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ContentsIntroduction toMusic01Research incontext04Aninvestment inyour future06Programmedetails08Applicationsandadmissions 13

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You can take a specialist programmefocusing on Classical Music or PopularMusic, or you can blend the study of avariety of musical topics in a way that suitsyou. Alongside dedicated modules suchas Analysis and Classical Music History,or Popular Music Studies and Music as anIndustry, we offer Performance (in both classicaland popular styles), Practical Outreach Work,Music Technology, World Music, Film Music,and a large range of modules that considera variety of repertoires, including those thatdont fall neatly into pop and classicalboxes. The flexibility of our programmesmeans that you can also change the emphasisas you go along, as many of our students do.

Everything we do is music. Our programmecombines depth, breadth and choice,allowing you to shape your programmeof study in accordance with your personalinterests and aspirations. You can be asmuch or as little of a specialist as you choose:this is a School that is cross-repertoire andinterdisciplinary, with opportunities for focusingincreasingly on one area of study or rangingwidely. This means that for classical specialistswe offer modules in analytical techniques,composition and orchestration, as well asa range of classical history topics that reflectour staff research specialisms.

Popular music specialists can enjoy strands inthe music industry, popular music history, andcreative music technology. You can choosefrom a diverse range of subjects taught byenthusiastic specialists, including: film music,world music, performance, creative musictechnology, and composition. In the final year,we offer students the opportunity to participatein Widening Participation projects, whichinvolve going into local primary and secondaryschools as part of an accredited module,reflecting our commitment to a modern andvocationally orientated education. There arealso some work-placements and volunteeringroles available within the Royal LiverpoolPhilharmonic. All of our subject areas developthrough the three years of your degree, so youcan enjoy both flexibility and coherence in yourdegree, whichever route you choose to take.

MusicWithonecurriculum, twosingleprogrammes,a jointprogramme,andmultiplecombinationsandpathways,weofferoneof themost versatileand innovativeways tostudyMusic in thecountry.

Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences > School of theArts >Musicwww.liverpool.ac.uk/music

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We also run work placement modules with localschools and businesses, enabling selectedstudents to develop their professional skillsas part of their degree.

Performance.Performance is not compulsory,but if its a route you want to pursue then, inaddition to paying for your tuition, we provideworkshops and mentor support to enhanceyour development as a musician. Youll also beencouraged to participate in live performances.The School of Music runs an excellentSymphony Orchestra, a University Choir, anda Chamber Choir, while the Universitys MusicSociety runs a wind orchestra, a brass bandand a jazz band. Theres also a student BandSociety and L.U.S.T., the student theatre group,and many opportunities for informal music-making in various musical styles. The Universitytheatre and the Leggate Theatre in the newlyrefurbished Victoria Gallery and Museumserve as the venues for many concerts, andwe also use either of the Citys two cathedrals,the Guild of Students and the PhilharmonicHall for performance events.

Institute of Popular Music. The Instituteof Popular Music (IPM) is a research centrewithin the School of Music. Founded in 1988,it remains at the forefront of popular musicstudies internationally. In celebration of its21st anniversary in 2009, the IPM held amajor international conference dedicatedto popular music studies and, in associationwith the Society for Music Analysis, the Schoolof Music held the International Conference onAnalysing Popular Music in 2013. It also holdsan important research archive.

WHYCHOOSEMUSIC AT LIVERPOOL?Leading and innovating.Our approachto the study of music is one of the mostforward-looking in the country, bringingtogether students from all kinds of musicalbackgrounds. At Liverpool, you benefit fromexpert teaching in many fields of music and cantailor your studies to focus on areas that interestyou. Our single and joint programmes togetheroffer you the choice of specialising from thestart or finding your niche as you go along.

Flexible entry requirements.We considereach application on its individual merits andwill sometimes tailor our offer accordingly.Uniquely for a music department, you dontneed any formal music qualifications if youwant to take our Popular Music programme.We happily consider previous AS qualifications,General Studies and Critical Thinking AS orA levels, and ABRSM or RockSchool grades,both Theory and Practical. Applicationsfrom adult learners or students with otherexperience are also welcome.

Prospects.More than ever, we prepare studentsfor an enormously wide range of careers,including not only the music industries inparticular but the creative industries in general.We have links with a number of partners that arerelevant to future career opportunities: NationalMuseums Liverpool, where one of our membersof staff recently curated The Beat Goes On,an exhibition of Liverpool popular music overthe decades; the Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicOrchestra under its renowned conductor VasilyPetrenko, who is an honorary Professor of ourSchool; local clubs and venues hired for ourpopular music gigs; local musicians from a widevariety of musical and cultural traditions; andthe local independent cinema and art-galleryFACT, where one of our staff members hasdisplayed a number of sound installations.


A contextual approach tomusic studies.While our staff specialise in particular aspectsof music research, we each also take broadercontextual approaches. Your studies herewill benefit from a rich variety of philosophicaland aesthetic theories, ranging from disciplinessuch as psychoanalysis and critical theoryto current issues of gender and sexuality.We do not just aim to teach you music historyat Liverpool; we want you to interrogatethe historical foundations that others takefor granted.

STUDYABROADAs part of your Music degree programmeyou may have the opportunity to study abroad.Studying abroad has huge personal andacademic benefits, as well as giving you a headstart in the graduate job market. Music studentsmay currently apply to study with one of ourmany worldwide partners. For more information,visitwww.liverpool.ac.uk/goabroad

Audiovisual media.We are proud to have twomembers of staff whose area of internationalexpertise is the study of audiovisual media,video game and film music through videoinstallation art to iPhone apps. This allows usto offer a particular departmental strength inteaching in this area, which is complementedby our new AV composition studio, a dedicatedresource for final-year and postgraduatestudents studying creative music technology.

Music analysis. Several members of staffare dedicated to the study of music throughanalysis of scores and performances, butalso research music theory from psychological,cognitive and emotional perspectives. Weoffer a critical approach that encourages youto develop your own unique ways of analysingmusic from a broad range of repertoires.Our first year module Music as Soundinvites you to explore many new possibilitiesfor appreciating the sonic experience of music,and will equip you with an open mind shouldyou undertake our three-year pathway throughmusic analysis.

90%ofourresearch activity has beendeemedworld-leading, internationally excellent

or internationally recognised.(RAE2008)

73.9%ofourgraduates are employedor in further studywithin six

months of graduating.(DLHE2010/11)

See what Rebecca had to say aboutstudyingMusic at Liverpoolwww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/video

ResearchincontextFromtheoutsetof yourstudieswithus,thepeoplewho teachyouareengaged inawidevarietyof interesting researchareas.

Tony Shorrocks, Head of Performance,is advising the University of LiverpoolManagement School on how musiciansexperiences of practice and performance couldhelp inform the training of surgeons and pilots,who also talk of practice and performance.All of them willingly place themselves in high-pressured situations where performance isa conscious control of risk and danger. Tonyencourages students to reflect on performanceas a kind of risk management, and equips themto become confident, self-aware, and criticallyreflective practitioners in the process.

The Institute of Popular Music (IPM) is aresearch centre within the School of Music.Founded in 1988, it remains at the forefrontof popular music studies internationally. Incelebration of its 21st anniversary in 2009,the IPM held a major international conferencededicated to popular music studies. It alsoholds an important research archive.

Dr Marion Leonard recently curated anexhibition with National Museums Liverpoolcalled The Beat Goes On, about popularmusic history in Liverpool, and has sinceedited a book with the same title, with DrRobert Strachan. Her teaching deals withthe marketing and mediation of popularmusic, while he considers ways of writingand producing popular music histories.

We are lucky also to have two specialistsin film music and audio visual media in theSchool. Dr Holly Rogers has recently writtena book Sounding the Gallery bringing togetherseparate theories of audio and visual mediafor the first time, revealing a new andinterdisciplinary understanding of audiovisualproduction, and informing her role in theSchools AV media teaching provision.Professor Anahid Kassabian has completeda book on ubiquitous musics (the music wehear wherever we go) and teaches a final-yearmodule on changes in listening practices, usingher research to get students thinking abouthow and where they hear music now. MatthewFairclough, Head of Music Technology in theSchool, has been working with major festivalsin the UK and abroad, not only developingnew music compositions but also workingwith experimental sound technologies, makinghim ideally suited to working with studentsinterested in creative music technologies.

Our classical theorists, Professor MichaelSpitzer and Dr Kenneth Smith, will teachyou the cutting-edge techniques of musicanalysis that they are developing. With theirphilosophical and psychoanalytical approachesto music they also complement the recent workof Dr Freya Jarman, whose research into thevoice in both classical and popular repertoireinforms her teaching on first-year modulessuch as Music as Sound. Our teaching,in turn, influences our research.

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IpickedmusicbecauseIwasnt surewhatcareerIwantedsoIdecidedtostudysomethingIenjoyforthenextthreeyearsofmylife.Thisdepartmentofferssuchawidevarietyofstudyoptions.Studyissplit intolecturesandseminarsandyouareadvisedtodoalotof independentworkandreallyimmerseyourself inmusic.Liverpoolisafantasticcitytostudymusic in,theresalwayssomethinggoingon.REBECCA TODDMUSIC BA (HONS)

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AninvestmentinyourfutureMusic leads toa richdiversityofcareerpaths, fromliveperformanceandproduction, tosales,distribution,teachinganda lotmorebesides.A largenumberofourgraduatesenter theworldof themediaorartsadministrationor the thirdsectorusing themusical,technical, literaryandorganisational skills theyhavedevelopedon theirprogramme.

CAREER PROSPECTSEmployers in many sectors are increasinglyseeking arts and humanities graduates fortheir transferable skills.

QUALIFYING YOU FOR LIFEHigh level creative skills in performance,composition, orchestration, or musictechnologyExperience of sustained independent projectmanagement in creative practice or researchGroup and team work, not just in musicalperformance but also for research projectsGathering, sorting, and critically respondingto information from a variety of sourcesMusical, oral, and written presentation skills.

WORKEXPERIENCEOPPORTUNITIESIn the final year, the School of Arts offersstudents the opportunity to participate inWidening Participation projects, which involve

going into local primary and secondary schoolsas part of an accredited module, reflecting ourcommitment to a modern and vocationallyoriented education. There are also some work-placements and volunteering roles available withthe Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, as well as theRLPOs outreach programme In Harmony.

RECENT EMPLOYERSAldeburgh MusicBBC CardiffCelebrity CruisesThe Globe TheatreLiverpool Biennial Festival ofContemporary ArtsManchester OrchestraMarks and SpencersOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentRepublic MediRoyal Bank of ScotlandRoyal Liverpool PhilharmonicWirral Academy of Performing Arts.

IstudiedatLiverpoolUniversityandcameoutwithafirstclassdegreeinMusic.OnleavingLiverpoolIundertookaninternshipintheEducationDepartmentofthePhilharmoniaOrchestrainLondonwhereIreceivedagroundinginprofessionalArtsAdmin.TheknowledgeIgainedfrommanagingtheorchestraatuniwasvitalbutalsotheacademicknowledgeIhadfrommydegreeprovedveryimportantinthisrole. I leftmyinternshipearlyasIwasoffereda jobatShakespearesGlobeastheMusicAssistantonproductions.ThejobIhavenowisasanEducationOfficerwiththeOrchestraof theAgeofEnlightenment,whereIaminvolvedinorganisingtheextensiveEducationProgrammetheOrchestradelivers. IwouldntchangemytimeatLiverpool foranything, themusicdepartmentwasfriendlyandsupportivewithplentyofopportunitiesforthosewillingtograbthem.Icertainlywouldnthavehadthe jobsIhavehadwithoutthedegreeonmyCV.ELLIE COWANDEGREE:MUSICBA (HONS)PROFESSION: EDUCATIONOFFICERAT THEORCHESTRAOF THEAGEOFENLIGHTENMENT

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For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

PROGRAMMECONTENTThe first year is designed to provide both afoundation for your chosen interest and alsothe basic skills and tools for more advancedstudy in the second and third years. You alsohave the opportunity to study or investigateareas that may be new to you (such as FilmMusic or World Music).

In the second and third years you focusin more depth on fewer selected topics,either concentrating solely on Classical Musicmodules or retaining the option to pursue oneor two modules in other areas. In the third yearthere is a particular emphasis on specialismand extended or independent projects (suchas a Dissertation, major composition portfolioor extended recital).

Year OneStudents must take at least two core modules.Students may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 1 and Popular Practical Study 1.

Core modules:

Studying MusicAnalysisMusic as SoundCritical Approaches 1: Music and Culture

Optional modules:

Classical Practical Study 1Popular Practical Study 1Composition and Orchestration 1Music Technology IPopular Music Studies 1Music as an Industry 1Music and Society 1: Musics of the WorldMusic and AV Media 1

Subjects at aGlance UCASCode Length (Years) Page

Music BA (Hons) W300 3 09

PopularMusic BA (Hons) W340 3 10

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HOWYOU LEARNWe employ a range of teaching methods,including lectures, seminars, tutorials,workshops, master-classes, and onlinetasks and projects. The emphasis is onstudent participation and interaction. Wefit the most appropriate mode of teachingto the particular subject, conscious thatthe learning process needs to be enjoyable,enabling students to acquire useful andmarketable skills and knowledge.

WHICHDEGREEStudents can choose to focus on mainlyclassical music (BA Hons Music) or mainlypopular music (BA Hons Popular Music)or to combine the two (BA Hons Music andPopular Music). Each programme is itselfflexible and this allows students to design apathway that accommodates their particularinterests and emphases. All programmesinclude the opportunity to study areas suchas film music, world music, or society andculture. Similarly, all programmes include,and provide the opportunity to focus onmore practical areas, such as performance,composition and technology.

This subject can be taken as part of a Combined Honours degree.Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honours for further details.

This subject is available as part of the Honours Select curriculum as either100% (Single Honours), 75% (Major), 50% (Joint Honours) or 25% (Minor) as indicated.Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details and UCAS codes for Jointand Minor pathways.

Entrance RequirementsSeewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses for current entrance requirements.

HONOURSSELECTFrom 2014, the Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences is offering a new, innovativeway to study.

We are offering a much wider range of Joint(50:50) degrees across the Faculty. In addition,we are giving you the option to study twosubjects on a 75:25 basis, focusing 75% ofyour time on your Major subject and 25% of yourtime on your Minor. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select or the separate HonoursSelect booklet for further details.

Subjects which combine particularlywell with Music include:

Communication and MediaFilm Studies

Music BA (Hons)UCAS code:W300Programme length: 3 years

KeyContact: Dr Kenneth SmithE: [email protected]

This programme focuses on ClassicalMusic. Some modules are practical,concerned with musical performance,composition and orchestration, or creativemusic technology. Others use advancednotation skills in connection with classicalmusic history topics or music analysis.The remaining modules involve writingabout music from a historical, critical,sociological, or analytical viewpoint. Ourstudio and performance modules cater forboth classical and popular musical styles.

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study/undergraduate/coursesFaculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences > School of theArts >Musicwww.liverpool.ac.uk/music

Optional modules:

Researching MusicClassical Practical Study 2Analysis 2: Understanding the Classical StyleComposition and Orchestration 2Critical Approaches 2: AestheticsTopics In Classical Music 2: The SymphonyMusic and Society 2: Music, Cultureand IdentityMusic and Av Media 2: World Cinema

Year ThreeStudents must take at least two core modules.Students may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 3 and Popular Practical Study 3.

Core modules:

Popular Practical Study 3Music Technology 3: ProjectsContemporary GenresMusic as an Industry 3: Music and Mediation

Optional modules:

DissertationClassical Practical Study 3Analysis 3: Romantic and EarlyModernist MusicComposition and Orchestration 3Critical Approaches 3: ReceptionTopics in Classical Music 3: OperaAsian Practice and the Global MusicRepertoireMusic and AV Media 3: Moving Image

PROGRAMMECONTENTThe first year is designed to provide both afoundation for your chosen interest and alsothe basic skills and tools for more advancedstudy in the second and third years. You alsohave the opportunity to study or investigateareas that may be new to you (such as FilmMusic or World Music).

Year OneStudents may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 1 and Popular Practical Study 1.

Core modules:

Studying MusicMusic as SoundCritical Approaches 1: Music and CulturePopular Music Studies 1Music as an Industry 1

Optional modules:

Classical Practical Study 1Popular Practical Study 1AnalysisComposition and Orchestration 1Music Technology IMusic and Society 1: Musics of the WorldMusic and AV Media 1

Year TwoStudents must take at least two core modules.Students may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 2 and Popular Practical Study 2.

Core modules:

Popular Practical Study 2Music Technology 2: Recording,Mixing and RemixingPopular Music Studies 2: Sound,Tech and SocietyMusic as an Industry 2: Musicand Commerce

Optional modules:

DissertationPopular Practical Study 3Music Technology 3: ProjectsCritical Approaches 3: ReceptionContemporary GenresMusic as an Industry 3: Music and MediationAsian Practice and the Global MusicRepertoireMusic and AV Media 3: Moving Image

Two other modules may be taken ina subject other than music.

This subject can be taken as partof a Combined Honours degree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honoursfor further details.

Popular Music BA (Hons)UCAS code:W340Programme length: 3 years

KeyContact: Dr Kenneth SmithE: [email protected]

This programme focuses on Popular Music.Some modules are practical, concernedwith musical performance or creative musictechnology. The remaining modules involvewriting about music from a historical, critical,sociological, or analytical viewpoint. Ourstudio and performance modules cater forboth classical and popular musical styles.

Year TwoStudents must take at least two core modules.Students may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 2 and Popular Practical Study 2.

Core modules:

Classical Practical Study 2Analysis 2: Understanding the Classical StyleComposition and Orchestration 2Topics in Classical Music 2: Post-WagnerianTonality and Philosophy

Optional modules:

Researching MusicPopular Practical Study 2Music Technology 2: Recording,Mixing and RemixingCritical Approaches 2: AestheticsPopular Music Studies 2: Sound,Tech and SocietyMusic as an Industry 2: Musicand CommerceMusic and Society 2: Music,Culture and IdentityMusic and AV Media 2: World Cinema

Year ThreeStudents must take at least two core modules.Students may not take both Classical PracticalStudy 3 and Popular Practical Study 3.

Core modules:

Classical Practical Study 3Analysis 3: Romantic and EarlyModernist MusicComposition and Orchestration 3Topics In Classical Music 3: Opera

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ApplicationsandadmissionsWe welcome applications from all overthe world, and its our aim to make theprocess of applying as smooth as possible.

The information that follows is a brief guideto applying for programmes of study at theUniversity of Liverpool. For full details of ourapplications and admissions policy, pleasevisit our website atwww.liverpool.ac.uk/ug-admissions

MAKINGANAPPLICATIONTHROUGHUCASApplications for full-time undergraduatestudy are made via UCAS, the Universities andColleges Admissions Service, using UCASsonline application system atwww.ucas.comThe University of Liverpool institution codeis LVRPL L41.

WHEN TOMAKE YOURAPPLICATIONFor up-to-date information please visitwww.ucas.com

ENTRANCEREQUIREMENTSFor full details on the programmes we offerand detailed entrance requirements, visitwww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

We accept a wide range of otherqualifications, eg EU and internationalqualifications. For more detailed informationon entrance requirements, see our onlineprospectuswww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

For information on English language entryrequirements, visitwww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/international/countries/english-language orcontact Student Recruitment and AdmissionsT: +44 (0)151 794 6730 E: [email protected]/help/undergraduate

MATURESTUDENTSWe welcome applications from candidateswho are not applying directly from schoolor college, or who have non-standardqualifications, or who wish work or lifeexperience to be taken into account as partof their application. For further informationseewww.liverpool.ac.uk/maturestudents

STUDENTSWITHDISABILITIESWe give equal consideration to all applicantsand welcome applications from studentswith disabilities. Please contact the DisabilitySupport Team on T: +44 (0)151 794 5117to discuss your support needs beforeyou submit your UCAS application.

DIVERSITY ANDEQUALITYThe University of Liverpool attaches thegreatest importance to its policies and activitiesto promote diversity and equality of opportunity.Full details on these policies can be found onlineatwww.liverpool.ac.uk/diversity-and-equality

DISCLAIMEREvery effort has been made to ensure thatinformation contained within this brochureis accurate at the time of going to press.However, the matters covered are subjectto change from time to time, both beforeand after a candidates admission.

Music/Popular Music

This subject pathway focuses on a particularaspect of Music and/or Popular Music. Somemodules are practical, concerned with musicalperformance, composition and orchestration,or creative music technology. Others useadvanced notation skills in connection withclassical music history topics or music analysis.The remaining modules generally involvewriting about music from a historical, critical,sociological, or analytical viewpoint. Ourstudio and performance modules cater forboth classical and popular musical styles.

This subject pathway allows you to pursuean interest in a particular aspect of Musicand/or Popular Music. This might be Classicalor Popular Performance, Composition andOrchestration, Technology, Classical History,Film Music or the Music industry. Some options,such as a Dissertation in Year Three, are notavailable on the 25% pathway.

Music

Popular Music

Students can chose to study Music, whichhas a Classical focus, or Popular Music.Some modules are practical, concernedwith musical performance or creative musictechnology. The remaining modules involvewriting about music from a historical, critical,sociological, or analytical viewpoint. Ourstudio and performance modules cater forboth classical and popular musical styles.

PROGRAMMECONTENTThe first year is designed to provide both afoundation for your chosen interest and alsothe basic skills and tools for more advancedstudy in the second and third year. You alsohave the opportunity to study or investigateareas that may be new to you (such as FilmMusic or World Music). Students taking thePopular Music pathway may also take upone dedicated Classical Music module,whilst those studying Music will also havethe option to take up a Popular Music module.

After the first year of study dedicatedClassical Music modules are only availableto those taking the Music pathway, andPopular Music modules are only availableto Popular Music students.

In the second and third year you focus inmore depth on fewer selected topics, eitherconcentrating solely on your chosen pathwayor retaining the option to pursue one modulein another cross-repertoire area. In the third yearthere is a particular emphasis on specialismand extended or independent project (suchas a Dissertation, major technology portfolioor extended performance recital).

Faculty of Humanities andSocialSciences > School of theArts >Musicwww.liverpool.ac.uk/music

For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

These subjects are available as partof ourHONOURS SELECT programme.Choose from over 30 subjects to createyourperfect Joint orMajor /MinorHonoursDegree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details.

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