BA Music and Drama
Entry requirements
For all Music courses: the ability to read staff notation is required. Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification e.g: A Levels: including grade B Music (in lieu of Music A-level we will also consider other A-level subjects in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications in Music or merit in the ABRSM/Trinity/LCM/Rockschool Grade 5 Theory/Grade 7 Practical; or IB Higher in Music.). General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma in Music: DMM - DDM (including a unit demonstrating the ability to read staff notation or see **) Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): Case by case Access to Higher Education: Pass required** Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass required including grade H5 in Music. T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Music and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. Modules cover composition, harmony, solo performance, screenwriting, and short film production, with studies spanning classical, popular, and traditional music. The course has links with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Venue Cymru, and Ensemble Cymru, and provides access to professional standard concert halls and recording studios.
Modules
- Modern European Theatre
- Creative Practice
- Cist Cynhyrchu
- Production Toolkit
- Adventures in the Creative Arts
- Introduction to Theatre Making
- Devised Theatre
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Scriptwriting for TV
- Studio Composition I
- Introduction to Harmony and Counterpoint
- Melody and Harmony
- Music Since 1850
- Cyfansoddi I
- Composition I
- Year 1 Solo Performance
- Solo Performance
- Stanley Kubrick: Auteur
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Short Film Production
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Modern Theatre
- Adapting for the Stage
- Radio and Podcasting
- Factual Production
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Interactive Sound and Music
- Understanding Popular Music
- Ensembles and Groups A
- Community Arts Placement
- Genres and Composers A
- Orchestration
- Orchestration Today
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Directing
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Composition II
- Solo Performance
- Notation and Editing
- Arts Project
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Performing Germany
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Scriptwriting
- The Small Screen
- Notation and Editing
- Music Teaching in Context
- Ensembles and Groups B
- Acousmatic Composition
- The Craft of Songwriting
- Genres and Composers C