Universities United Kingdom Bath Spa University Courses MA Commercial Music

MA Commercial Music
at Bath Spa University

Bath, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 16,235
Country Rank#121
Duration12 Months
Score

Program 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.

Course Content
Our Commercial Music MA course includes or offers the following modules.
- Research Methodologies and Context
- Songwriting Skills
- Music Production Anatomy 1
- Music Business Analysis
- Song, Culture and Identity
- Professional Collaboration
- Music production Anatomy 2
- Digital Marketing in the Music Business
- Major Project
- Workstation Song Production
Entry Requirement
What we look for in potential students
We're looking for graduates who want to build on their existing skills to professionalise their creative practice, as well as existing professionals who want to galvanise their industry experience in order to enhance and widen their career prospects.

Typical offers
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.
Fees & Scholarships
The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government. The given fees is indicative.
Career Prospect
Recent graduates have gone onto roles such as:
- Professional signed artist
- Published songwriter
- Working in a record company
- Music publisher
- Music agent
- Music promoter
- Studio producer/engineer
- Music manager.

Cost Of Studying At Bath Spa University

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MA Commercial Music at Bath Spa University