
Creative Music Technology BA(Hons)
Develop the creative and technical abilities needed to thrive in the music industry.
Course overview
Guided by industry professionals, expert academics and technical tutors, you’ll learn about music composition and production, recording, editing, mixing and mastering.
You’ll gain skills in creating sound and music for a wide range of media, explore sound design and immersive audio technologies and develop your own areas of artistic practice through individual and group music making and specialist tuition.
You will:
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Develop as an industry-ready artist with the creative, technical, academic and professional attributes to succeed
- Work in high-spec studio facilities with a range of digital and analogue hardware, software instruments and plug-ins, as well as surround-sound monitoring
- Access a wide range of industry standard equipment including microphones, portable recorders, amps, synths, drum machines and controllers
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Collaborate with musicians, filmmakers, gaming artists, dancers, animators and designers on other courses
- Work in a vibrant community of research-active lecturers with industry connections. Recent visitors include Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), James Young (Darkstar) and electroacoustic composer Professor Jonty Harrison
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Gain experience and skills through optional modules, industry placements and overseas study
The placement year pathway for this course is new for entry year 2023 and is subject to validation.
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