BA Music and Popular Music
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 including Higher Level 6 in Music, with no score less than 4 BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Music, covering cultural and practical aspects of the discipline. Core topics include Project Management. Students can select modules from both classical and popular music strands.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND MUSIC IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
- MUSIC WORLDS: CULTURE, PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY
- WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
- FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC THEORY
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 1
- POPULAR COMPOSITION 1
- SAMPLING & SYNTHESIS
- THEORY IN PRACTICE: EXPLORING MUSIC’S CONSTRUCTION
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 1
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 1
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND RECORDING
- MAX AND ABLETON LIVE
- INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 2
- EXPLORING HARMONY, CHORD PROGRESSION AND PITCH
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2A
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2A
- MUSIC, POWER, AND IDEAS
- LIVE SOUND
- SOUND RECORDING AND PRODUCTION 2
- MUSIC IN GAMING
- WORKING IN MUSIC INDUSTRY
- FOLEY AND SOUND DESIGN
- ORCHESTRATION
- MIXING AND MASTERING
- MUSIC GENRES AND DIGITAL CULTURES
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2B
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2B
- INTRODUCTION TO CONDUCTING
- LIVE IMPROVISATION WITH ABLETON
- MUSIC AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 2
- MUSIC IN WORLD CINEMA
- COMPOSITION FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND GAMES
- MUSIC, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY
- BECOMING ENTREPRENEURIAL
- JAZZ
- THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
- SELF-MANAGEMENT FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS
- ADAPTIVE AND GENERATIVE AUDIO FOR GAMES
- RECORD LABEL RECORDING, PRODUCTION AND PROJECT PLANNING
- FROM HARDWARE-HACKING TO HYPER-INSTRUMENTS
- MUSICAL THEATRE
- WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC?
- SOUND STUDIES
- CURATION AND HERITAGE
- EXPLORING RHYTHM, FORM, AND MUSICAL TIME
- COMPOSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 3
- RECORD LABEL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
- LIVE SOUND 2
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR PERFORMANCE
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: RESEARCH
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE