BA Music Performance
Entry requirements
A level: ABB plus successful audition. IB: 33 points overall including 6,5,5 at Higher Level plus successful audition.
About this course
BA in Music, focusing on practice and designed for students aiming towards a professional career in performance. Core topics include Signal Processing, Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, Human Behaviour, and Design & Creative Practice. The curriculum incorporates extensive experience in solo, ensemble, and improvised settings, alongside training for studio recording and performance technology.
Modules
- Solo Performance 1
- Introduction to Music
- Introduction to Composition
- Sound Recording and Production 1
- Ensemble Performance 1
- Fundamental Harmony
- Music in History
- Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts
- Fundamentals of Sound
- Audio Mixing I
- Solo Performance 2
- Ensemble Performance 2
- Improvisation
- Sonic Arts
- Composition II
- Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries
- Experimental Popular Musics
- Songwriting
- Radio and Podcast Production
- Instrument and Installation Design
- Sound Recording and Production 2
- Live Production Systems
- Sound Design for Screen
- Music Psychology
- Culture, Class, and Emotion
- Harmony and Theory 2
- Early Music
- Double Performance 3
- Professional Practice
- Music in Culture
- Composition 3a
- Dissertation
- Bach and Mozart
- Special Project
- Sound Recording and Production 3
- Classical Analysis
- The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display
- Traditional Irish Music: Form, Style and Development
- Auditory Perception
- Politics in Popular Song from the French Revolution to Punk
- Work-based Learning
- Audio Post Production
- Composing for Screen
- Sonic Arts 2
- Music and Medicine
- Music, Power and Conflict