This MSc Music Engineering and Production is designed for graduates who need music engineering and production skills to establish a career as a professional producer in the music industry
Essential Info
A key part of the MSc Music Engineering and Production course is the practical application of your knowledge to generate highly creative work. Music engineering and production play a critical role in all modern music, so there is considerable scope for dynamic career development. Engineering and production professionals work as music producers, sound engineers, writers and arrangers, digital video composers, sound designers (including game audio) and mixers/remixers in surround.
Graduates of Glamorgan’s MSc Music Engineering and Production should play a full role shaping the future of music in the UK and further afield.
What You Will Study
The MSc Music Engineering and Production includes:
- History, Analysis, Repertoire and Theory
- Sequencing/Synthesis/Sampling
- Research Methods and Business
- Music Post-Production
- Remixing
- Recording or Advanced Recording
- MSc Project
How You Will Study
There are six modules, plus the MSc project. The MSc Music Engineering and Production is taught through lectures, seminars and workshops, with emphasis on the practical application of your knowledge. All assessments are coursework-based, allowing a detailed application of your knowledge and experience. Assessment is through continuous assignments, seminars and a dissertation based on real-life scenarios. The final MSc project is presented with an oral examination (viva voce).
The MSc project may be in any area derived from, or related to, the course or general discipline of Music Engineering and Production. For example, sound design in animation, music video, album recording and release, and sound synthesis. There are also opportunities to work on academic staff research projects, or with one of several PhD researchers in the Division of Music and Sound.
Possible Career Options
Engineering and production professionals work as music producers, sound engineers, writers and arrangers, sound designers and mixers/remixers in surround. Career opportunities will vary according to an individual’s capabilities and passion, but it is expected that graduates of Glamorgan’s MSc Music Engineering and Production should play a full role in shaping the future of music and sound in the UK and further afield.
