Music - Session Musician Pathway
If music is your passion, this exciting course could lead you into the music industry. You’ll need to be able to play an instrument or sing. On the course you will learn the skills required of a modern performer such as how to rehearse and perform in live gigs, how to make the most of working in a recording studio and also the business side of the music industry. Performance, theory, aural training and composition are combined with technology skills to provide a varied training programme.
| Award Name | BTEC Higher National Diploma at UK Level 5 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Pearson |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTEC Higher National Diploma at UK Level 5 | Pearson |
Duration
2 years full-time.
Entry Requirements
32 UCAS Points equivalent plus satisfactory standard achieved at mandatory interview/ audition.
Additional Requirements Prior to Entry: Interview Required.
Careers / Further progression
Further Study
Direct entry to the final year of an honours degree programme is a possibility at both Leeds College of Music and Leeds Beckett
Career Prospects
The course provides invaluable experiences working in real life scenarios that have led to many of our graduates successfully working in the industry as session musicians, music producers, sound engineers, teachers, managers, composers and more.
Further information
Start Date: 09/09/2024.
Strand Road Campus
£2,500 per annum (subject to change).
Applications are now open for Higher Education Courses 2024-25. To apply online please see "Application Weblink".
Course Overview
If music is your passion, this exciting course could lead you into the music industry. You’ll need to be able to play an instrument or sing. On the course you will learn the skills required of a modern performer such as how to rehearse and perform in live gigs, how to make the most of working in a recording studio and also the business side of the music industry. Performance, theory, aural training and composition are combined with technology skills to provide a varied training programme. The outstanding facilities include rehearsal spaces, recording studios, Apple Mac suites and a 170 seat theatre. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop technical skills and benefit from the knowledge and experience of tutors. Students have recently won three 1st prizes in the MUSIC SKILLS NI inter college competitions as well as Gold and Silver in the UK World Skills Popular Music in recent years.
Course Modules:
Marketing and promotion
Fundamentals of composition
Composing using technology
Applied music theory
Performing
Songwriting
Creative research
Advanced performance skills
Live arrangement skills
Project management
Composing to a brief
Musicology
Professional development
Music industry
Give us a call
Our campus can be contacted by phone:
Strand Road: 028 7127 6000