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Undergraduate Courses

BMus (Hons) Music Performance 77

BMus (Hons) Music Performance with Music Management 78

BMus (Hons) Music Performance with Music Technology 79

BMus (Hons) Music Composition 80

BMus (Hons) Music Composition with Music Technology 81

BMus (Hons) Music Composition with Music Management 82

BMus (Hons) Music Performance and Recording 83

BA (Hons) Music Management 84

FdA/BA (Hons)/DipHE/BA (Hons)Top-up Music Technology 85

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Performance 86

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Composition 87

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Popular Music Performance 88

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Radio Broadcasting 89

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Video Production 90

BA (Hons) Music Theatre 91

BMus Music with Foundation 92

BA (Hons) Theatre Production Design and Management 93

Postgraduate Courses

MA Advanced Music Technology 94

MMus Composition 95

MMus Electronic Music Composition 96

MA Music Industry Management and Artist Development 97

MMus Performance 98

PgDip Performance 99

MMus Popular Music Performance 100

MA Record Production 101

DMus Doctor of Music 102

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London College of

Music

Begin your career with the London College of Music (LCM)...the moment you apply.

LCM offers industry relevant music education across an impressive range of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, led by current music professionals from performance, composition, production, technology and management backgrounds.

The fi rst and only all-Steinway

School in London

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Find out more at: www.uwl.ac.uk/yourcountry

Entry requirements

The University of West London

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Career options

English language requirement:

ModulesCourse overview

Audition and portfolio

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeWJ88

DurationThree years

Start dateFebruary and September

modern university in London for Music**

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The University of West London recognises and accepts a large number of international qualifi cations. Check our website for more information.


Entry requirements

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Our courses in performance combine a university education with professional training that develops your musicianship skills as well as analytical and critical abilities. This is enhanced by one-to-one lessons that focus upon developing your individual instrument skills.

English language requirement:IELTS at 5.5 or above overall score with 5.5 in each band (reading, writing, speaking and listening) or an equivalent English language test.

Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, and in orchestras and bands, working as solo artists, performers, arrangers and musicians.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW392

DurationThree years


ModulesYear 1

Performance Studies Music History B: Western (20th/21st-century) General Musicianship Introduction to TechnologyThe Role of Music Management.

Year 2Performance Studies Collections Societies and Industry AssociationsLive Event Management.

Supporting modules:Advanced Musicianship Orchestration and ArrangingSpecial Topic (eg Classical, Jazz, Contemporary)Music in Industry.

Year 3Performance Studies Festival StudiesMusic Management.

Supporting modules:Music Project Advanced Orchestration and Arranging Music Education Workshop Music Management.

Course overviewWe will provide you with the opportunity to network with other students and industry professionals and the skills to manage your own career within the music industry. Our highly experienced members of staff will work with you to develop your skills on your chosen instrument, while providing an in-depth knowledge of the mechanics, marketing, promotion and psychology of a performer to prepare you for a successful career.

Audition and portfolioYou are required to attend an audition unless you have recently passed a LCM grade 8 exam. A relevant portfolio of work will also be required.

BMus (Hons) Music Performance with Music Management


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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, and in orchestras and bands, working as solo artists, performers, arrangers, and musicians.


Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW393

DurationThree years


Our courses in performance combine a university education with professional training that develops your musicianship skills as well as analytical and critical abilities. This is enhanced by one-to-one lessons that focus upon developing your individual instrument skills.

ModulesYear 1

Performance StudiesMusic History B: Western (20th/21st-century) General Musicianship Desktop CompositionIntroduction to Sound.

Year 2Performance StudiesCreative SoundSound Technology.


Year 3Performance Studies Experimental SoundAudio Post-production.


Course overviewWe will provide you with the technical knowledge to record, capture and produce music, while our specialist staff will help you to develop advanced skills on your chosen instrument.

We will develop your understanding of contemporary sound, including pre and post-production, plus all the essential theory and techniques to collaborate, record and network with a multitude of students from a range of disciplines across our community of study. You will also have supporting studies in musicianship and analysis.

Audition and portfolioYou are required to attend an audition unless you have recently passed a LCM grade 8 exam. A relevant portfolio of work will also be required.

BMus (Hons) Music Performance with Music Technology


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Entry requirements

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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, working as arrangers, composers, producers or bands.


Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW388

DurationThree years


ModulesYear 1

Composition Music History A: Western (1600 – 1900) Music History B: Western (20th/21st-century) General Musicianship Tools for Understanding Music.

Year 2Composition.


Year 3Composition.


Course overviewYou have the choice to study Music Composition as a single specialist course or the unique opportunity to study Composition combined with Music Management or Music Technology.

We offer you the opportunity and the skills to compose in a wide range of styles, for traditional forms and ensembles as well as for fi lm and other media. The specialist composition modules will allow you to master a wide range of skills by taking you through a sequence of ‘technical workbooks’. This holistic approach will help give your music a clear sense of rhythmic and harmonic directions, equipping you with the technical skills that will make your music ‘breathe’ more freely.

While we take a structured approach to nurturing your development as a composer, our aim is that you should, through the unique one-to-one teaching, spread your wings and fl y in your own direction.

Audition and portfolioYou are required to attend an audition unless you have recently passed a LCM grade 8 exam.

How did composers of the past do what they did – and how does the music of today rest upon that foundation? So many courses are content with putting old masterpieces in a glass case and gazing at them from a distance. Our course aims to open them up and see what is going on inside.

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Entry requirements


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Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeWD90

DurationThree years


ModulesYear 1

Composition Music History B: Western (20th/21st-century) General Musicianship Desktop CompositionIntroduction to Sound.

Year 2Composition Creative SoundSound Technology.


Year 3Composition Experimental SoundAudio Post-Production.

Supporting modules:Music ProjectAdvanced Orchestration and Arranging Music Education Workshop Music Management.

Course overviewYou have the choice to study music composition as a single specialist course or the unique opportunity to study composition combined with music management or music technology.

We will provide you with the technical knowledge to record capture and produce music, while developing your composition skills. We will grow your understanding of contemporary sound, including pre and post-production, plus all the essential theory and techniques to collaborate, record and network with a multitude of students from a range of disciplines across our community of study. You will also have supporting studies in musicianship and analysis.

Audition and portfolioYou are required to attend an audition unless you have recently passed a LCM grade 8 exam.

How did composers of the past do what they did – and how does the music of today rest upon that foundation? So many courses are content with putting old masterpieces in a glass case and gazing at them from a distance. Our course aims to open them up and see what is going on inside.

BMus (Hons) Music Composition with Music Technology


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ModulesYear 1

Composition Music History B: Western (20th/21st-century) General Musicianship Introduction to TechnologyThe Role of Music Management.

Year 2Composition Collections Societies and Industry AssociationsLive Event Management.


Year 3Composition Festival StudiesMusic Management.

Supporting modules:Music ProjectAdvanced Orchestration and Arranging Music Education Workshop Music Management.

Course overviewYou have the choice to study Music Composition as a single specialist course or the unique opportunity to study Composition combined with Music Management or Music Technology.

We will provide you with the opportunity to network with students and industry professionals, providing you with good stead to manage your career within the industry. The course is constantly developing to refl ect the ever-changing music management industry. Our highly experienced members of staff will develop your skills in one-to-one composition sessions while providing you with an in-depth knowledge of the mechanics, marketing, promotion and psychology of a performer to preparing you for a successful career.

Interview and portfolioYou are required to submit a portfolio and may be invited for an interview which will be done via telephone or Skype.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeWC90

DurationThree years


How did composers of the past do what they did – and how does the music of today rest upon that foundation? So many courses are content with putting old masterpieces in a glass case and gazing at them from a distance. Our course aims to dust them down, open them up and have a climb around inside them to see what is going on.

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BMus (Hons) Music Composition with Music Management


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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, music management, musical manufacturing, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, and in orchestras and bands, working as solo artists, performers, arrangers, composers and musicians.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW300

DurationThree years


ModulesYear 1

Performance/Composition Introduction to Audio TheoryMusic Video ProductionSound Studio TechniquesIntroduction to Music Media Law.

Year 2Arranging Skills Sound Studio TechniquesIntroduction to Agency and PromotersRecording PortfolioEnterprise and Entrepreneurship.

Year 3Advanced PerformanceProject Music ManagementShowcase Studies.

Course overviewOur lecturers will provide you with the opportunity to take charge of your own career whether you are a musician or a composer. We will help you develop your instrumental and song writing skills, provide you with technical knowledge to record music and the industry savvy to launch your career.

You will have the opportunity to take a selection of performance modules working in one-to-one and group situations along with modules in composing and arranging to ensure a good understanding of music, instrumental and composition skills and performance techniques.

This course ensures you receive a rounded knowledge of producing, capturing, and organising events and performances while acquiring the skills to launch and manage a career within the industry. We will provide you with the opportunity to network with other musicians, composers and performers.

InterviewYou are required to attend an interview unless you have recently passed a LCM grade 7 exam.

This course has been designed to refl ect the needs and demands of the ever-changing music industry and to develop artists with entrepreneurial skills. The course is supported by industry-facing professionals providing you with a well-rounded start to your career.

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Entry requirements

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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in music management, musical manufacturing, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, working as a studio manager, artist and band manager, events coordinator and with collection agencies.


ModulesYear 1

Entrepreneurial Skills and AttitudesLive Event TechnologyMusic Video ProductionIntroduction to Music and Media LawPeople ManagementThe Role of Music Management.

Year 2Public Relations and PublicityAgency and PromotersCollection Societies and Industry AssociationsEnterprise and Business DevelopmentPromotion and MarketingLive Event Management.

Year 3Festival StudiesEvent DesignConference and Exhibition StudiesMusic ManagementProject.

Course overviewWe will provide you with the opportunity to network with students and staff placing you in good stead for future employment. Our course is constantly changing and developing to refl ect the ever-changing music management industry. Our highly experienced members of staff will provide you with an in-depth knowledge of the mechanics, marketing, promotion and psychology, preparing you for a successful career in the music management industry.

This course will provide you with the opportunities to study artist management and develop your skills and knowledge through work-based learning methods.

If you wish to expand your employability, or want to gain a formal qualifi cation within the workplace, this course will provideyou with a professional and rounded start to your career in the music industry.

Interview and portfolioApplicants are required to submit a portfolio, and may be invited for an interview which will be done via telephone or Skype.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeN290

DurationThree years


This course has been designed to refl ect the ever-changing needs and demands of the music industry. The course will provide you with a unique experience with practical application and networking opportunities with other students, staff and industry contacts.

BA (Hons) Music Management


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Career optionsOn completion a variety of careers across the music industry with possible options working in studios, broadcasting and the live sound industry. Students also work as solo artists, music managers, composers, technicians and music producers working in TV, fi lm, radio and computer games audio both in the UK and worldwide. Other graduates have also forged successful careers in music publishing.

Award FdA/BA (Hons)/DipHE/BA (Hons) Top-up

UCAS CodeFdA J930, BA (Hons) W351, DipHE J931,BA (Hons) Top-up J932

DurationBA (Hons) Top-up one yearFdA/DipHE two yearsBA (Hons) three years

Start date Feb and Sept

ModulesYear 1

Audio TheoryIntroduction to VideoIntroduction to SoundSound Studio Techniques Introduction to MultimediaMusic Technology (MIDI and Synthesis).

Year 2 – DipHE/FdASound Studio Techniques Digital RecordingMusic Technology (MIDI and Sampling)Portfolio RecordingMusic in IndustryCreative Sound.

Year 3 – BA (Hons)/BA (Hons) Top-up

‘Live’ Sound & Recording TechniquesMusic and Media in IndustryExperimental SoundDigital Broadcast MediaAudio Post-productionProject (Music Technology).

Course overviewOn these courses you will have direct access to a range of musicians to collaborate, record and network with, including contemporary, pop/rock, jazz and western classical.

You will learn the skills appropriate to contemporary sound and music pre and post-production, including the essential theory to underpin this. You will have the opportunity to engage in the practical application of sophisticated audio and MIDI technology and will learn to operate complex recording sessions in high-performance audio environments.

Study will be partly based on where you see your immediate future, but you will also have the opportunity to apply your abilities within a broader context, including ‘live’ sound, acoustics, post-production, emerging technologies and standards, business survival, and entrepreneurial business skills.

This specialist course focuses entirely on music technology and the music, audio, media production and recording industries. Our course will provide you with hands-on experience and networking opportunities with other students and staff within the LCM community of study.

FdA/BA (Hons)/DipHE/BA (Hons) Top-up Music Technology

CourseHighlights

Dedicated staff expertise

with ongoing industry

connections;

up-to-date resources

(20+ audio studios).

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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, in orchestras and bands, working as solo artists, performers, arrangers, producers, studio technicians, studio managers and musicians.


ModulesYear 1

Music Technology (MIDI and Synthesis)Audio TheoryPerformance StudiesIntroduction to SoundMusic Video Production.

Year 2Music in IndustryCreative SoundPerformance StudiesMusic Technology (MIDI and Sampling)Sound Technology.

Year 3Digital Broadcast MediaAudio Post-productionPerformance StudiesExperimental SoundProject.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW396

DurationThree years


Course overviewOur range of Music Technology courses provide you with the option to specialise in a number of fi elds depending on the career path you wish to pursue within the music industry.

This combined option allows you to gain a thorough grounding in the use of audio and music technology systems, while pursuing disciplines related to a fi rst study of musical instrument or voice, and the development of music performance skills in popular music in Jazz, Classical or Contemporary disciplines.

InterviewYou will be invited to an interview, via telephone or Skype, that will provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your enthusiasm and commitment.

Our Music Technology courses focus on engaging you in the creative use of contemporary music technology systems. We will build your practical skills while developing an informed technical understanding of how these systems work and how they are used in the production of today’s music.

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Performance


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ModulesYear 1

Music Technology (MIDI & Synthesis)Audio TheoryCompositionIntroduction to SoundMusic Video Production.

Year 2Music in IndustryCreative SoundCompositionMusic Technology (MIDI & Sampling)Sound Technology.

Year 3Digital Broadcast MediaAudio Post-productionComposition Experimental SoundProject.


We offer you the opportunity and the skills to compose music in traditional, classical and multimedia genres. The specialist composition modules take you through a sequence of our ‘technical workbooks’, allowing you to master traditional academic principles while seeing them in a holistic way.

This combined option allows you to gain a thorough grounding in the use of audio and music technology systems, while pursuing disciplines related to a fi rst study musical instrument or voice, and the development of music performance skills in popular music.


Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW394

DurationThree years



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ModulesYear 1

Music Technology (MIDI & Synthesis)Audio TheoryComposition Introduction to SoundMusic Video Production.

Year 2Music in IndustryCreative SoundComposition Music Technology (MIDI & Sampling)Sound Technology.

Year 3Digital Broadcast MediaAudio Post-productionComposition Experimental SoundProject.


This combined option allows you to gain a thorough grounding in the use of audio and music technology systems, while pursuing disciplines related to a fi rst study musical instrument or voice, and the development of music performance skills in popular music.


Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJW9J

DurationThree years



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ModulesYear 1

Music TechnologyPodcastingAudio TheoryMusic Radio ProductionTV and Radio IndustriesIntroduction to Sound.

Year 2Music in IndustryCreative SoundMusic Radio DocumentaryLive Radio ProductionSound TechnologyWork Placement.

Year 3Experimental SoundRadio Station ManagementProjectBlast RadioDigital Broadcast Media.


This combined option allows you to learn about the contemporary radio industry and work live on-air and on pre-produced projects investigating factual, fi ctive and music formats. During the fi rst two years you will study an equal amount of modules in audio theory, music technology, broadcasting and radio industries. In the fi nal year you will focus on your chosen area of interest.


Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJH9P

DurationThree years



BA (Hons) Music Technology and Radio Broadcasting


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ModulesYear 1

Music Technology Digital Video ProductionAudio TheoryCamera Lighting and SoundTV and Radio IndustriesIntroduction to Sound.

Year 2Music in IndustryCreative SoundDocumentary ProductionTV Studio ProductionSound TechnologyWork Placement.

Year 3Audio Post-productionDirecting FictionProjectExperimental Film and VideoDigital Broadcasting Media.


This combined option allows you to study video production options alongside music technology modules. During the fi rst two years you will study an equal amount of modules in audio theory, music technology and TV and video industries. In the fi nal year you will focus on your chosen area of interest.


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Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJW96

DurationThree years



BA (Hons) Music Technology and Video Production


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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, television, fi lm and media and radio, working as solo artists, performers, actors, dancers, musicians or bands.

Course overview‘Sing at the moment you can speak no more’.

This course encourages you to take an intellectual and practice-based interrogation of both the work and ‘workings’ within musical theatre. It encourages you whether you are an actor or singer to have respect for the various demands of both written text and musical score.

The development of ‘sense over sound’ is a distinctive feature of this course. In addition to the acquisition of a strong performance, technique and discipline, the course seeks to develop you as a self-thinking practitioner with the ability to devise and perform original work.

The exciting and enriched community of study at the LCM allows you to work and network with other students and staff, including composers, performers, jazz musicians, music technology, media, photography students and fashion designers.

AuditionYou are invited to attend an audition and submit a piece of writing illustrating your reasons for studying this subject.

ModulesYear 1

Movement Studies Acting Voice Studies Musical Theatre for Actors Musicianship and Textual Studies Dance/Choreography (additional studies)Stage Combat (additional studies).

Year 2Movement Studies Acting Voice Studies Musical Theatre for ActorsScene AnalysisMusicianship and Textual StudiesDance/Choreography (additional studies)Stage Combat (additional studies).

Year 3Public Production Devised Musical Theatre ProjectProfessional PracticeDissertation/Research Project.

Our course is placed within the London College of Music (LCM) providing additional facilities and excellent support for individual singing tuition, while engaging and encouraging work in the supporting disciplines of acting, movement, voice, stage combat and dance.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeWW45

DurationThree years


BA (Hons) Musical Theatre


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Career optionsOur graduates are now working across the music industry with successful careers in theatre, television, fi lm and media, radio and studios, in orchestras and bands, working as solo artists, performers, arrangers and musicians.

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ModulesFoundation Year

Composition or Performance (Instrumental or Vocal Study)Introduction to General Musicianship, Music Techniques and Musical AnalysisMusic History: Form and StructureDiscovering MusicMusic Project (Composition or Performance).

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW315

DurationOne year

Start dateSeptember

Course overviewThis one year foundation course is offered for students who wish to continue on to BMus (Hons) Music Performance (see page 77), BMus (Hons) Music Composition (see page 80) or BMus (Hons) Music Performance and Recording (see page 83).

With individual lessons from leading professional musicians, the foundation year precedes the usual three year course to build core skills and knowledge that will enable you to enter the undergraduate course with confi dence in your second year.

This BMus (Hons) Music with Foundation allows you to build the core skills to enter and complete the relevant undergraduate course with success.

BMus (Hons) Music with Foundation


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CourseHighlights

Dedicated staff expertise

with ongoing industry

connections; close to London’s

West End theatres;

Membership of The

Questors Theatre.

Career optionsGraduates from the course will have a number of opportunities for career progression across a range of theatre practices including sound and lighting, set design, production, costume and stage management.

Successful graduates can go on to study a postgraduate course in the relevant fi eld. The University offers a range of specialist courses of this level.


ModulesYear 1

Introduction to the Theatre Management PracticeTheatre CraftTheatre in PracticeTheatre Production and TechnologiesCreativity and Enterprise Visions and Realities.

Year 2Theatre in ContextSpecialist Theatre SkillsProduction and StagingIndustry and Enterprise Collaborative Production – Personal Project.

Year 3Theatre Management and Professional PracticeContemporary Theatre and Events StudiesAudience and ExperienceInternship: Specialist PracticeFinal Project – Production.

Course overviewThe structure and ethos of the course refl ects the multi-disciplinary nature of work in the design and management of contemporary theatre production. As the course is grounded in a real theatrical environment you will contribute to and support ‘live’ productions. At year three you will undertake an internship within a theatrical organisation which will help shape specialised career aspirations.

Carefully designed modules offer a specifi c set of training opportunities to enhance your creative potential. At the same time, you will learn to work effectively and professionally with a range of diverse professionals within the theatre industry.

You will study and work in a live west London theatrical environment, alongside other students from other theatre disciplines within the production team. You will build on your management experience and develop the confi dence to follow your chosen career path.

Our new and innovative course offers international students the opportunity to study a wide variety of theatre and performance-related practices, creating a solid foundation in theatre craft and management skills.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW461

DurationThree years


BA (Hons) Theatre Production Design and Management

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CourseHighlights

The course covers

different recording styles,

surround-sound mixing and

recording, plus software

interface programming

within electro-acoustic

composition.

PG

Career optionsGraduates will have skills that give them a distinct advantage when entering this competitive and constantly evolving industry. The course will also allow students to take the fi rst steps into pursuing a career in academic or scientifi c research and development. Our graduates have found successful employment on projects for companies such as Rolex, Coca-Cola, Reebok, Mercedes, Jaguar, Nokia, MTV and CNN.

English language requirement:IELTS 6.5 or above overall score with a minimum of 5.5 in each band (reading, listening, speaking and writing) or an equivalent English language test.

ModulesAdvanced Recording TechniquesDigital Audio Interface Design for MusicDeveloping Your CareerMulti-track Recording and Mixing for SurroundInteractive Music TechnologyAdvanced Non-linear RecordingResearch MethodsProject.

Course overviewThe course focuses on the creative use of advanced audio technology in the production of contemporary audio, with emphasis on the practical exploration of technique and technology. It assumes a prior level of competence in recording and sequencing technologies.

This course uses studios fully equipped to professional specifi cation on digital and analogue consoles, including access to state-of-the-art 5.1 surround and ProTools HD 3 systems, as well as other non-linear platforms and both digital and 2-inch analogue tape systems. It is tutored by lecturers with experience at the highest levels of the industry who are actively involved in practice and research.

Award Masters

DurationOne year


The audio industry is quickly changing to a new model of production that requires a wider range of transferable and specialist skills. This course aims to provide you with a higher level of understanding of the practice and theory underpinning both traditional and contemporary audio technology.

MA Advanced Music Technology

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ModulesPractical Composition OrchestrationMulti-track Recording and Mixing for Surround Live Events and Ensemble ManagementFilm and Television Score ProductionDeveloping Your Career Research Methods Dissertation or Project.

CourseHighlightsWork with other

postgraduates across the

London College of Music

network and get involved

in creative projects.

Career optionsSuccessful students will most likely pursue a career as a professional performing musician. However, the degree might also lead to further academic study, including DMus or PhD.

Award MMus

DurationOne year



Course overviewThe course provides concentrated and comprehensive training in all aspects of composing, including the opportunity to specialise in your chosen area. It is taught through a series of individual tutorials with renowned composers, as well as through seminars and workshops. You will also benefi t from weekly postgraduate masterclasses.

NB: This course is not suitable for guitar-based singer-songwriters, composers with no previous orchestral experience, or those whose primary experience is not notation-based.

Portfolio You will need to send an unedited recording of two contrasting pieces and an example of academic writing.

This course is designed for advanced composers and provides in-depth, specialist training. The course consists of six modules – some of which are core and others which are optional depending on your chosen area of composition.

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MMus Composition

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Career optionsGraduates can be found working successfully in many professional avenues across a range of activities within the creative industries:

CourseHighlights

Develop contemporary

electronic composition

and production skills

through exploring creative

musical techniques

and technology.


Award MMus

DurationOne year


ModulesInteractive Music TechnologyDigital Audio Interface Design for MusicAdvanced Non Linear RecordingMulti-track Recording and Mixing for Surround SoundManipulating SoundCombining SoundPractical CompositionDeveloping your careerResearch MethodsDissertation or Project.

Course overviewThe course covers a broad range of electronic music, from popular electronic dance music styles to art forms such as electroacoustic music.

It assumes a prior level of competence in composition or music sequencing and production. One-to-one tutorials are at the heart of this course, along with an enhanced experience through shared modules that encourage a broader electronic music appreciation and perspective.


This course is designed for composers of electronic music in the traditional sense and contemporary artists who may combine the role of composer with producer, engineer, musician or DJ.

PG

MMus Electronic Music Composition

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CourseHighlights

The team’s wide portfolio

of experience has shaped this

unique course. They work on a

worldwide stage across all the

sectors the course covers.

Career optionsYou will gain a thorough and critical understanding of management and associated organisations, helping you work effectively with or for them.You will develop positive and critical attitudes and enterprise, refl ecting the vibrancy and dynamism of the industry, while enhancing intellectual and study skills, enabling you to work originally, autonomously and to contribute to a business.


ModulesLeadership and CreativityIndependent Label Management Developing your careerResearch MethodsArtist and RepertoireLive Events ManagementCopyright LawDissertation or Project.

Course overviewThe course modules have been specifi cally designed and written to build entrepreneurial and transferable skills to help you develop new businesses in the music industry, or to help you fi nd roles in specialist sectors of the industry.

Many performance students now realise achieving commercial success and a sustainable career requires a range of other skills, such as setting up a small record label, managing copyrights, laying on or promoting live events, and maintaining health.


Award Masters

DurationOne year


Study the key concepts of managing and developing your own career, or the career of an act you represent. You will learn under the direction of a team of industry professionals with both unique insight and unprecedented experience in the fi eld.

PG

MA Music Industry Management and Artist Development

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CourseHighlights

Learn new skills, network,

rehearse and perform in

the LCM’s large ensembles,

including Sinfonia,

Big Band and

Glee Choir.

Career optionsGraduates will leave the course more confi dent performers and better informed all-round musicians, having gained musical insight and transferable skills including being able to evaluate situations, engage in professional dialogue and work effectively with others. Graduates will most likely pursue a career as a professional performing musician or undertake further academic study, including MMus, DMus and PhD.


ModulesPostgraduate Instrumental StudiesPostgraduate Performance WorkshopPostgraduate Ensemble StudiesDeveloping your CareerPerforming in the StudioResearch MethodsDissertation or Project.

Course overviewThe MMus course focuses on developing student musical performance at an advanced level. You will benefi t from: one-to-one tuition with our instrumental teaching staff (all are internationally acclaimed recitalists); playing and learning with other students in workshops and masterclasses; and taking part in LCM’s lively musical environment.

The course explores a wide range of 20th Century music and performance styles and you will be encouraged to develop your own. It places particular emphasis on developing critical thinking and listening skills and aims to give you an understanding of, and the opportunity to experiment with a broad range of performance styles.


Award MMus

DurationOne year


The London College of Music’s (LCM’s) postgraduate course in Performance offers a generous allowance of one-to-one instrumental tuition with internationally renowned recitalists. The course provides a range of fascinating modules that support and extend practical musicianship.

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MMus Performance

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CourseHighlights

Learn new skills, network

with other postgraduate

students, and rehearse and

perform in the LCM’s large

ensembles, including

Sinfonia, Big Band,

and Glee Choir.

Career optionsGraduates will leave the course more confi dent performers and better informed all-round musicians, having gained musical insight and transferable skills including being able to evaluate situations, engage in professional dialogue and work effectively with others. Graduates will most likely pursue a career as a professional performing musician or undertake further academic study, including MMus, DMus and PhD.


Award PgDip

DurationOne year


ModulesPostgraduate Instrumental Studies Postgraduate Performance Workshop Postgraduate Ensemble Studies.

Course overviewThe PgDip focuses on developing musical performance at an advanced level. As a performer, you will benefi t from: one-to-one tuition with our instrumental teaching staff (all are internationally acclaimed recitalists); playing and learning with other students in workshops and masterclasses; and taking part in LCM’s lively musical environment.

The course explores a wide range of 20th Century music and performance styles and you will be encouraged to develop your own. It places particular emphasis on developing critical thinking and listening skills and aims to give you an understanding of, and the opportunity to experiment with, a broad range of performance styles.


The LCM’s postgraduate course in Performance offers a generous provision of one-to-one instrumental tuition with internationally renowned recitalists. Both Performance courses provide a range of fascinating modules which support and extend practical musicianship.

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ModulesPerformance Techniques Ensemble Skills Developing your career Research Methods Dissertation or Project.

Plus ONE option from: Performing in the Studio Live Events and Ensemble Management.

CourseHighlights

Bringing the very best

of music education together

through the unique partnership

between London College

of Music and Tech

Music Schools.

Career optionsGraduates will likely pursue a career as a professional performing musician. However, the degree might also lead to further academic study, including DMus and PhD.


Course overviewThis course provides specialist training for drummers, vocalists, guitarists, bassists and keyboard players that refl ects the needs of today’s music industry.

The course is jointly taught by Tech Music School’s specialist tutors and postgraduate tutors from London College of Music, all of whom are active professional musicians of the highest standard.

It combines technical and stylistic performance tuition through one-to-one lessons, as well as group sessions with other students from across the postgraduate community, to ensure an enhanced learning experience and the opportunity to network with like-minded creatives.


The MMus in Popular Music Performance is designed to address the practical, academic and professional needs of contemporary musicians, and welcomes students from all genres.

Award MMus

DurationOne year


PG

MMus Popular Music Performance

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CourseHighlightsWork with other

postgraduates and gain

valuable opportunities to

network and engage in

creative projects.


Career options

Study progression may be a PhD or DMus in Popular Music Production or Electronic/Electroacoustic Composition.

Award Masters

DurationOne year


ModulesDeveloping your careerAdvanced Recording TechniquesThe Development of Audio TechnologyManipulating SoundsPerformance in the StudioCombining SoundsResearch MethodsDissertation or Project.

Course overviewThe MA in Record Production deconstructs and analyses the process of record production to provide you with the relevant skills and understanding to develop a career in the contemporary, fast-changing music industry.

Portfolio You will need to provide a portfolio of professional work and a written statement.

We stand at the forefront of the academic study of music technology in general and record production in particular. This course investigates the theoretical and practical production of recorded popular music.

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MA Record Production

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You will need to complete an application form identifying your research area, attend an interview and submit a portfolio.

Career optionsOn completing your degree, you will be able to show:

the ability to conceptualise, design, and implement creative research for the generation of new knowledge in the area of practicean outstanding contribution to the fi eld of practice through a substantial and innovative corpus of creative research, achieving a quality that satisfi es peer review and also merits publication.


PG

AwardThe DMus is achieved through one of the following:

Creative research in humanities has become an important area of postgraduate study at Masters and Doctoral level. It has allowed performers and practitioners to remediate their work as research, and refl ect on the processes as much as the impact of practice.

Due to its focus on ‘creative research’, and its ‘submission pathway’, the DMus aims to attract recently qualifi ed postgraduates, and professional musicians wanting to gain doctoral recognition for their considerable skills and experience.

The DMus aims to extend the richly eclectic musical experience students enjoy on our undergraduate and Masters programmes to doctoral level, enhancing the London College of Music’s (LCM’s) burgeoning postgraduate community.

There are four DMus ‘pathways’:DMus in CompositionDMus in PerformanceDMus in Electronic/Electro-acoustic Composition DMus in Music Production.

Course overviewTo prepare for the MPhil/DMus degree, you may need to complete the LCM’s Research Methods module. This module aims to train students in research methods and critical methodology, so they can undertake creative research and critical commentary. It will also enable you to develop your writing and analytical skills.

Along with an overview of the world of musicology, the module also covers:

Initiating research and creative researchIdentifying and evaluating sourcesIdentifying signifi cant questions, interesting topics, and original creative ideasPresenting a critical stance and developing a critical commentaryIdentifying and practising academic styles and creative processesProviding models for research and creative research through the exploration of case studies and the completion of assignmentsProviding an overview of professional institutions and the skills needed for publication.

The DMus (a Practice-led Doctorate) offers an alternative route to the traditional PhD to experienced practitioners wanting to make an outstanding and innovative contribution to a specialist area.

DMus Doctor of Music


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Support for distance learnersDistance learners benefi t from the online access to the Research Methods module and supervision, using Skype and email in the teaching-learning process.

The LCM’s weekly Postgraduate Research Seminars, Composition Workshops, and performance workshops, concerts and recitals, will be available by pod-cast on our website www.uwl.ac.uk/music.

The module includes frequent ‘break-out’ groups and, if you are preparing for the MPhil (leading to DMus), you will be supported in the specifi c requirements of creative research methods. These sessions will explore techniques for creative research and advanced critical refl ection. They will also develop your ability to conceptualise, design and implement creative research to generate new knowledge in the area of practice.

If exempt from Research Methods, you will be expected to produce your research proposal, for the purpose of registration with the University Research Degrees Sub-Committee and subsequent MPhil/DMus enrolment, with minimal supervision – normally within six months. At this stage, there is no guarantee you will be accepted for registration as a research student. (Direct Entry students, and students following the DMus by Submission, are not required to pursue the Research Methods module).

DurationDMus Min 33 monthsMax 48 months

DMus (direct) Min 24 monthsMax 48 months

DMus by SubmissionMin 12 monthsMax 24 months

Start dateAt any point during the academic year

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