PERFORMANCE ROUTE AND PRODUCTION ROUTE The BA (Hons) Popular Music (Performance or Production Route) will prepare students for a career in the music industry or progression onto higher level academic study or training. The course provides opportunities to develop a broad range of both practical and academic skills. BA (Hons) Popular Music (Performance Route) covers areas such as solo and band performance, through studio and stage technology to composition and case study. BA (Hons) Popular Music (Production Route) covers areas such as sound recording, mixing and production as well as computer music, composition for media, music business and promotion and video production for the music industry. All modules link to music industry contexts such as working as a session musician, songwriter, media composer, arranger, performer, studio or live sound engineer, music producer, sound designer, instrument and effect programmer, events promoter, educator or researcher. This leads the student to produce both practical and academic work which is deemed to be of a professional standard within the music industry, culminating in all students working professionally in their final year work experience (which forms part of the Employability Skills for Music module).

Core modules (Popular Music) include: Music Industry and Society; Composition for Popular Music, Musicianship Skills, Ensemble Performance, Studio and Stage Technology and Solo Performance Skills, Music Business and Society, Session Music Skills, Employability Skills for Music, Advanced Session Musician Skills. Core Modules (Production) include: Music Industry and Society, Composition for Popular Music, Ensemble Performance, Studio and Stage Technology, Audio Principles Synthesis and Sampling, Music Technology, Recording and Mixing Techniques, Promotion and Video Production for Industry, Employability Skills for Music

You will learn through lectures and seminars, workshops and studio activities. Your work will be assessed through portfolios, practical demonstrations, written assignments and promotional critiques.

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

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.

Course code: 3R11

Institution code: B13

Campus Name: Barnsley College Higher Education Church Street Campus

Campus code:

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

You will be required to attend an interview and audition upon application.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 0%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

Go onto work and study: 0%

England	5995.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	5995.0	Year 1
Scotland	5995.0	Year 1
Wales	5995.0	Year 1

Fees are quoted based on 2020 entry information and are subject to change for 2021.

PO Box No 266
Church Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Barnsley
S70 2YW