Music (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

Course Content

You will have around 12 hours of lectures, seminars and tutorials each week. Solo Performance is taught through an innovative combination of individual tuition, workshops and masterclasses. You will also spend time on background reading, listening to music, completing essays and coursework and preparing for seminars as well as rehearsing and performing in ensembles, choirs and orchestras.

Several modules include field trips, for example to concerts, record companies and music publishers, and we have excellent links with leading organisations in the UK, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sain (Records) etc. Others involve short placements outside the University (for example Music in the Community). You may expect to spend between one-third and two-thirds of the final year working on independent music projects.

Facilities

Music facilities

• Two dedicated Music buildings.
• Two professional standard concert halls.
• Rehearsal spaces.
• Practice-room suites with 24-hour access.
• Instruments including a full-size organ, chamber organ, harpsichords and grand pianos.
• Four state-of-the-art electroacoustic composition and recording studios, with 24-hour access.
• Access to performance and rehearsal spaces in the magnificent Pontio Arts Centre.

General University Facilities

Library and Archive Services

Our four libraries provide a range of attractive study environments including collaborative work areas, meeting rooms and silent study spaces.

We have an extensive collection of books and journals and many of the journals are available online in full-text format.

We house one of the largest university-based archives not only in Wales, but also the UK. Allied to the Archives is the Special Collections of rare printed books.