BA (Hons) Music and Sound Design
Ravensbourne University London
Key Information
Campus location
Greenwich Peninsula, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Discover your sound.
Are you an aspiring musician, sound designer or composer looking to develop your music and sound production skills? With access to cutting-edge equipment, the music and sound design degree in London delves into the creation and production of sound and music across different contexts and industries, providing you with a diverse, industry-ready skillset and portfolio.
Why study this music and sound design degree?
- Develop specialisms and find your musical niche
- These include: composition, production, sound engineering and songwriting
- Add technical understanding to your natural creativity and inner storyteller
- Direct preparation for work in the creative industries
- A collaborative course will boost your leadership and teamwork skills
- Teaching staff and visiting professionals with strong industry experience
Music and sound design make a vital contribution to not only media and communications, but culture as a whole. Music moves people; it defines eras, shapes personalities sells products and adds meaning to moving imagery on our screens.
This music degree in London, UK, is for aspiring musicians and sound designers who wish to supercharge their sound and music production skills and apply them in a wide range of roles in the creative industries.
You will develop specialisms which could include audio production, sound engineering, sound design, songwriting, composition and soundtrack creation for film, television, games and immersive media, such as virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR).
When you graduate from this three-year music and sound design course, you will add technical understanding to your own natural creativity, including skills in critical listening, editing, arranging, composing, producing, technical and storytelling.
Practically focused, you will get an understanding of audio, sound arts and music as distinct specialisms, as well as how they intersect with storytelling and the moving image. Ultimately, you will be encouraged to apply the technical and creative aspects of sound and music production in a project-based learning environment.
Ideal Students
Aspiring music and audio producers, sound designers, musicians, composers and sonic artists who wish to hone their sound production skills.
Curriculum
Year 1
Students will build skills in sound and music production, studio and location recording, electronic arrangement, composition, editing and postproduction.
They will begin to think about their own music composition and sound design, building confidence by working to set briefs. They will also gain a fundamental knowledge of the industry and the varied opportunities for work they will be aiming for.
We encourage students to start thinking about their contextual studies research.
Year 2
Students will gain a greater understanding of equipment and software and think about the specialist areas of music composition and sound design in which they are used.
This will allow them to enhance their practice and develop their own approach based on standard industry workflows.
Students will engage in creative briefs that encourage them to collaborate with other students and create work as part of a team.
Year 3
Students will bring their learning together in a final portfolio of skills.
Alongside this, they will complete a self-initiated project. We ask students to show their contextual studies research and thinking in a long-form dissertation. The final portfolio will act as a showreel or promotional tool for entry into the industry.
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Career Opportunities
Industry ready
At Ravensbourne University London, our aim is to create industry-ready mindsets and skillsets, so your transition from study to career is a seamless one. Collaboration is at the heart of this degree in sound design, so you will undertake project briefs with other students to realise projects as part of a team.
Teaching staff include industry professionals in music production, audio engineering, film and TV, radio, animation, games and sonic arts. You will also benefit from a range of masterclasses and talks by visiting speakers.
Are you the next artist to tell stories and illicit emotions through sound?
Music and audio production is a continually developing field that is key to the creative industries. Graduates go on to work in roles like music and audio production, sound engineering, composition and songwriting, in areas such as film, television and games.