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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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SEP-25
4 Years
Ready to enhance your artistic potential with production and recording techniques? If you want to hone your creative skills – by composing, performing, and innovating in our studios – our Creative Music Production BA(Hons) degree is for you. On the course, you’ll learn to write original new music using a computer, recording studio, and other analogue and digital music technology. You’ll study DAW or hardware-based sequencing, sampling, synthesis, and sound design. You’ll focus on creating computer and studio-based music and have the chance to develop advanced techniques ready for work in the music industry – whether you're interested in electronica, techno, ambient, glitch, pop, grime, or something completely new.
Why Study Creative Music Production BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?Our Creative Music Production BA(Hons) is taught in approved, professional-standard facilities. With 21 studios, you’ll have plenty of recording and composition studio space to use; our facilities are home to a range of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), plug-ins, synths, mics, and processing equipment, all of which is regularly upgraded, to ensure it’s up to date with industry standards. The course provides you with industry-standard skills and highly developed creative abilities, preparing you for a range of jobs. These include creative music producer, sound designer, studio producer, sound engineer, sound technician, and roles in radio, film, TV, or the media. You can work with commercially successful tutors, internationally recognised researchers and visiting artists, who can help you build on your production talents. Past visiting artists include John Warhurst, Oscar and Bafta winning Sound Editor, and Huddersfield graduate and Nitin Sawhney, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestral composer. You’ll also explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and experience cutting-edge experimental artists at our Electric Spring Festival. Following this music technology degree, you could go into performing and songwriting, recording, music composition, studio production, and live sound. Alternatively, further education – in performance studies or music and film production – is an option.
Professional BodiesAccredited by Joint Audio Media Education Support (JAMES), our Creative Music Production BA(Hons) course will provide the foundations for a potentially rewarding music production or music technology career.
Why Huddersfield?Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BCC - BBB Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
104 - 120 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
M:45 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDM - DMM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications alongside evidence of prior Music or Music Technology experience (which could be offered either through formal qualifications or a portfolio of creative work).
or above.
120-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
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