BA

Commercial Modern Music: Music Production

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Key facts

  • Program
    Bachelor's
  • Duration
    4 years
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    15,950GBP
  • Start date
    Aug

Program overview

What BIMM University says about their program:

If you are interested in creating music and sound and want to gain a degree-level qualification, and also fulfil your creative and commercial potential, then BA (Hons) Commercial Modern Music is the right choice to help turn your passion for music into a career. This four-year programme aims to develop your technical approaches to music and sound production while at the same time progressing your career goals, using a deadline-driven project management approach. At BIMM Dublin, we understand that the key component for music production is bringing a student’s technical knowledge and creativity to real-world, live and studio settings. To also learn the fundamentals required to collaborate with others, work with artists, and record other musicians’ sounds. You’ll also further hone your skills by receiving tuition in modules such as Music & Listening Skills which aims to develop critical communication and listening skills for music producers and Industry Toolkit where you will develop an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to operate as an entrepreneur within the modern music industry. You will collaborate with both the songwriting and instrumentalist streams and will also have the opportunity to upskill in your own performance skills, through a range of optional modules, if you so wish. The degree is both academically, technologically and musically challenging, providing the perfect balance between practical and technical skills and theory and analysis. You’ll be part of a creative community of gifted writers, performers, critical thinkers and music industry professionals who you can collaborate and network with to help bring your talent to life. Through a range of core and optional modules including (but not limited to) Live Sound Engineering, Creative Mix Techniques, Creating Sample Libraries, Digital Performance Skills, Sound Design & Writing for Media, Practical Learning & Teaching in the Creative Arts, Electroacoustic Composition, Game Sound & Music, Immersive Audio Techniques, Audio Postproduction, Interactive Music Applications, you can tailor the degree to fit your own personal goals. Your course will culminate in either a Professional Project utilising academic research skills or Analytical Perspectives dissertation designed to investigate your chosen stream through key concepts and theories associated with cultural studies. This will give you a head start into the workplace and enhance an appreciation and understanding of your cultural and social environment.So, what are you waiting for? To make your way as a musician, connect with us and we’ll connect you to a life in music.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • At BIMM Institute, most of our undergraduate performance degree courses require a minimum of 32 UCAS points or two A-Levels or equivalent
  • Non-performance degree courses require a minimum of 64 UCAS points or two A-Levels at grade C or equivalent
  • We accept other qualifications such as BTEC, International Baccalaureate Diplomas and Certificates and European Baccalaureate which are equivalent to UCAS tariff points.

Postgraduate academic requirements

For Postgraduate courses, we usually require a bachelor degree with a 2:2 or equivalent grade.

English proficiency

Undergraduate programs:

  • IELTS

    Min. 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each element

  • TOEFL (iBT)

    Min. 72 overall with 18 in Reading, 17 in Writing, 17 in Listening and 20 in Speaking

  • PTE Academic

    Min. 50 overall with no less than 42 in each element

  • Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE)

    170 overall with 165 in each component

  • Trinity ISE 2

    Pass with Merit

Postgraduate programs:

  • IELTS

    Min 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each element

  • TOEFL (iBT)

    Min. 83 overall with 19 in Reading, 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening and 20 in Speaking

  • PTE Academic

    Min. 58 overall with no less than 50 in each element

  • Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE)

    170 overall with 165 in each component

  • Trinity ISE 2

    Pass with Distinction

English proficiency waivers

  • Student comes from native English country
  • International baccalaureate (IB Diploma)

Documents required

  • Online application form
  • A copy of your academic transcripts and certificates, showing that minimum entry requirements
  • Translations, if required
  • Interview or audition
  • Copy of your passport
  • English Language proficiency proof
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Fees and funding

Fee information

  • One-year diploma courses tuition

    £15,950 per year

  • Undergraduate programs tuition

    £15,950 per year

  • Postgraduate programs tuition

    £15,950 per year

Funding

Early Confirmation Scholarship

**Amount:** £2,000 **To be eligible for the early confirmation scholarship, you must:** - Be an overseas applicant ineligible for home fee status - Apply and receive an offer to study at BIMM Institute UK colleges from 2024/25 - Accept your offer - Pay your deposit on or before 15th June - The scholarship will automatically be deducted from your fees when you enrol
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