Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 174

HUMANITIES

Music and Music Technology
Overview

Music enables you to develop historical and
critical understanding in a practical environment,
while studying Music Technology allows you to
become fluent in using the latest technology
and its applications.

• Solo Performance
• Audio-visual Composition

• Popular music, where analysis and critique are
balanced by song writing and industry standard
studio production

• Film Music
• Intermediate Composition
• Digital Signal Processing

Graduates are able to balance musical competency
and cultural insight with technological assurance.
By studying this programme you will understand the
cultural meanings of music and master the modern
tools that make it possible.

• Creative Sound Design

Course content

• Real time Sound Processing

• Introduction to Composition
• Sound Recording
• Surround Sound
• Digital Video
• Music on Stage and Screen
• Reading Film
Instrumental lessons
Instrumental or singing lessons are available to
you during the first year, while all students taking
recital electives also receive lessons in subsequent
years. Most lessons are given at Keele by visiting
instrumental and vocal teachers.

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• Record Production

• Sound recording, where recording and mixing
intersect with arranging and directing

• Popular Music

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Elective modules currently include:

• Composition, where musical instruments and
computers can meet

Elective modules currently include:

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Second year
In the second year your choice of elective modules
will determine your study pathways in, for example,
performance, composition, record production or
sound design.

Interactions between the two subjects include:

First year
You will study core and elective modules designed
to equip you with knowledge and expertise in a
broad range of music and technology topics. You will
develop your analytical, practical and scholarly skills,
as well as your theoretical knowledge of acoustics
and practical audio technologies. Core modules are
Active Listening, Audio Fundamentals, Sonic Arts
Repertoire, 20th Century Musics and Composing
with Sound.

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• Orchestration
• Song Writing
• Stravinsky
• Indian Music
Third year
You will take two independent projects focusing on
the type of music or creative digital arts in which
you are most interested, under the guidance of
a specialist supervisor. Examples of independent
projects are:
• Music Software Design (project)
• Composition (portfolio)
• Creative Digital Arts (project portfolio)
• Performance (recital)
• Musicology (dissertation)
You can also select from a wide range of elective
modules including:
• Music Analysis
• Contextual Studies
• Computer Interactive Composition
• Colloquia in Electronic Music

Facilities

You will work in the Clockhouse, a charming 19th
century building situated in a scenic part of campus.
Facilities include six designated studios, lecture
rooms with superb audio-visual aids, performance
spaces, purpose built practice rooms and a
multi-speaker system for audio-visual concerts and
events. For more information on the studios and
equipment go to www.keele.ac.uk/music/studios