Intensive and specialised, MA Sound Arts at LCC is designed to further the development of your conceptual and contextual understanding of sound arts practice and its discourse.

Course overview

Intensive?and specialised, MA Sound Arts is designed to?further?develop your conceptual and contextual understanding of?practice and discourse relating to the field.

Combining?a strong taught component?with ample opportunities for practical work, you’ll?extend your portfolio within an academic context, engage in theoretical and practical research, develop your creative and critical skills, and?explore?your?personal areas of interest.?

Who is?this course for??

MA Sound Arts?is designed for students who have a substantial background in producing sound-based work within the context of contemporary arts and media practice.??

You may have studied some aspect of sound arts?at undergraduate level,?such as sound design, music technology?or?sonic art, or?have a background in?other disciplines?like?fine art, digital arts,?time-based?art?or performance art.??

Alternatively,?you may?not?have formal qualifications?but?significant experience of producing creative work with?sound?instead,?and?wish to develop this?further?in an academic context.?

You’ll have already achieved a distinctive and enquiring approach to sound arts, and you’ll understand?the areas you wish to develop further in?our?creative and experimental academic environment.

Careers

During the course you will have the opportunity to develop both your research profile and creative practice. Upon graduation there are a number of options. You may wish to apply for a research degree, or you might decide to work in the theatre, films, television, animation, games production or websites.

Some of our students work as freelance sound artists or musicians in a chosen area which could include performance, composition, sound art installation or curation. Others set up their own businesses.