Course Summary

**Course overview** - Music Production and Performance at UCLan provides the skills, experience, and guidance to develop and sustain careers in the dynamic industry of music. Our state-of-the-art facilities and staff expertise offer an exciting environment for students to develop existing, and discover new techniques in music production and performance. Creativity, innovation, and excellence are at the core of the programme with students cultivating knowledge, skills and techniques in areas of music composition, songwriting, recording, production, sound design, performance, research, and career development. - Studying Music Production and Performance at UCLan will give you real-world experiences and quality education to deepen your musical understanding across a wide range of genres and release your creativity in the studio and on the stage. - Students engage with independent, collaborative, and client-based projects through various stages of their degree, developing their portfolios, artistry, technique, and vocational skills as they relate to real-world audiences. - UCLan alumni have gone on to sustain successful careers as artists, performers, session musicians, composers, sound designers, engineers, and producers throughout the music and creative industries. **Why study with us** - A mix of real-world experience and expert guidance will build your understanding across various genres, releasing your creativity in the studio and on the stage. - Meet professional musicians, producers and marketers at our networking event, where you could gain a valuable work placement. - You will have 24/7 access to the Media Factory, which is home to state-of-the-art recording studios with the standard live room/control room configuration. **Further information** We are a Certified Avid Learning Partner for Pro Tools, ensuring we can help our students gain industry-standard training.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1: Song writing and Arrangement, Composing with Sound, Recording Techniques and Technologies, Performance Techniques and Technologies, Music Contextual Research and Career Development 1 - Online Profile. Year 2: Composition and Performance, Recording and Production, Research Project, Music for Visual Media and Career Development 2 - Client Live Brief. Year 3: Composition Project, Advanced Recording and Production, Dissertation and Career Development 3 - Professional Preparation.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment occurs through the application of knowledge and theory within practical activities, workshops, rehearsals and performances; Written assessment methods include technical logs, reports, essays, and written evaluations. Oral assessment methods include presentations, pitches, and viva voces. Coursework Assessments include compositions, performances, recordings, visual works and web design. Practical subject-specific skill development occurs throughout the 3 levels of this degree. As each student manifests different abilities and strengths within differing contexts, this course is not designed to enable students to achieve an identical and identifiable suite of skills at a particular level. However we do expect to you to recognise that the following features increase in the work produced by all students at each level:  complexity  sophistication  engagement  emotive qualities  expression  sustainability of performance and studio skills  reproducibility of performance  the range of human/artistic experience Across all modules and at all levels, the assessment of these aspects of creative study occur through practical assessment of work-in-progress and of performance.

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: MP10

Institution code: C30

Campus Name: Main Site

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

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

96 UCAS points at A2

P (C+)

96 UCAS points

96 UCAS points

96 UCAS points

96 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 0%

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

Go onto work and study: 0%

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

Additional Fee Information

*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

Provider information

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Preston
PR1 2HE

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