Department of Music - City University London Undergraduate Open Day 2nd July 2014

School of Arts and Social SciencesDepartment of Music

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Music (BMus Hons)Undergraduate Open Day, 2nd July 2014

Welcome to Music at City

Professor Stephen CottrellHead of the Department of Music

Dr Alex LingasSenior Lecturer and BMus Programme Director

Dr Diana SalazarLecturer in Music and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor


• A music degree for today’s multicultural and technological society.

• Outstanding facilities in a central London location.

• Expert teaching and bespoke student support.

• Choice and flexibility in your studies.

• Excellent employment prospects.

The BMus at City

• Drawing connections between music, culture and society

• Combining outstanding academic training with advanced performance tuition

• Blending theory and practice• Promoting active and committed

engagement with music-making in University and beyond

• Encouraging deeper inquiry• Developing transferable skills• Creating forward-thinking, open-

minded and creative thinkers and practitioners for today’s society.

Music at City


BMus syllabus overview

Part 1Core Modules

covering:Western music

World music studiesComposition

Solo or Ensemble Performance

Individual and Group Tutorials (PDP)

Part 2Electives

Chosen from five strands of study: Western music, music in popular culture, world music

studies, music professions and music industries, composition

Solo or Ensemble Performance

Individual Tutorials (PDP)

Part 3Major Project/s (30 credits)

Performance/Dissertation/Composition

Electives (as above)

Ensemble Performance

Individual Tutorials (PDP)


Syllabus YEAR ONE

All Modules are Core

Investigating Western Music 1 & 2Music in Oral Cultures

Materials of Tonal MusicComposition 1 (30 credits)

Performance (Solo or Ensemble)Musicianship

Individual and Group Tutorials


Electives: YEARS 2 & 3

Western music Music in popular culture

World music studies

Music professions

The age of Monteverdi

Historical performance practice

Music, fascism, communism

Music reception

Nineteenth century opera

Orchestral & instrumental studies

Singing the earliest music

Wagner, Mahler & Schoenberg

Words-Music-Theatre

Jazz - its history and music

Musical Theatre

Music, sound & the environment

Popular music now

Popular music studies

Sound, music and the moving image

Sound, art and technoculture

African-American music studies

Global perspectives: the world on our doorstep

Greek musical traditions

Indonesian music studies

Music traditions of the Far East

Music traditions of the Middle East

Music business

Music therapy

Work placement

Sound recording & studio techniques


Nineteenth-Century Opera Concert


Composition at City

Part 2 Composition Electives (15 credits):

• Instrumental and vocal• Studio• Moving Images

Composition Forum

Performer workshops

Part 3 Major Project (composition portfolio)


Performance

Solo Performance tuition

and/or

Ensemble Performance (City University London)


Ensemble Performance

• Chamber Choir• Chamber Groups• Jazz Groups• Balinese Gamelan• Javanese Gamelan• African Dance &

Drumming• Middle Eastern Music• Musicianship• City Summer Sounds

Student-led ensembles: Big Band, Opera Ensemble, CUEE (Experimental Ensemble)


Induction Week


Programme Summary

• Western music • World music studies• Composition• Performance

• Western music • Music in popular culture• World music studies• Composition• Performance• Music professions

& music industries

YEAR ONEcore courses in:

YEARS TWO & THREEelective modules in:

+ YEAR THREE: Major Project/s (30 credits)

(Dissertation, Performance and/or Composition Portfolio)


Academic Staff

• Professor Stephen Cottrell • Professor Steve Stanton • Dr Newton Armstrong • Dr Alexander Lingas• Dr Miguel Mera • Dr Laudan Nooshin • Mr Ian Pace• Dr Diana Salazar• Dr Kyle Devine


Facilities

• Performance Space• Practice Rooms• World Music Instruments• Recording Studio• City Sound Studios• Computer Labs• Rehearsal Rooms• Technical Store


Teaching delivery


• 100 per cent of Music students said staff made the subject interesting

• 100 per cent said staff were good at explaining things

• 97 per cent said staff were enthusiastic about what they are teaching

• 97 per cent said the course is intellectually stimulating.

100% Student Satisfaction in the Most Recent National Student Survey


What do the students say?


What do the students say?


Typical Offers (A-level)

• 340 UCAS tariff points (to include Music A-level at A/B) and a recognised performance qualification.

• Typically met by achieving ABB/AAB at A-level, and at least a pass at Grade 7 practical music examination.

• Grade 8 required for students wishing to pursue Solo Performance with a Guildhall tutor.


Typical Offers (non A-level)• Applicants with alternative or international qualifications will be

considered on their individual merits.

• Representative examples of offers: • Apolytirion: 18.0 -19.0 pts (plus English-language requirements)• BTEC National Diploma: 3 Distinctions (DDD)• International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma: 34 pts • Irish Higher Leaving Certificate: A1 in 3 subjects & A2 in 2 subjects (to include Music) • Scottish Advanced Highers: ABB (to include Music) • Recognised access courses

• Evidence of practical performance, normally Grade 7 practical Music examination or demonstration of an equivalent standard (Grade 8 for students wishing to pursue Solo Performance with a Guildhall tutor).

• Applicants may be invited to an interview.


Scholarships for 2015

Music: The Lord Mayor’s Scholarships for Academic Excellence 2014

(subject to eligibility)

¹ Renewal for up to three years subject to satisfactory progress ² Typical equivalences (all eligibility decisions are at the discretion of the University)

£2,000 per year¹

£1,000 per year¹

A-level AAA/A*AB/A*A*C

ABB/A*BC/AAC

BTEC² DDD DDM

IB² 35 pts 34 pts

Scottish Adv. Higher²

AAABB/AAAAC

AABCC/AAADD

Irish Higher² A1A1A1A1 A1A2A2A2


Christmas Cabaret 2013


Graduation


COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL MUSIC ANIMATEURS – arts centres / local music provision: world music groups: gamelans, African & Japanese drumming

EDUCATION: teachers (GTTR/PGCE): primary, secondary & special needs; lecturers (FE & HE); music education project programmes

HE ADMINISTRATORS – including City!

CULTURAL & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES – music administrators; music retail: publishers, recording companies, instrument manufacturers; concert agencies; music & orchestral librarians

NEW MUSIC TECHNOLOGIES – sound recordists & engineers; BBC & independent studios; music technologists, e.g. Yamaha studios

HEALTH – music therapy: a few graduates now NHS qualified

CREATIVE & PRACTICAL – performers: classical, opera, orchestral and sessional; pop, folk, jazz; composers – electroacoustic, film music, TV themes & jingles, musical theatre; orchestrators, arrangers and West-end MDs; music critics & writers; music presenters – BBC, TV, radio

RELATED PROFESSIONS – music & law: e.g. Performing Rights Society; music & accountancy

FURTHER EDUCATION – MA study; research – MPhil and PhD

Recent Music employment destinations


Six months after graduation… • 41.4% of our BMus graduates in employment only• 20.7% of our BMus graduates in further study only• 34.5% were combining work and study

Positions include:

Teaching assistant, orchestral musician, several instrumental & vocal teachers, sound engineer, composer, intern, administrator, web developer, examinations co-ordinator, technical assistant…

DLHE 2010: statistical breakdown and jobs


Web:

www.city.ac.uk/music/ug

Enquiries:

[email protected]

YouTube:

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Further Information

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Department of Music - City University London Undergraduate Open Day 2nd July 2014