Full time
1 year
23-SEP-24
MA - Master of Arts
Music Studies
Taught
On our Commercial Music MA, you'll build on your current skills and experience whilst focusing on a particular area of the music industry: Songwriting, Music Production or the Music Business.
Overview
You'll carry out research into your specialist area of study and contextualise your own practice through the study of seminal productions, song recordings or business developments. In addition to this you'll focus on specific skills development in your specialism:
Music Production
You'll learn traditional studio techniques of recording electric bands and acoustic music. You'll also expand your skillset into experimental practice and electronic sound design.
Songwriting
You'll work with multiple tutors all with professional songwriting experience studying a range of practical techniques relating to lyric writing, song form, application of harmony, writing effective toplines, stylistic referencing and alternative creative approaches.
Music Business
You'll study the most up to date business models and practice across a range of music industry areas including management, digital marketing, promotion, publishing and record companies.
Careers
Recent graduates have gone onto roles such as:
Professional signed artist
Published songwriter
Working in a record company
Music publisher
For this course (per year)
£8,825
For this course (per year)
£17,065
You will normally have a good undergraduate degree in a relevant subject or equivalent music industry experience. You'll need to provide a digital portfolio of your creative/business work and we'll then interview you online to discuss your suitability for the course.
Bath Spa University offers a range of taught and research postgraduate courses across its two state-of-the-art campuses. The university’s historic Newton Park boasts ultra-modern teaching facilities in historic surroundings, and its Locksbrook Campus is an innovative and inspirational hub for creative practices. At Bath Spa, teaching and research is centred around student experience. The university places high priority in creating a diverse...more
Full time | 1 year | 23-SEP-24