Music Production

Available for September or January intakes.

Course overview: Are you inspired by music and the impact it can have on people? Have you ever considered creating music for global movies, the games industry or live production and music events? If so, this course helps you ignite your passions and follow your dreams.

You are immersed in the world of music production, working on individual and group projects and compositions, and developing knowledge and skills which build towards your final portfolio. Explore composition, modern technology, creativity, production, collaboration with industry experts, live client projects, guest speakers, research activities and interdisciplinary working. Using our specialist technical resources, you learn how to create, produce, mix and master stereo and surround recordings in our recording studios. And you get to play instruments too – with electric guitars, acoustic and electronic drum kits, amplifiers, and other related sound equipment. You can also break out into making music podcasts.

You will graduate with a broad range of experience, knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to music production. You develop your unique creative voice and produce professional portfolios in both music and sound production in your individual specialism, enhancing employability opportunities. You also get to showcase your skills and collaborate with students from other courses through interdisciplinary modules which replicate workplace environments. And you can get Adobe-accredited user status to enhance your employability prospects.

Top reasons to study this course:

1. Specialist facilities: practice and learn in specialist spaces including sound studios, recording studios, post-production suites, audio patch bays, technology lab, audio workstations and music technology lab.
2. Expert teaching: our experienced tutors are professionals in music production, so you benefit from their industry expertise and technical know-how.
3. Get creative: our course and campus are powered by Adobe and Apple. We’re Europe’s first Adobe Creative Campus as well as being an Apple Distinguished School for 2024-2027, the only university in the UK to hold this honour. These awards are in recognition of Teesside’s innovation, education excellence and leadership, and mean you benefits from the latest the digital tools and technology, allowing you to hone your creative music production skills.
4. Work-ready: this course includes short, career-focused modules helping you understand working in the creative industries. You look at how the music production industry works, how to access it, who shapes it and how to grow within it. From industry leaders’ professional wisdom and insight, to accessing professional opportunities and creative coaching, you become an industry insider and leave with a working understanding of the professional community.

Take advantage of our Creative UK membership and help futureproof your career, with networking events, a resource hub to support professional development, and bespoke workshops in partnership with industry leaders and mentors. Sign up for free student membership to get opportunities, events and newsletters sent directly to your inbox.

After the course: Our students follow careers in sound and music production, sound capture (sound engineering), live sound production and engineering (gigs, theatre, events), sound design, processing and control, music for time-based media (film, video), broadcast (radio, television, internet), recording artists, music technology journalism and multimedia authoring.