Йоркский университет, MA, Music Production

Autumn Term

• Music as Audio
  
• Audio Signals
• Spring Term

Spring Term

• Production Techniques, Technologies and Aesthetics
• Musicology of Production
• Music Perception and Critical Listening

Students on that programme also have the option of attending the Production Techniques, Technologies and Aesthetics module, giving you an excellent opportunity to work with peers from different disciplines and understand different perspectives.

Summer Term

• Production portfolio
• Engaging with Research

• A Bachelor's degree with a 2:1 (Hons) or above in music or another relevant discipline
• You should provide a portfolio of short extracts (no longer than 5 minutes) of your previous work in music production to support your application.
• Please also provide a short written statement (maximum 500 words) describing the portfolio items and how they were produced.
  

English:

• IELTS: 6.0, with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing and no less than 5.5 in all other components
• PTE Academic: 55, with a minimum of 55 in Writing and no less than 51 in all other components
• CAE and CPE (from January 2015): 169, with a minimum of 169 in Writing and no less than 162 in each component
• TOEFL: 79, with a minimum of 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking and 24 in Writing
• Trinity ISE: level 3 with Pass in all components

This programme explores practical, theoretical and analytical aspects of the creation, perception and reception of audio productions. You'll take an interdisciplinary approach, examining how creative studio practice is informed by science and engineering (acoustics, psychoacoustics, electroacoustics, signal processing) as well as composition, performance and musicology.

The course combines the techniques and applications of production for audio media with the subsequent development of more tightly focussed individual skills and scholarship. You'll encounter a range of possible projects, from the creation of entirely synthetic material to the successful capture of acoustic performances, as well as the restoration and reconstruction of existing audio heritage.