MA Sound (Production)

at Bath Spa University

This course includes or offers the following modules.
 

• Research Methodologies and Context
• Sound Arts Skills
• Sound Design Skills
• Sound Production Skills
• Sound Production Creative Project
• Sonic Architecture
• Sound Design Practice
• Intertextuality In Sound Production
• Visual Music
• Post Production
• Major Project

What we look for in potential students
 

• We’re looking for creative thinkers from a wide variety of backgrounds, who have a passion for working with sound and music. You’ll need to be keen to explore music making at the edge of contemporary stylistic tendencies.
• Generally we look for a good first degree, 2:1 or higher. Often this will be in Music or Music Technology. However, we accept applicants with other degrees where they can demonstrate relevant experience.

Interview and portfolio guidance
 

• Your application should be accompanied by a portfolio of creative work. The nature of this portfolio will depend on your area of work. We don’t need much, two or three pieces will suffice. These might be music tracks, multimedia, documentation of performances, installations, or similar.
• We’ll be looking above all for the creative use of sound in your work.

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.

You can use the course to develop an individually-tailored portfolio of skills. This will equip you for the current employment landscape, where a combination of traditional music roles is required, alongside broader practice in sound and other media.

The course also provides the breadth necessary for FE and HE teaching in the field, and provides the basis required for PhD research and beyond.