Creative Music Technology BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Creative Music Technology BA (Hons)
On the Creative Music Technology BA you will focus on composition and production. With us, you will explore an extensive range of approaches to creating and performing, including studio-based composition, multi-track recording and production, and sound synthesis.
Discover the application of music across disciplines, from music and sound for film to site-specific and installation work, creative computer coding, and advanced surround sound and diffusion.
Allow your vision and voice to be inspired by the academic study of digital and post-digital history and aesthetics. Based on your own interests, you will have the freedom to choose compositional, technical and theoretical topics to research in greater depth. You will have access to our dedicated facilities where you can explore areas such as spatialisation, musical computing and sound recording.
This course is taught by internationally recognised, experienced musicians who are active performers, composers and researchers at the forefront of electronic and electroacoustic music, electronica and sonic art.
Our graduates have gone on to work as composers, sound designers, performing and recording artists, session musicians, recording engineers, producers and audio technicians, in major organisations such as the BBC, ITV, Sony Music, Warner Music Group and smaller genre-based labels Ninja Tune and K7.
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Curriculum
Year one modules
- Introduction to Studio Techniques (core)
- Sound Analysis and Perception (core)
- Introduction to Music and Sonic Art (core)
- Foundations of Music (core)
- Creating with Technology (core)
- Digital Music Creativity: Sequencing (core)
- Academic Fundamentals (core)
- Ideas in Music and Sonic Art 1 (core)
Year two modules
- Ideas in Music and Sonic Arts 2 (core)
- Composing with Technology (core)
- Studio Production Techniques (optional)
- Sounds and Images (optional)
- Creative Coding (optional)
- Electronic Instrument Building (optional)
- Sound Diffusion (optional)
- Live Sound and Location Recording (optional)
- Studio Signal Processing (optional)
- Sound for Screen (optional)
- Digital Audio Electronics: Sensors and Interfaces (optional)
- Spatial Composition (optional)
- Ensemble Recording (optional)
- Negotiated Project (optional)
Year three modules
- MAT Research Project (core)
- Music, Media and Community Arts (optional)
- MAT Personal Practice (optional)
- Sound Design (optional)
- Composing for Dance (optional)
- Sound Installations and Environments (optional)
- Music Industry Management 1 (optional)
- Music Industry Management 2 (optional)
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Career Opportunities
Digital music and audio are central components to contemporary media. Recent graduates are now composers, sound designers, performing and recording artists and session musicians, recording engineers, producers, and audio technicians.
You may choose to pursue careers in music management, theatre, radio content and production, television, music retail, music and internet publishing, software development, and music education.
Our graduates have taken up roles with large companies such as the BBC, ITV, Sony Music, Sony Computer Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Ableton and Babel Media (Toronto, prestigious recording studios, including Abbey Road, Great Linford Manor, Townhouse Studios and Metropolis Studios, as well as smaller genre-based labels such as Ninja Tune and K7.
We also support students with entrepreneurial ambitions, with success stories in both freelance and company start-ups. Students have created businesses in music creation and production, recording, sound design, music for media, music technology equipment supply and technical support, acoustics consultancy and studio design, along with online forms of distribution and sales.
Program delivery
Teaching is carried out through lectures, seminars, practical workshops and rehearsals and you will have extensive individual contact. Assessment is primarily through musical, practical and written coursework.