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MFA - Master of Fine Art
Think Space Education
Online
MAY-25
1 Year
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MFA - Master of Fine Art
Think Space Education
Online
MAY-25
1 Year
MFA - Master of Fine Art
Think Space Education
Online
MAY-25
3 Years
MFA - Master of Fine Art
Think Space Education
Online
MAY-25
2 Years
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Media Composition & Orchestration is for composers looking for a comprehensive preparation for a career scoring film, TV and games. You will learn to work in almost every sector of the media using a range of compositional techniques from live orchestral scoring to sound design and hybrid compositional techniques. This course gives you the skills needed to reach the top in media scoring, including a live orchestral session with a 50-piece orchestra and multiple chances to write for solo instrumentalists.
This course will give you all the technical and creative skills needed to realise your music as both professional grade sampled mock-ups and prepare them for live orchestra - all in the context of scoring for linear media music. You will learn to write for live players and prepare scores for live orchestral sessions, as well as building core DAW skills and learning whats required of a professional media composer and orchestrator.
On this course, you will learn:
Ideally, applicants will have an undergraduate degree in music. However, there is an option for those who do not have a degree, taking into account real-world work experience of making music, and non-degree professional development courses. This Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), as its known, is always assessed on a case-by-case basis. It also depends on how many other students are using this route during this stage of applications, as there is a maximum percentage of students we can take through this process.
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£17,500 per year
Students from Domestic
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£17,500 per year
Students from EU
Fees are set in pounds sterling so may be subject to exchange rate fluctuations for those outside the UK.
£17,500 per year
Students from International
Fees are set in pounds sterling so may be subject to exchange rate fluctuations for those outside the UK.