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This prestigious course is unique in the UK, blending rigorous musical study, advanced investigation of audio engineering and mastery of sound-recording operation and practice.
Our BMus/BSc Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister®) course is aimed at exceptional students who are primarily interested in engineering and music. You’ll gain a breadth of experience, numerous practical skills, and invaluable initiative and adaptability that will prepare you for a career in any area of the professional audio industry.
We’re one of the UK’s leading universities for music, with our courses ranked 2nd by the Guardian University Guide 2020. We also achieved 100 per cent overall satisfaction for this course in the National Student Survey 2019.
This course is made up of three areas of study: technical understanding of audio; practical experience of recording; and musical theory and practice.
The technical aspects of our course cover the components that contribute to modern sound recording and reproduction, such as acoustics, electroacoustics, electronics, computer audio systems, sound synthesis and signal processing.
The practical elements of your studies will provide you with tuition in recording techniques and critical listening, as well as allowing you to apply technical theory by recording a wide range of music.
The musical components of the course will develop your analytical skills and provide the opportunity for detailed study of creative disciplines such as performance and composition.
Year 1:
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Module title
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Status
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Semester
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|---|---|---|
| HARMONY 1 | Compulsory | 1 |
| MUSIC PROJECT 1B | Optional | 2 |
| PATHWAYS IN MUSICIANSHIP B: PERFORMANCE AND COMPOSITION | Optional | 2 |
| TOPIC STUDY 1A | Optional | 2 |
| TOPIC STUDY 1B | Optional | 2 |
| ACOUSTICS & PSYCHOACOUSTICS | Core | Year-long |
| AUDIO ELECTRONICS 1 | Core | Year-long |
| AUDIO ENGINEERING AND RECORDING TECHNIQUES 1 | Core | Year-long |
| AUDIO SIGNAL ANALYSIS | Core | Year-long |
| COMPUTER SYSTEMS | Core | Year-long |
| LISTENING & PRACTICAL SKILLS | Core | Year-long |
Year 2:
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Module title
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Status
|
Semester
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|---|---|---|
| COMPOSITION 2A | Optional | 1 |
| HARMONY 2 | Optional | 1 |
| MUSIC PROJECT 2A | Optional | 1 |
| PERFORMANCE 2A | Optional | 1 |
| TOPIC STUDY 2A | Optional | 1 |
| COMPOSITION 2B | Optional | 2 |
| MUSIC PROJECT 2B | Optional | 2 |
| PERFORMANCE 2B | Optional | 2 |
| TOPIC STUDY 2B | Optional | 2 |
| TOPIC STUDY 2C | Optional | 2 |
| AUDIO LABORATORY | Core | Year-long |
| AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING & SYNTHESIS | Core | Year-long |
| ELECTROACOUSTICS | Core | Year-long |
| PRODUCTION AND SCORE STUDIES | Optional | Year-long |
| RECORDING TECHNIQUES | Core | Year-long |
| TV STUDIO PRACTICE | Optional | Year-long |
| VIDEO ENGINEERING | Core | Year-long |
Year 3:
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Module title
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Status
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Semester
|
|---|---|---|
| COMPOSITION 3A | Optional | 1 |
| MUSIC PROJECT 3A | Optional | 1 |
| PERFORMANCE 3A | Optional | 1 |
| TOPIC STUDY 3A | Optional | 1 |
| COMPOSITION 3B | Optional | 2 |
| MUSIC PROJECT 3B | Optional | 2 |
| PERFORMANCE 3B | Optional | 2 |
| TOPIC STUDY 3B | Optional | 2 |
| AUDIO ENGINEERING 3 | Optional | Year-long |
| AUDIO PROGRAMMING | Optional | Year-long |
| PORTFOLIO OF RECORDINGS | Core | Year-long |
| TECHNICAL PROJECT | Core | Year-long |
Professional training year:
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Module title
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Status
|
Semester
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|---|---|---|
| PROFESSIONAL TRAINING YEAR MODULE (FULL-YEAR WORK) | Core | Year-long |
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The quality of teaching, professional studio facilities and equipment, mean that the Tonmeister course is highly regarded in the industry. Consequently, as a graduate you will enjoy unrivalled career prospects.
This course has produced a stream of highly successful graduates during its long history, including Oscar, Grammy and Mercury Prize winners.
The broad range of subjects covered this course will prepare you for work in any area of the audio industry, from musical roles through practical audio engineering to development of new audio technologies.
Our graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers, including:
Recent graduates entered employment in roles such as:
In fact, given the large number of students that have graduated from the course, each sector of the audio industry that you can think of probably employs at least one of our graduates.
