Music (W65)

This diploma will broaden and deepen your understanding of music by studying a wide range of genres (including western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western musics). You’ll combine practical activities, which involve making your own recordings, with learning about the scientific basis for music and how it is heard and perceived. You'll develop the technical skills to analyse and create music in different styles and examine the technologies that are used to produce, manipulate and transmit music.

Key features of the course

• Study a wide range of musical repertoires and practices

• Explore music through analysis, composition and contextual study

• Create your own music with the help of specialist software

• Relevant to a wide range of careers including music performance, teaching, arts administration, community music leadership, and sound recording

Course Modules

This music diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits.

In Stage 1, you'll encounter a variety of musicians and musical works and practices alongside fascinating insights from across the arts and humanities. You’ll then use music as one of the perspectives, alongside history, religious studies, and philosophy, to examine key points in the modern world when everything seemed to change.

At Stage 2, you'll engage closely with musical materials in audio and notated forms and use your study of these as the basis for creating your own music with the help of specialist computer software.