specialist Study is split so that one to one study is studied on the Production pathway and group study is studied on the Classical pathway.
Year 1 (Level 4)
Compulsory modules:
Specialist Study Music Production 1 – Production
Specialist Group Study 1 – Classical
Contextual Studies 1 – Production
Professional Studies 1: Working in the Creative Industries
Creative Project
Year 2 (Level 5)
Compulsory modules:
Specialist Study Music Production 2 – Production
Specialist Group Study 2 – Classical
Contextual Studies 2 – Production
Professional Studies 2
Contextual Studies 2 optional modules, one of:
Arranging and Orchestration
Collaborative Composition
Entrepreneurship
Music and Ideology
Music for the Moving Image
Musical Direction
Performance with Electronics
Songwriting
Professional Studies 2 optional modules, one of:
Artistic Management
Business Start-up
Concerts and Touring
Instrumental Music Tuition
Self-Promotion and Music Marketing
Structure and Functions of the Film Music Industry
Working with Music in the Community
Year 3 (Level 6)
Compulsory modules:
Specialist Study Music Production 3 – Production
Final Project – Classical
Contextual Studies 3
Professional Studies 3
Students select either a Group/Ensemble Performance Project, a Practice in Context Research Project or Musical Direction/Conducting for their Final Project module.
Contextual Studies 3 optional modules, one of:
Composed Theatre
Composition and Production for Film and Television
Computer-Based Composition
Electro-acoustic Composition
Emerging Music Models
Extended Improvisation
Intercultural Music
Software Environments – Performance and Sound Creation
Professional Studies 3 optional modules, one of:
Business Leadership and Ethics
Community Music Project
Film Music – Aesthetics and Narrative Function
Live Music Management
Music Journalism
Module specifications can be found via the Leeds Conservatoire website:
http://bit.ly/LC-ProdClass-UCAS
Course Details – Assessment Method
This combined study is assessed in a variety of ways to reflect the diversity of creative and professional practice. Assessment methods include musical portfolios, recordings, technical tests/performances, presentations and written work. The exact nature of assessments will depend on the Contextual Studies and Professional Studies module options chosen at Level 5 and Level 6, as well as the choice of project for the Final Project module at Level 6. Formal assessments tend to take place at the end of each semester or the end of the year. There are a handful of assignments with deadlines halfway through a semester.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
8U4D
Institution code:
L30
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
As per UCAS tariff
96 UCAS tariff points from Level 3 studies or equivalent, (which normally include A Level Music or a BTEC Extended Diploma in a Music-related subject), plus 3 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above to include English Language.
Combinations of Level 3 qualifications are accepted.
As per UCAS tariff
As per UCAS tariff
As per UCAS tariff
As per UCAS tariff
As per UCAS tariff
Additional entry requirements:
Applicants should also have achieved a minimum of three GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above.
UCAS tariff points from music graded exams are also accepted (highest achieved per instrument (grade 6 and above), awarded by ABRSM, London College of Music, Trinity College, Rock School).
All applicants will be required to either attend an audition or submit a portfolio of work.
Please see https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/audition for up to date details of our audition process.
English Language requirements:
All applicants must meet the minimum English Language requirement, as set by the conservatoire. For UK applicants this is GCSE English Language at grade C/4. Equivalent qualifications, such as Functional Skills English Level 2 or National 5 English grade C, will also be accepted.
For applicants that require a Student Visa to study in the UK, the standard requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no sub-test less than 5.5.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
70%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
82%
Go onto work and study:
93%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Republic of Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
EU
17500.0
Year 1
International
17500.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For details of any additional costs associated with your course, please see https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-study/fees-funding/tuition-fees/.
Provider information
3 Quarry Hill
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Leeds
LS2 7PD
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