Course Summary

We want to ensure you become who you want to be musically and can make your living working with music, whether performing, creating or producing or a combination of these. Our Music courses help you develop your skills in popular, contemporary and commercial music and equip you with the essential business skills to succeed. You’ll develop a broad range of skills across performance, composition, song writing and production. Through two specialist degree options, you can choose the degree that best fits with your ambition from day one. They are Music or Music (Song Writing & Performance) and Music (Song Writing and Production). You get your music in front of an audience through frequent gig nights, regular festivals and industry showcases. Aside from the business, you also learn how to match your music with an audience. You can collaborate with students from other courses, for example: recorded and live sound, lighting design and management students.

Course Details - Modules

Foundation Year: Ensemble Performance Skills Individual Performance Technique Music Business & Context Music Skills Music Technology and Production Music Theory Popular Music Studies Songwriting and Arranging Year One: Instrumental / Vocal Technique 1 Music Creation 1 Music Production 1 Music Professional Practice 1 Musicianship Skills 1 Popular Music Contexts 1 The Professional 1 Year Two: Instrumental / Vocal Technique 2 Music Creation 2 Music Production 2 Music Professional Practice 2 (The Professional 2) Musicianship Skills 2 Popular Music Contexts 2 Year Three: The Music Creator (Option) The Producer (Option) The Music Professional (The Professional 3) The Performer Popular Music Contexts 3

Course Details – Assessment Method

Learning is largely tutor-led in the first two years, and you gradually take on greater responsibility for managing your learning. By your final year, learning is largely industry focused, project-based and self-generated. Rehearsals and performances are assessed. Depending on which degree you choose, you may be required to submit songs, compositions and/or productions for assessment throughout the course. You also produce a final research paper which is relevant to your interests and career.

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: W3F2

Institution code: L48

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

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

Two A-Levels at grade D. All A-Level subjects accepted excluding General Studies. Points from AS and Key Skills are not counted.

Minimum of five GCSEs grade C required (these should normally include Maths and English Language). For applicants taking the reformed GCSE qualifications, we will consider the new grade 4 as being equivalent to a grade C. Minimum of 48 UCAS points is normally required. This equates to: * Two A-Levels at grade D. All A-Level subjects accepted excluding General Studies. Points from AS and Key Skills are not counted * BTEC Extended Diploma – Pass, Pass, Pass * BTEC Diploma – Merit, Pass We accept all equivalent UK and overseas qualifications including Advanced Diplomas, Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers, European, International and Welsh Baccalaureate, Abitur, Vitnemål and SAT/ACT. At least one of your Level 3 qualifications as listed above should normally be in Music and/or Music Technology. If you don’t have this experience, please contact our Admissions team for guidance. Music theory knowledge is not required as this will be a key element that you learn during the year. Please note: Mature applicants applying for the Foundation Certificate in Popular Music & Music Technology may not need the above qualifications if they have had additional relevant experience.

BTEC Extended Diploma – Pass, Pass, Pass

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 71%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 80%

Go onto work and study: 90%

Fees and funding

Republic of Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
EU 9250.0 Year 1
England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1
International 9250.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

International students who study the four year BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting and Performance) degree pay a lower fee of £9,250 (plus possible small inflationary increase) for the first year of the four year course and then pay £17,200 for each of the subsequent three years of study.

Provider information

Mount Street
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Liverpool
L1 9HF

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