Popular Music is the music heard around the clock on radio, TV, in the theatres, clubs and venues all around the country. We use it to encompass all of the sub genres: rock, country, soul, blues, commercial, modern musical theatre, electronic music, dance music, and so on.

 

This programme of study offers five streams of study, Electric Bass Guitar or Drums or Electric Guitar or Keyboards or Voice.

• MT 931 Popular Music: Electric Guitar*
• MT 932 Popular Music: Electric Bass Guitar*
• MT 933 Popular Music: Keyboards*
• MT 934 Popular Music: Drums*
• MT 935 Popular Music: Voice* (restricted)

 

Each student is assigned a matched group of peers to form a small popular ensemble, this becomes the centre of the learning experience. Lectures, classes, and music technology labs provide supporting skills to the core training in performance.

 

Instrumental Tuition

• Ensembles – everything from rock, pop, hip hop, blues, soul, metal, jazz, salsa, disco, electronica, funk, ska, reggae, etc.; Musicianship and Harmony – play by ear, harmonise, notate your favourite songs and solos;
• Music Technology – live sound and PA, studio engineering, computer based music applications including ProTools and Logic Studio;
• Song Writing – mentored guidance and practical experience in realising your own composition;
• Arranging and Musical Direction – coordinate, arrange for, and direct a group of your musical peers.

 

Additionally, BAPM students will have the opportunity to devise and develop personal live and recorded music projects. Along with their BMus counterparts, BAPM students will be introduced to community music and music therapy as potential pathways. Students will also have access to specialist modules embracing arts marketing, professional promotion, and business for artist practitioners and career development.