FdA Popular Musician
Length of course: 2 year full-time
Location: British Academy of New Music, Bow, London
School: School of Media, Arts and Design
Access to Music
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Access to Music is committed to providing quality, innovation and opportunity
for all those wishing to engage in music.
Introduction
The industry requires musicians who have a combination of musical skills, entrepreneurial skills and the ability to contextualise themselves within the current musical and economic climate. Modern musicians need to understand their own music and how to exploit it in order to reach its potential market. They must demonstrate an understanding of the sector and have a clear idea of how they intend to thrive within it.
This new foundation degree focuses on these issues in an exciting and practical way, fully preparing participants for gaining employment in music.
It has been developed in partnership with Access to Music and is delivered from the British Academy of New Music in East London.
Areas of study
- performance studies enhance and enrich performance skills in a variety of settings;
- music business concerns how we organise the sale of music;
- contextual studies explores the relationship between music culture and society;
- self-management is about how musicians use markets to promote their own music in order to build a career;
- composition is about how musicians select and combine musical ideas for a variety of purposes;
- study skills focuses on the strategies needed to maximise learning.
Progression
The Foundation Degree is equally appropriate for those wishing to enter the industry, as well as those wishing to continue their professional development.
The clear pathway through to the BA Honours Commercial Music Degree at the University of Westminster provides a coherent progression route. A bridging module is included in the programme to facilitate this.
Applications
Applicants will usually be expected to possess four GCSEs grade C or above, two of which must be in Mathematics and English Language and have achieved one of the following at the start of the course:
- two A Levels;
- Level 3 Music Practitioner qualification;
- AVCE in a relevant subject area;
- National Diploma in a relevant subject area.
Applicants who are in full time or part time employment in a relevant area are encouraged to apply.
Applicants with non-standard qualifications are encouraged to apply. The admissions panel reserve the right to admit applicants who do not have the previously stated qualifications, but who demonstrate outstanding ability through their portfolio and interview.
Students who do not have English as a first language are expected to meet the IELTS 6.5 standard. A student may be advised to undertake additional language courses or receive language support toward achieving the required standard by the start of the course, during the first term or by the end of the first year, as the situation demands.
Applications can be made via:
www.ucas.ac.uk
For further Information please visit
www.accesstomusic.co.uk/courses/higher_courses/foundation_pop
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