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London College of Music

London College of Music celebrated its 130 year anniversary in 2017. Underpinned by history but never bound by it, we offer an impressive range of innovative courses, respected worldwide and delivered with creativity and passion.

Students at London College of Music have the opportunity to explore every aspect of the music and performance industries. Opportunities include performing, teaching, conducting, broadcasting, recording, engineering, managing and composing music within a variety of art forms.

Explore the world of live sound production and management in the arts. State-of-the-art facilities at London College of Music makes this dream possible for each of its students.

Top 10 in the UKfor learning resources

No.2 modern university in London for IT resources

Ground-breaking courses

and facilities respected worldwide.

Figures on this page came from the National Student Survey 2016

100% overall satisfaction (FdA Music Technology)

96% of students in the School agree ‘staff are good at explaining things’

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We offer an impressive range of innovative courses, respected worldwide and delivered with creativity and passion.

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Find out more at:uwl.ac.uk/undergraduate


Career optionsMight include:

• Composing for TV and radio• Composing for Films

and games• Theatre • Composing library music• Specially commissioned works• Arranging and

orchestrating recordings• Teaching• Teaching (following the

successful completion of a postgraduate qualifi cation in this area).

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW394

DurationThree years

Also available part-time

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Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS Code4Z78

DurationThree years


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• Film and Television composition

• Musical direction and conducting

• Multimedia composition • Orchestration and arranging• Publishing• Advertising and library music• Teaching (following the


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Entry requirements Entry requirements

ModulesYear One• Composition• Harmony and Counterpoint• Music History A – 1600–1900• Music Analysis• Methods and Materials.

Year Two• Composition• Advanced DAW and Mixing• History B (20th/21st Century)• Orchestration and Arranging• The History of Film Music.

Optional modules:• Fugal Composition and Analysis• Music and Enterprise• Jazz Studies.

Year Three• Advanced Orchestration

and Arranging• Composition• Music for the Moving Image.

Optional modules:• Experimental Sound• Independent Research Project• Music Education Workshop• Music Management.

Course overviewThe aims of professional fi lm and media composition are at the heart of this degree. You will write according to specifi c briefs involving carefully chosen fi lm clips. Your studies are supported by a complete training programme in orchestration and arranging and by stimulating creative exercises designed to enhance your command at every stage of the creative process. The study of music history will enhance your ability to compose a pastiche of any style and period, and provide you with the essential skills for reacting to, and empathising with, the ideas and needs of fi lm directors and producers.

This is a specialist course designed to equip you with the intellectual and technical resources you will need inthe demanding world of fi lm and media composition. It is geared towards serious, professionally-minded students who recognise the need for the best academic and vocational training.

BMus (Hons)Film Composition

UCAS 112– 128

ModulesYear One• Audio Theory• Composition 1A and 1B• Desktop Composition• Introduction to Sound• Music Video Production.

Year Two• Composition 2A and 2B• Creative Sound• Music and Enterprise• Music Technology 2• Sound Technology.

Year Three• Audio Post-production• Composition 3A and 3B• Experimental Sound• Future Media• Music Technology Project.

Course overviewThis course follows the major/ minor structure, with 12 major Music Technology modules and 6 minor Music Composition modules. Your fi nal year will focus on a selected study area, through the BA project module and your choice of assessments in other modules.

The Music Technology major enables you to acquire and develop skills appropriate to current sound and music pre- and post-production practices, by creatively applying music technology from a solid base of theoretical knowledge and technical accomplishment. The course covers new, established and, where appropriate, convergent technologies. The Music Composition minor consists of composition modules, including the study of a range of classical and popular styles, as well as specifi c orchestration and arranging techniques. We encourage you to compose works for performance by a range of ensembles.

The course covers practical and theoretical approaches, and aims to integrate them, providing you with a rounded educational experience, which is vital to success in a demanding industry.

This is a course to prepare you for success in the music business. You will gain a thorough understanding and wider knowledge of contemporary audio recording systems using our cutting-edge technical facilities – while helping to develop your composition skills to a professional level in terms of both style and musical notation.

BA (Hons) Music Technology with Composition

Additional entry requirementsMusic technology portfolio, or previous study on a music technology-related course (e.g. A Level or similar).

UCAS 112– 128

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University of West London • Undergraduate Prospectus 2018 8382

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Entry requirements

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• Orchestration and arranging• Multimedia composition• Music publishing • Song writing• Audio Engineering• Composing for TV, Film

and Radio• Teaching (following the


recognition and a high-quality reputation, producing highly motivated and experienced graduates.

ModulesYear One• Songwriting and Composition• Harmony in Popular Styles• Desktop Composition• Role of Music Management• Sound Theory• Sound Practice 1.

Year Two• LCM Music Factory• Studio Recording 2• Sound Practice 2• Harmony and Structure• Collection Societies.

Optional modules:• Composition and

Arranging Workshop • Songwriting.

Year Three• Music for the Moving Image• Advanced Harmony and Structure• Music Management• Experimental Sound• Composition and Recording Project.

Optional modules• Music Education Workshop• Audio Post-Production.

Course overviewLocated in west London, with superb access to the West End, this new and innovative course offers numerous opportunities for musicians who wish to incorporate technology into their composition methodology. Music Composition and Recording seeks to address this by facilitating provision that recognises the potential of students’ musical ideas, regardless of theoretical background, and equips them with knowledge, skills and experience commensurate with the requirements of the industry.

In both its purpose and its approach, the course combines teaching a challenging vocational qualifi cation with authentic industry-led skills and crafts. By running the course in collaboration with all the departments in LCM, we put you at the very heart of the complex and inspiring world of composition.

The course covers a wide variety of composition and recording-related practice, creating a solid foundation in theatre craft and management skills, from which you can develop the skills and confi dence to forge your chosen career path in the industry. The course enjoys industry

This is a specialist course designed to equip you with the creative, intellectual and technical resources you will need in the demanding world of composition and recording. It is geared towards professionally-minded students who recognise the need for the best academic and vocational training.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeWW11

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site

BMus (Hons)Composition and Recording*

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW388

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Media composition • Publishing• Theatre• Composing for TV and radio• Multimedia and

concert composition• Orchestration and arranging• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis course provides aspiring composers with the opportunity to take command of the widest range of techniques, from the traditional through to those of the avant garde, and helps the development of individual and original styles in concert composition, jazz and popular music. Studying composition at LCM encourages professionalism underpinned by strong musicianship skills.

This course also encourages links with both the Music Technology and Music Management departments in order to offer comprehensive and meaningful insight into the world of composition and its relevance to the performance aspect of the industry. The course is also available in combination with both Music Technology and Music Management modules. Internationally acclaimed composers are on the staff team to support your studies, with many leading composers at the height of their creative careers visiting on a regular basis to give Composers’ Workshops.

ModulesYear One• Composition• Harmony and Counterpoint• Music Analysis• Music History A – 1600–1900• Methods and Materials.

Year Two• Composition• History B

(20th/21st Century Music) • Orchestration and Arranging.

Optional modules:• Creative Sound• Fugal Composition and Analysis• Jazz Studies• Music and Enterprise• Advanced DAW and Mixing.

Year Three• Advanced Orchestration

and Arranging• Composition.

Optional modules:• Experimental Sound• Independent Research Project• Music Education Workshop• Music Management.

Composition at the London College of Music draws on a wide range of cultural infl uences, not ignoring the challenges of the avant garde or, by contrast, the commercial demands of writing for media.

BMus (Hons) Composition

GCSE GCSE

Additional entry requirements• Students also require A level Music

(or equivalent) • Grade 5 theory.

Entry requirements

* Subject to validation and may change. Please check uwl.ac.uk for the most up-to-date information.

UCAS 112– 128

UCAS 112– 128

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• Solo chamber and orchestral performance

• Session work• Record production• Musical Direction and

conducting• Television, fi lm and

media composition• Artist management• Repetiteur• Teaching (following the


diplomas while taking the course, thus gaining professional accreditation in addition to a fi rst degree.

ModulesYear One• Performance Studies• Harmony and Counterpoint• Music Analysis• History A (17th–19th Century).

Year Two• Performance Studies• History B (20th and 21st Century).

Plus four options from:• 20th/21st Century

Performance Workshop• Music and Enterprise• Orchestration and Arranging• Fugal Composition and Analysis• Jazz Studies.

Year Three• Performance Studies.

Plus four options from:• Advanced Performance Project• Chamber Music Project• Advanced Orchestration

and Arranging• Music Education Workshop• Music Management.

Course overviewOn this dynamic and stimulating course, you can benefi t from regular masterclasses given by some of the world’s most celebrated musicians and performance coaching from leading professional ensembles-in-residence. You will be provided with the tools and knowledge required to build your musicianship skills and pursue a career in today’s diverse music industry.

This course involves individual lessons on a main instrumental or vocal study in classical or jazz, though there are many opportunities to move freely between genres and styles. You will have the opportunity to develop fl exible musicianship skills and explore new styles and techniques. Teaching and learning are practical and include one-to-one lessons, masterclasses, group coaching, tutorials, lectures, seminars and a wide range of ensemble work. Performance is at the heart of this course and you will be given many opportunities to present concerts both within the university and in the wider community.

Assessment is varied and includes coursework, practical assessment and portfolio submission. Students can also elect to be examined for the ALCM and LLCM performance

Our courses in music performance offer the unique combination of a university education with outstanding professional training that develops your musicianship skills as well as your analytical and critical abilities. This is enhanced by a generous provision of one-to-one lessons that focus on developing your individual instrumental or vocal skills.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeWJ88

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BMus (Hons)Music PerformanceAward

BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeN290

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Artist management• Artist agent• Venue and festival

management• PR and publishing • Artist and repertoire• Event and tour management• Teaching (following the

successful completion ofa postgraduate qualifi cation in this area).

Course overviewFor students interested in the business side of music, this compelling course seeks to provide a mastery of the key skills and knowledge bases required to succeed in the broader, contemporary music business. The modules taught across the three year course together deliver a comprehensive overview of the business side of music today.

You can specialise in particular areas, as the course offers options that allow you to pursue a career in live music, PR and publicity or start your own music business. The course is delivered by industry practitioners with a wealth of experience and is enhanced by guest lectures and masterclasses.

During your studies at LCM you will have the opportunity to network with others across the school making connections that will be crucial as you launch your own career. Due to the full programme of events you will also have hands-on experience working with performers across genres and organising conferences, festivals and SU society events.

ModulesYear One• Introduction to Music

and Media Law• Introduction to Technology• Music Video Production• People Management and

Negotiation Skills• Professional Skills for the Music

Industry and Academia• The Role of Music Management.

Year Two• Artist PR and Publicity• Agency and Promoters• Collection Societies and

Industry Associations• Enterprise and

Business Development• Music Marketing and Promotion• Touring Logistics and Planning.

Year Three• Festival Studies• Music Management Project• Strategic Music Management.

Plus one option from:• Blast Radio• Conference and

Venue Management• Industry Experience• Stage Management• Arts Management.

This exciting undergraduate course allows you to study music management and the wider music industry, taught by a team of highly experienced practitioners. You will gain an all-round grounding in the skills and knowledge bases required to subsequently work in the broader music business.

BA (Hons) Music Management

Entry requirements Entry requirements Additional entry requirementsApplicants will normally have all of the following: • Grade 8 instrument or voice • Grade 5/6 sight reading • Grade 5 theory.

UCAS 112– 128

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• Performing as a solo/band artist• Songwriting• Composing • Audio engineering• Sound production• Event and Tour management• PR, Press and Publishing• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Desktop Composition• Pop Performance Studies 1a and 1b• Roles of Music Management• Sound Practice• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Composition and

Arranging Workshop• LCM Music Factory• Pop Performance Studies 2• Sound Practice• Touring Logistics and Planning.

Plus one option from:• Composition and Arranging• Songwriting.

Year Three• Music for the Moving Image• Music Management• Performance Project• Recording Project• Showcase Studies.

Plus one option from:• Music Education Workshop• Experimental Sound• Live Sound Practice.

Course overviewAround half of the course is based on performance, with the other half being split across songwriting and arrangement; studio recording and production; and management and promotion. You will have one-to-one tuition on your chosen instrument across the entire duration of the course. We also have regular visits from well-known industry professionals who put on workshops and masterclasses.

You will have the option to study live sound, music education or experimental sound. You will gain experience in: performing across a range of genres, and in a variety of live settings (including venues across London); taking part in work-based activities facilitated by our own commercial productions company (W5 Productions); running recording and production sessions; writing and arranging for bands and ensembles; and being a musical director.

You can still be invited to audition if you have not yet been formally assessed in the below.

You should also be able to submit a music technology portfolio, e.g. a collection of tracks you have made using a sequencer or other recording technology.

On this course, you will have the option to study live sound, music education or experimental sound. It is aimed at the musician who wants to develop their own performance and writing skills and technical knowledge to support the recording of music, as well as the industry ‘know-how’ to launch a career.

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW300

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site

BMus (Hons)Music Performance and Recording

Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW392

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site


• Artist management• Artist agent• Venue and festival

management• PR and publishing • Artist and repertoire• Event and tour management• Session work• PR, Press and Publishing• Teaching (following the


Course overviewAround half of the course is based on performance, with the other half being split across songwriting and arrangement; the music industry; and management and promotion. There are a wide variety of performance opportunities, and we actively encourage collaboration with other artists and musicians, forming bands and ensembles, putting on showcases and shows, and taking part in recording and sessions, as both musicians and producers. You will also have one-to-one tuition on your chosen instrument across the entire duration of the course. We also have regular visits from well-known industry professionals who put on workshops and masterclasses.

Successful graduates leave with skills such as performance and stagecraft; music business entrepreneurship; songwriting and arrangement; musical directorship; management, PR and promotion; and music video production. You will also have the option to study live sound, music education or experimental sound.

Past students have gone on to sign as recording artists to record labels; license and release their own material; work in recording studios; work as session musicians in the West

End, on tours or on cruise ships; teach in schools and colleges; work for promoters, record labels and music management companies.

ModulesYear One• Pop Performance Studies• Professional Skills• Desktop Composition• Music Video Production• Role of Music Management.

Year Two• Pop Performance Studies 2• Collections Societies• Composition and

Arranging Workshop• LCM Music Factory• Touring Logistics and Planning.

Optional modules:• Composition and Arranging• Songwriting.

Year Three• Music Management• Showcase Studies• Performance Project• Management Project• Festival Studies.

Optional modules:• Music Education Workshop• Music for the Moving Image• Industry Experience.

This exciting course is a response to the needs of the current music industry. It is aimed at the musician who wants to develop their own performance and writing skills and technical knowledge to support the recording of music, as well as the industry ‘know-how’ to launch a career.

BMus (Hons) Music Performance and Music Management

Entry requirements Entry requirements Additional entry requirementsApplicants should ideally have all of the following: • Grade 6 instrument or voice • Grade 5/6 sight reading • Grade 5 theory.

Additional entry requirements• Grade 6 instrument or voice • Grade 5/6 sight reading • Grade 5 theory. You can still be invited to audition if you have not yet been formally assessed in the above.

GCSE GCSEUCAS

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Award BMus (Hons)

UCAS CodeW393

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Performing as a solo/band artist

• Songwriting• Composing • Audio engineering• Sound production• Event and Tour management• PR and Press• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis combined course involves individual lessons on a main instrumental or vocal study, principally in the classical or jazz styles. You can specialise in particular areas, but the course also helps you to develop fl exible musicianship skills and affords the opportunity to explore new styles and techniques. The Teaching and learning are very practical and include masterclasses, tutorials, lectures and a wide range of ensemble work. We will provide the technical knowledge to record, capture and produce music, while our specialist staff will help you to develop advanced skills on your chosen instrument. We aim to develop your understanding of contemporary sound, including pre-and post-production, plus all the essential theory and techniques necessary to collaborate, record and network with a multitude of students from a range of disciplines across our community of study. You will also perform in concerts and ensembles.

In the fi nal year, there are opportunities to pursue independent project work to showcase your talents as a performer or undertake an educational placement. Assessment is varied and includes coursework, practical assessment and portfolio submission.

ModulesYear One• Desktop Composition• Harmony and Counterpoint

or Music Analysis• Introduction to Sound• Performance Studies Modules.

Year Two• Creative Sound (Music Technology)• Performance Studies Modules• Sound Technology.

Plus two options from:• 20th/21st Century

Performance Workshop• Fugal Composition• Jazz Studies• Music and Enterprise• Music History: 20th–21st Century• Orchestration and Arranging.

Year Three• Audio Post-Production• Experimental Sound

(Music Technology)• Performance Studies Modules.

Plus two options from:• Advanced Orchestration

and Arranging• Advanced Performance Project• Chamber Music Project• Independent Research Project• Music Education Workshop• Music Management.

This course combines academic education with professional training to develop your performance and musicianship skills, as well as your analytical and critical abilities. This is enhanced by teaching that is focused on developing your technical knowledge and your music production skills.

BMus (Hons) Music Performance with Music Technology

Entry requirements Additional entry requirementsApplicants should ideally have all of the following: • Grade 8 instrument or voice • Grade 5/6 sight reading • Grade 5 theory.

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• Foley artist/ engineering• Sound design• Mixing• Editing for fi lm, animation

and gaming• Audio dialogue

replacement engineer• Location sound recordist• Transfer technician• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Contemporary Production

Studies 1• Creative Music Technology 1• Music Industry Structures• Music for Media• Sound Practice• Sound Theory• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Creative Music Technology 2• Contemporary Production Studies 2• Electronic Music Composition• Live Electronics• Working in the Music Business.

Plus one option from:• Acoustics• Advanced DAW Practice• Advanced Recording Techniques• Creative Sound and Music for

Film and TV.

Year Three• Advanced Mixing Techniques• Advanced Production Techniques• Production Analysis• Major Project• Collaborative Production Project.

Course overviewElectronic music production is an integral part of music making today across the music and media industries. Electronic music should not just be considered a genre in itself, but a way of making music that can be applied to a multitude of styles and applications. This pathway through the BA (Hons) Music Technology provides a unique and vocational approach to the production of electronic music, applying theory through practice. The main areas of study and practice will include sequencing, sampling, synthesis, composition, production, remixing, experimental sound design and music making.

The Electronic Music Production course at London College of Music represents over two decades of development and experience. This pathway through the BA (Hons) Music Technology provides a unique vocational approach to the production of electronic music, applying theory through practice.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS Code383W

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BA (Hons)Electronic Music Production

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS Code370W

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Foley artist/ engineering• Sound design• Mixing• Editing for fi lm, animation

and gaming• Audio dialogue

replacement engineer• Location sound recordist• Transfer technician• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThe Audio Post-Production pathway of the BA (Hons) Music Technology aims to provide students with both practical knowledge and an understanding of established industry conventions and concepts. Both practical and theoretical, it is designed to give students the opportunity to explore and develop creative techniques to produce sound for a range of associated disciplines including Foley, dialogue replacement, sound design and recording production sound on location. The Audio Post-Production pathway will also explore workfl ows for mixing and editing in a range of areas, from fi lm through to animation and gaming.

ModulesYear One• Contemporary Production Studies• Creative Music Technology 1• Music Industry Structures 1• Music for Media• Sound Practice• Sound Theory• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Creative Music Technology 2• Contemporary Production Studies 2• Working in the Music Business• Foley, ADR and Production Sound• Creative Sound and Music for Film

and TV.

Plus one option from:• Acoustics• Advanced DAW Practice• Advanced Recording Techniques• Live Electronics.

Year Three• Creative Sound for Games and

Animation Audio Post Analysis• Mixing for Audio Post and

Industry Workfl ows• Production Sound Practice• Sound for Picture

(Concepts and Analysis)• Major Project.

The Music Technology – Audio Post-Production course at London College of Music represents over two decades of development and experience. The Audio Post-Production pathway will also explore workfl ows for mixing and editing in a range of areas, from fi lm through to animation and gaming.

BA (Hons) Music Technology – Audio Post-Production

Entry requirements Entry requirements Additional entry requirementsApplicants require a Level 3 Music Technology qualifi cation or, alternatively, can provide a portfolio.

Additional entry requirementsApplicants require a Level 3 Music Technology qualifi cation or, alternatively, can provide a portfolio.GCSE GCSE

UCAS 112– 128

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• Artist Production and Musical direction

• Record Production• Artist Development• Sound design• Studio engineering• Working as a recording artist• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Contemporary Production Studies 1• Creative Music Technology 1• Music for Media• Music Industry Structures• Sound Practice• Sound Theory• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Contemporary Production Studies 2• Creative Music Technology 2• Working in the Music Business• Recording Tools• Advanced Recording Techniques.

Plus one option from:• Acoustics• Advanced DAW Practice• Live Electronics• Creative Sound and Music

for Film and TV.

Year Three• Major Project• Advanced Production Techniques• Recording Analysis• Advanced Mixing Techniques• Producing Musicians.

Course overviewThe Recording and Production pathway through the BA (Hons) Music Technology aims to provide students with studio recording skills and will also introduce them to the theory and practice of working with musicians in a studio environment. Students will explore the technologies of recording and production, the professional practice of record production (current and historical), analysing examples of production and working with musicians and mix techniques. The course combines the practical and the theoretical, but the primary focus is on building understanding through the process of producing recordings.

The Recording and Production pathway through the BA (Hons) Music Technology aims to provide students with studio recording skills and will also introduce them to the theory and practice of working with musicians in a studio environment.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS Code374W

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BA (Hons)Music Technology – Recording and Production

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS Code37WW

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Music Production• Re-mixing• Mixing, editing for fi lm,

animation and gaming• Post-production engineering• Multimedia installation• Sound design• Studio engineering• Teaching (following the


Course overviewStudents undertaking this course will learn how to produce and record in a variety of musical areas. Students develop advanced skills for combining sounds into a fi nal mix and for the mastering of fi nal mixes for commercial release. These will include tonal and spatial processing, envelope shaping of dynamics in both the mixing and mastering domain, and the listening skills required to achieve this.

ModulesYear One• Contemporary Production Studies• Creative Music Technology• Music Industry Structures• Music for Media• Sound Practice• Sound Theory• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Advanced DAW Practice• Creative Music Technology 2• Contemporary Production Studies 2• Remix Production• Working in the Music Business.

Plus one option from:• Acoustics• Advanced Recording Techniques• Live Electronics• Creative Sound and Music for Film

and TV.

Year Three• Advanced Audio Processing• Advanced Mixing Techniques• Mastering• Mix Analysis• Major Project.

The Mixing and Mastering pathway of the BA (Hons) Music Technology aims to build on your core recording and production skills, focusing on the presentation of the fi nal musical product.

BA (Hons) Music Technology – Mixing and Mastering



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• Music production and engineering

• Live audio production • Radio presentation• Documentary production• Experimental audio

sound production• Sound design• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Sound Practice• Music for Media• Music Radio Production• Podcasting• Music Industry Structures• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Creative Sound• Industry Experience• Live Radio Production• Music Radio Documentary• Music and Enterprise• Sound Technology.

Year Three• Blast Radio• Experimental Sound• Future Media• Project (Double Module:

Music Technology or Radio)• Radio Station Management.

Course overviewThe course focuses on engaging you in the creative use of contemporary music technology and radio systems. It builds practical skills, as well as developing an informed technical understanding of how these systems work and how they are used in the production of today’s music. The course is for those who are interested in working with audio and music technology but wish to study a broader range of subjects.

The radio modules provide an opportunity for you to learn about the contemporary broadcasting industry and to work on live and pre-produced projects investigating factual, fi ctive and musical formats. In your fi nal year, you will also have the opportunity to broadcast live across west London on our student station Blast Radio.

Year One acts as a foundation to help you develop a general base of skills and technical knowledge. In Year Two, you will be able to broaden your range of skills, develop your creative abilities and produce audio work to a high professional standard. Year Three allows you considerable creative freedom to plan and realise signifi cant audio projects.

This course is an equal mix of Music Technology and Radio modules with a very practical focus. You can focus on either subject in your fi nal year. You will learn how to develop your creative abilities and produce audio work to a high professional standard.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJH9P

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BA (Hons)Music Technology and Radio Broadcasting

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJ932

DurationOne year


LocationEaling site


• Studio engineering• Live sound design

and engineering• Studio management• Music production • Composing• Experimental audio

sound production• Roles within the television,

radio, video, fi lm and games industries

• Teaching (following the successful completion of a postgraduate qualifi cation in this area).

Course overviewThis course develops your skills in contemporary sound and music pre- and post-production – skills the industry really needs – along with the theory and techniques essential for creating music and audio to a professional standard. It involves you directly in the creative application of technology, focusing on music technology and its many guises, and aims to provide you with a sound knowledge and understanding of the music, audio, media production and recording industries.

Based in our superbly equipped studios, you will use sophisticated audio and MIDI technology in a creative and theoretically informed way. Students that have completed the course successfully should understand, and be able to operate and control, complex and demanding recording sessions in high-performance audio environments. You will also complete a major project on a subject of personal interest to you, thereby enhancing your portfolio for potential employers or further study options.

This course gives you signifi cant creative freedom, as well as major opportunities to develop internal and external projects that call on your talent and audio production expertise. You will focus on audio technology and production, yet you will apply your abilities in broader contexts such as ‘live’ sound, acoustics, post-production techniques, emerging technologies and standards, business survival, and experimental sound art.

ModulesYear One• Experimental Sound• Future Media.

Plus one option from:• Live Sound Practice• Live Sound and

Recording Techniques.

And three options from:• Audio Post-Production• Music and Media in Industry• Music Education Workshop• Project Music Technology.

The Music Technology course at London College of Music represent over 20 years of development and experience. It inspires and shapes our other Music Technology courses, and has an enviable resource base – UWL offers one of the largest audio complexes in Europe.

BA (Hons) Music Technology (Top-up)

Entry requirements Entry requirements Additional entry requirementsLevel 5 qualifi cation in Music Technology. The Music Technology courses do not require an audition/interview. However, portfolios are required from applicants without a Music Technology qualifi cation.


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• Studio engineering• Live sound design

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sound production• Roles within the television,

radio, video, fi lm and games industries

• Teaching (following the successful completion of a postgraduate qualifi cation in this area).

• Creative Music Technology • Sound Practice• Music Industry Structures• Contemporary Production Studies• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Digital Recording• Working in the Music Business• Creative Sound and Music

for Film and TV• Advanced Recording Techniques• Creative Music Technology 2• Contemporary Production

Studies 2.

Optional modulesYou can substitute Advanced Recording Techniques with one of the following options:• Acoustics• Advanced DAW Practice• Live Electronics.

Year Three• Future Media• Experimental Sound.

Plus one option from:• Live Sound and

Recording Techniques• Live Sound Practice.

And three options from:• Music and Media in Industry• Project Music Technology• Audio Post-Production• Music Education Workshop.

Course overviewThe aim of this course is to enable you to acquire and develop skills appropriate to contemporary sound and music pre- and post-production. These are the skills that the industry really needs. The course also offers the theories and techniques essential to the creation of music and audio to a professional standard. You will focus on music production but will also have the opportunity to apply it in a broader context – including sound design, acoustics, post-production techniques, emerging technologies and standards, business survival, and experimental sound art.

As an integral part of the course, Music Technology students have direct access to an extremely diverse range of musicians who can be called upon for collaboration, recording and networking. This extends to other Schools where collaborations are possible with students from media, moving image (video and fi lm), digital animation and game design backgrounds. Students who capitalise on these opportunities can expect to have a signifi cantly enhanced CV before their course fi nishes.

ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Music for Media

The Music Technology courses at London College of Music represent over 20 years of development and experience. The fl agship course has become the core on which our other Music Technology courses are based. It has an enviable resource base, making us one of the largest audio complexes in Europe.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW351

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BA (Hons)Music Technology Specialist

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJW96

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Music production and engineering

• Audio Visual production• Live/event video production• Audio Visual editing• Programme presentation• Experimental audio

sound production• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThe course focuses on engaging you in the creative use of contemporary music technology systems. It builds practical skills, as well as developing an informed technical understanding of how these systems work and how they are used in the production of today’s music. The course is for those who are interested in working with audio and music technology but wish to study a broader range of related media subjects.

Year One acts as a foundation to help you develop a general base of skills and technical knowledge. In Year Two, you will be able to broaden your range of skills, develop your creative abilities and produce audio work to a high professional standard. Year Three allows you considerable creative freedom to plan and realise signifi cant audio or video projects.

Graduates will have a strong understanding of the relationship between theory and practice. This will enable them, as practitioners, to have an understanding of the historical and current role of their work within a cultural context, and the more theory-led graduates have practical experience of the creative audio and fi lmmaking process.

ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Sound Practice• Music for Media• Camera Lighting Sound• Music Video Production• Music Industry Structures• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Creative Sound• Industry Experience• Live Video Production• Music Documentary• Music and Enterprise• Sound Technology.

Year Three• Audio Post-production• Directing Fiction• Experimental Film and Video• Future Media• Project (Double Module:

Music Technology or Video).

This course offers an equal mix of Video Production and Music Technology studies with a very practical focus. You will learn how to develop your creative abilities and produce audio work to a high professional standard.

BA (Hons) Music Technology and Video Production


Additional entry requirementsApplicants require a Level 3 Music Technology qualifi cation or, alternatively, can provide a portfolio.GCSE

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• Performing as a solo/band artist• Solo/ensemble artist• Songwriting• Composing • Audio engineering• Sound production• Event and Tour management• PR and Press• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Desktop Composition• Sound Practice• Music Video Production• Pop Performance Studies

1A and 1B.

Year Two• Composition and Arranging• Composition and

Arranging Workshop• Creative Sound and Music

for Film and TV• Working in the Music Business• Music Technology 2• Sound Technology and Context.

Year Three• Audio Post-Production• BA Music Technology Project• Experimental Sound• Future Media• Performance Project• Showcase Studies.

Additional entry requirements• Grade 8 instrument/voice • Grade 5 theory and sight reading

or successful audition/theory test.

Applicants require a Level 3 Music Technology qualifi cation or, alternatively, can provide a portfolio.

Course overviewThis course follows the major/minor structure, with 12 Music Technology modules and six specifi c to Pop Music Performance, over the three years. In the fi nal year, our students are able to focus on a chosen area of study through the BA project module and their choice of assessments in other modules.

The Music Technology and Music disciplines overlap in many of the modules and very few are exclusive to one subject. The Music Technology major allows students to acquire and develop skills that are appropriate to current sound and music pre- and post-production practices.

The Pop Music Performance minor consists of performance modules, which, in your fi rst year, allow you individual tuition on your chosen fi rst instrument. In addition, you will take another stream of modules that provide grounding in arranging, composition and performance techniques.

The course covers both practical and theoretical approaches and aims to integrate them, thus providing you with a rounded educational experience, which is vital if you are to succeed in a demanding world.

London College of Music has created this course for students wishing to gain a thorough understanding of contemporary audio recording systems and nurture a wide knowledge-base, centred on their fi rst study instrument or voice. Such skills are vital if you are to succeed in a demanding world.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeJW9J

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site

BA (Hons)Music Technology with Popular Music Performance

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW396

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Performing as a solo/band artist

• Songwriting• Composing • Audio engineering• Sound production• Event and Tour management• PR and Press• Teaching (following the


Course overviewMusic technology is a fast-moving area of the music industry, constantly changing and expanding, requiring professionals with an increasingly broad range of skills. No other institution offers such an enviable range of dedicated and experienced teaching staff, all of whom are industry professionals, with high-quality technical facilities and studios.

This course differs from our pop music programmes in that it focuses on more traditional genres such as classical and jazz.

This course follows the major/minor structure, with 12 Music Technology modules and six specifi c to Music Performance, though the Music Technology and Musical disciplines overlap in many of the modules and very few are exclusive to one subject. In the fi nal year, our students are able to focus on a chosen area of study through the project module and their choice of assessments in other modules.

ModulesYear One• Sound Theory• Desktop Composition• Sound Practice• Music Video Production• Performance 1A and 1B• Think Music-Tech.

Year Two• Creative Sound and Music

for Film and TV• Working in the Music Business• Music Technology 2• Performance 2A and 2B• Sound Technology and Context.

Year Three• Audio Post-Production• Experimental Sound• Future Media• Music Technology Project• Performance 3A and 3B.

Additional entry requirements• Grade 8 instrument/voice • Grade 5 theory and sight reading

or successful audition/theory test.

Applicants require a Level 3 Music Technology qualifi cation or, alternatively, can provide a portfolio.

The Music Technology courses at London College of Music represent over 20 years of development and experience in preparing students for the industry. This course will also provide a solid preparation for a choice of musical careers performing in either Classical or jazz fi elds.

BA (Hons) Music Technology with Performance


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• Acting and performance• Dramaturgy• Playwriting• Journalism• Theatre in education• Arts administration• Applied theatre• Theatre administration/

management• Teaching (following the

successful completion of a postgraduate qualifi cation in this area)

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW410

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW374

DurationThree years


LocationEaling site


• Studio/live sound engineer• System designer• Theatre/ Tour manager• Sound designer• Studio manager • Product developer/

demonstrator, producer• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis course builds upon the existing music technology provision, exploiting the unique opportunities for live production on offer at LCM. There are a number of specialist performance courses, including pop performance and performance and musical theatre, which require full event support. The Live Sound Production course focuses on the key elements required to support events from smaller productions through to large-scale events and festivals, looking in detail at the technical, practical, legal and managerial aspects of running a live event.

Students studying the course are provided with specialist skills in recording and mixing to support their live engineering, allowing them to diversify into studio-based recording and production. Video capture and editing skills are also delivered, as are analogue and digital audio theory, synthesis and production skills.

As you progress through the course you will be offered specialist modules, looking in detail at system design for large events and also specifi cally at engineering in theatre, where you will join the sound department for LCM musical theatre productions.

ModulesYear One• Contemporary Production Studies• Creative Music Technology• Music Industry Structures• Music for Media• Sound Practice• Sound Theory.

Year Two• Acoustics• Live Sound Engineering• Touring Logistics and Planning• Creative Music Technology 2• Contemporary Production Studies 2• Working in the Music Business.

Year Three• Festival Studies• Location Sound and Recording• Major Project• Lighting and Sound System Design• Theatre Live Sound.

This course offers you the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience of the key elements in live sound and events. Practical live sound engineering, system design, recording techniques, acoustics and event management form the key components of the course.

BA (Hons) Live Sound Production

Entry requirements


Course overviewThis course offers unique, exciting, demanding and disciplined practical training in acting, incorporating the many facets of voice management. The important work of Feldenkrais supports both the physical and vocal (sung and spoken) development of our actors. You will also be encouraged to develop skills as an inspired self-refl ective practitioner, in order to enhance your ability to deal with all styles of theatrical performance and possible areas of research in your fi nal year of study or, if appropriate, following graduation.

The history of theatre will inform your practical studies in voice, movement and acting to give both integrity and truth to your performance work. This will lead you into making informed decisions within the rehearsal room with regard to the performance work undertaken.

In addition to your required studies, you will be given an intensive view of the actor’s workplace and a thorough grounding in ‘performance’ business acumen. You will be expected to perform in at least three full-scale professional productions in addition to a showcase. You will work with current practitioners from across the professional forum, with performances in a variety of professional venues.

ModulesYear One• Acting 1 • Acting 2• Voice Studies 1• Movement Studies 1• Musical Theatre for Actors 1• Textual Studies 1• Singing (additional studies)• Movement Fundamentals

(additional studies)• Neutral Mask (additional studies) • Stage Combat (additional studies).

Year Two• Acting 3• Scene Analysis • Voice Studies 2• Movement Studies 2• Physical Theatre• Textual Studies 2• Singing (additional studies)• Accents (additional studies)• Verse Speaking (additional studies)• Clown/Bouffon (additional studies).

Year Three• Acting for Recorded Media • Public Production 1• Advanced Theatre Production• Professional Practice• Advanced Movement and Voice• Research Project.

This course is for students who have practical expertise in acting and wish to develop further skills to enable entry to the professional world of performance. The acting methods studied are focused on Europe and concentrate on the demands on the voice when working within the ‘live’ performance space.

BA (Hons) Acting


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• Television, fi lm and theatre production design

• Production management• Scenic artistry and production• Stage management• Set design• Exhibition design • Retail design • Theatre administration/

management• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• The World of Theatre• Theatre Sound• Theatre Lighting• Stage Management• Theatre Craft• Visions & Realities• Specialist Skills 1• Theatre General Management• Collaborative Production.

Year Two• Production & Staging• Contemporary Theatre• Professional Practice• Specialist Skills 2• Production 1• Production 2• Production 3• Specialist Study• Professional Practice.

Year Three• Professional Practice• Specialist Study• Production 1• Industry Engagement• Final Project: Production.

Course overviewThis new and innovative course gives you a work-based solution to combining study and practice. In both its purpose and approach, it combines teaching a challenging vocational qualifi cation with real industry-led crafts. By running the course in collaboration with a working theatre, we put you at the very heart of the complex and inspiring world of performance arts.

The course covers a wide variety of theatre and performance-related practice, creating a solid foundation in theatre craft and management, from which you can develop the skills and confi dence to forge your chosen career path in the industry. Throughout the course, we establish industry recognition with a high-quality reputation by producing highly motivated and experienced graduates.

This course embraces a wide range of theatre-related skills, including stage management, stage technology (lighting and sound) and design (set, costume, props). It is designed to produce multi-skilled industry workers, equipped with at least one highly-developed specialism.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW461

DurationTwo years

LocationQuestors Theatre & Ealing site

BA (Hons)Theatre Production: Design and Management*

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeWW45

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site


• Theatre, band, cabaret• Theatre in education• Community theatre• Session work• Musical direction• Arts management• Theatre administration/

management• Directing, writing and devising• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis course is intended for those students who have expertise in performance and wish to develop these skills in actor-singer training further to enable entry to the professional world of performance. The individual exploration of ‘sense over sound’ is a notable and distinctive feature of this course. The important work of Feldenkrais supports both the physical and vocal (sung and spoken) development of our actor-singers. In addition to the acquisition of a strong performance discipline, the course seeks to develop each student as an inspired self-thinking practitioner with the ability to devise and perform original musical theatre works – much of this pioneering work will be completed in conjunction with Mercury Musical Developments.

Uniquely, this course is placed within the music conservatoire sector and provides individual singing tuition at all levels of the work, while engaging in the disciplines of acting, actor movement, voice, stage combat and dance. The exciting and enriched environment of this area of study includes composers, performers, jazz musicians, Music Technology students, media, photographers and fashion designers.

ModulesYear One• Acting 1 – Improvisation• Acting 2• Movement Studies 1• Voice Studies • Acting Through Song 1• Textual Studies 1.

Year Two• Acting 3• The Actor and their Text

– Analysis of Scene and Text• Movement Studies 2• Voice Studies 2• Acting Through Song 2.

Year Three• Advanced Movement and Voice• Advanced Theatre Production• Professional Practice• Public Production 1• Research Project• Devised Theatre Project• Work-Based Learning• Music Education Workshop• Theatre in Production.

This course encourages an intellectual and practice-based interrogation of musical theatre in addition to giving the actor/singer a respect for the various demands of written texts and musical scores.

BA (Hons) Musical Theatre


* This course is subject to validation.Please visit the UWL website for the mostup-to-date information.

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UCAS CodeW301

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site


• Solo/ensemble performance• Voice over• Session work• Directing, writing and devising• Television, fi lm and media• Musical Direction• Repetiteur• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis course is designed around the needs of the professional vocalist and professional voice user. The theoretical elements of this course provide the knowledge to underpin further study in higher education within this subject while creating a greater understanding of the practice-based learning.

Taught by industry professionals, professional vocalists, voice users and vocal coaches from a wide range of fi elds (opera to contemporary), this new course is focused on our recognised demand for a varied and specifi cally tailored type of study. With ensemble- and peer-lead learning, this is an innovative course where like-minded artists can meet and explore voice work together.

As part of the professional practice module, there will be a work- related placement to encourage consolidation of learnt theory and teaching practice.

With state-of-the-art facilities and performance venues on campus and across London, all elements of vocal performance (including voice and recording for radio) are covered for both the sung and spoken voice.

ModulesYear One• Voice in Performance 1• Performance Ensemble 1

Spoken Vocal Studies 1• Sung Vocal Studies 1• Performance Practice 1• Movement Practitioners

and Practice.

Year Two• Voice in Performance 2• Performance Ensemble 2 • Spoken Vocal Studies 2• Sung Vocal Studies 2• Performance Practice 2• Movement Practitioners

and Practice 2.

Year Three• Vocal Pedagogy, Education

and Training• Performance Laboratory –

Self-Directed Production• Advanced Voice in Performance-

Directed Production• Research Project –

Voice and Research• Professional Practice.

This course is designed to consolidate the individual’s vocal study and skills in performance. By exploring vocal work at a deep anatomical and practical level, the student will benefi t from informed knowledge of their specialist subject and subsequent ability to perform and their coach in this fi eld.

BA (Hons) Voice in Performance


* Subject to validation and may change. Please check uwl.ac.uk for the most up-to-date information.

UCAS 112– 128


• Theatre, band, cabaret• Theatre in education• Community Theatre• Musical direction• Session work• Arranging and composing• Theatre administration• Direction and writing

and devising• Teaching (following the


ModulesYear One• Acting Studies 1 • Ensemble Music-Making• Voice and Speech 1• Movement for Actors 1• The Actor and the Song 1• Music for Theatre 1• 121 Instrumental Lessons • Movement Fundamentals• Neutral Mask • Stage Combat.

Year Two• Acting Studies 2• Composition for Theatre• Voice and Speech 2• Movement for Actors 2• The Actor and the Song 2• Music for Theatre 2• 121 Instrumental Lessons • Accents• Verse Speaking • Clown/Bouffon.

Year Three• Theatre for Young Audiences • Public Production 1• Advanced Musical Production• Professional Practice• Advanced Movement and Voice• Research Project• 121 Instrumental Lessons

(additional studies).

Course overviewThroughout your course you will have access to fl exible industry-standard performance spaces with lighting and sound equipment, a dance studio, rehearsal rooms and other external facilities, including professional theatre venues.

During the fi rst two years of your training, you will study the work of a variety of European acting practitioners. This work will be ‘complimented’ by fundamental musical training. As the course moves into the second year, the focus in the acting modules will be on further and extended modes of performance – such as epic Theatre, Restoration comedy, Greek chorus and Shakespeare. Your musical development will include the exploration of skills in musical direction, composition and the integration of acting and instrumental playing. In the third year you will get the opportunity to promote your work to leading industry professionals.

There is an ever-growing demand in theatre for practitioners who have the versatility to combine top-level acting skills with professional musicianship. This degree will enable you to develop industry-level skills as an actor alongside the ability to compose, musically direct and play the music for the productions in which you appear.

Award BA (Hons)

UCAS CodeW901

DurationThree years

LocationEaling Site

BA (Hons)Actor Musicianship

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UCAS CodeW470

DurationThree years

LocationEaling site


• Acting and performance• Direction• Dramaturgy• Playwriting• Education• Journalism• Arts administration• Applied theatre• Teaching (following the


Course overviewThis course is aimed at those students who wish to develop broader creative skillsets alongside a core actor training programme, and offers a historical overview of and theoretical and practical grounding in European and American art movements and how they impact upon contemporary theatrical practice.

The creation of a broad knowledge-base will enable challenging and innovative creative practice to emerge within the context of new writing, devised theatre and the investigation of experimental forms, alongside the reinterpretation of existing repertoires.

ModulesYear One• Introduction to Movement • Introduction to Voice• Acting, Improvisation and

Embodiment of Text (realism)• Song, Dance and Musicianship• Company Dynamics: Culture

and Collaboration (creating an ensemble)

• Dramaturgy and Critique (realism – theoretical approaches, repertoire and scene study)

• Plus additional studies, including stage combat, dance and choirs.

Year Two• Movement and Voice • Acting and Performing • Theatre Laboratory • Song, Dance and Musicianship • Company Dynamics:

Forum and Function• Dramaturgy and Critique • Plus additional studies including

stage combat, dance and choirs.

Year Three• New Writing • Devised Theatre • Existing Repertoires• Advanced Movement and Voice • Practice as Research Project • Career Development.

This course challenges traditional boundaries between theatrical styles, forms, genres and roles through the formation of a company of actors, musicians and creative practitioners to explore, question and experiment with recent developments in theatre and performance.

BA (Hons) Text and Performance


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