Music and Sound

The Division of Music and Sound provides courses which cover the full spectrum of today’s Music and Sound Industries from creative composition, through performance and production, to the technical design of software and hardware. It is as much about the sound on a film or within a computer game as it is about performance in a concert hall or manuscript scores.

Our staff team, who continue to work with or within the music industry, share a very broad range of skills and experience. They are all performers or practitioners, but they also include composers and experienced improvisers, recording producers and engineers, live sound engineers and electronics engineers, musical instrument makers and acousticians, music industry and music culture experts, researchers and industrial developers, film sound and film music creators, computer music composers and programmers, composers for theatre and stage, multimedia experts and world music practitioners.

This pool of expertise amongst our staff and our range of extensively equipped studios, computer suites and electronics suite enable us to cover the range of skills needed for working in the fields of music and sound within our three Degree Awards (two of which are industry accredited by JAMES), our four Masters Awards, and for our research students.

In addition, the Music Academy (supported by the Roland Corporation) provides Foundation Degree courses in partner institutions and community and starter courses within the ATRiuM.

Create 2011 Graduate Showcase

The Create 2011 online exhibition includes a selection of outstanding work produced by final year music and sound students. Visit the Create 2011 music and sound pages to find out more.