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Falmouth University: Music Business
Institution | Falmouth University |
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Department | The Academy of Music and Theatre Arts |
Web | http://www.falmouth.ac.uk |
Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
If you’re a music industry professional who wants a high-level qualification that’s designed to drive you forward to the next stage of your career, this is the master’s degree for you.
The MA Music Business course at WaterBear can fast-track your professional career in just one year. Your own projects underpin the course to offer a deeper level of personal and professional development.
This comprehensive postgraduate qualification will help you become an adaptive thinker, creator and entrepreneur within a music industry that shapes the zeitgeist of contemporary culture. It is built on three fundamental elements – your past, your present and the bridge to your future. It’s flexible, innovative and the degree course is designed to fit around your life.
This MA has a work-based learning approach. This means you don't necessarily need an undergraduate degree to enrol, if you have the right amount of professional experience.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to study, gaining the MA can give you more professional choices, more potential income streams and those all-important letters after your name.
The course is constructed to focus on three fundamental elements:
• Your Past
Reflect upon and document your experience and knowledge.
• Your Present
Define and hone your skills, to sharpen your commercial edge.
• The Bridge to Your Future
Become a recognised expert in your field.
This course is for music industry professionals who want to develop the commercial and entrepreneurial side of their careers. You may be looking to upskill in areas like digital marketing, social media and other aspects of the modern music professional's life. Or simply feel the need to gain a high-level qualification and be a recognised expert in your field.
The course will take you on a journey of critical reflection, development of professional practice through mentoring, culminating in the completion of a major commercial project. Areas of focus include in-depth analysis of the music industry, development of personal skills and the realisation of ideas through submission of a major project.
You will develop autonomy whilst learning to apply critical thinking and research skills to your work. You'll gain academic proficiency and professional credibility. You'll also develop your entrepreneurialism to maximise areas of potential revenue and enterprise.
It’s awarded by one of the UK’s leading specialist universities for the creative industries, Falmouth University.
enquiries@waterbear.org.uk | |
Telephone | 01273 726230 |
Level | RQF Level 7 |
Entry requirements | An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply. For more information about entry requirements and Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), speak to an advisor. |
Location | WaterBear, Sheffield Unit 4, Gatecrasher 49 Eyre Lane Sheffield S1 4RB |
Summary
If you’re a music industry professional who wants a high-level qualification that’s designed to drive you forward to the next stage of your career, this is the master’s degree for you.
The MA Music Business course at WaterBear can fast-track your professional career in just one year. Your own projects underpin the course to offer a deeper level of personal and professional development.
This comprehensive postgraduate qualification will help you become an adaptive thinker, creator and entrepreneur within a music industry that shapes the zeitgeist of contemporary culture. It is built on three fundamental elements – your past, your present and the bridge to your future. It’s flexible, innovative and the degree course is designed to fit around your life.
This MA has a work-based learning approach. This means you don't necessarily need an undergraduate degree to enrol, if you have the right amount of professional experience.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to study, gaining the MA can give you more professional choices, more potential income streams and those all-important letters after your name.
The course is constructed to focus on three fundamental elements:
• Your Past
Reflect upon and document your experience and knowledge.
• Your Present
Define and hone your skills, to sharpen your commercial edge.
• The Bridge to Your Future
Become a recognised expert in your field.
This course is for music industry professionals who want to develop the commercial and entrepreneurial side of their careers. You may be looking to upskill in areas like digital marketing, social media and other aspects of the modern music professional's life. Or simply feel the need to gain a high-level qualification and be a recognised expert in your field.
The course will take you on a journey of critical reflection, development of professional practice through mentoring, culminating in the completion of a major commercial project. Areas of focus include in-depth analysis of the music industry, development of personal skills and the realisation of ideas through submission of a major project.
You will develop autonomy whilst learning to apply critical thinking and research skills to your work. You'll gain academic proficiency and professional credibility. You'll also develop your entrepreneurialism to maximise areas of potential revenue and enterprise.
It’s awarded by one of the UK’s leading specialist universities for the creative industries, Falmouth University.
enquiries@waterbear.org.uk | |
Telephone | 01273 726230 |
Level | RQF Level 7 |
Entry requirements | An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply. For more information about entry requirements and Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), speak to an advisor. |
Location | WaterBear, Brighton Brighthelm Gardens Hanover House, Lower Ground Floor 118 Queens Road Brighton BN1 3XG |
Summary
Work innovatively and ethically in the world of contemporary music.
Are you ready to shape the future of the music industry? From marketing and publishing to contract and project management, on this Music Business MA you’ll develop the skills and expertise to work innovatively, ethically and sustainably in the world of contemporary music.
Based in purpose-built facilities at AMATA, our live performance venue and studio complex, you’ll explore new music business models and future-facing practice. You’ll be immersed in a hub of creativity and collaboration, with the opportunity to interact with relevant music businesses, festivals, distributors and labels and to develop projects with video makers, photographers, fashion and graphic designers, dancers and choreographers from across the University.
You will:
Learn from lecturers with industry experience ranging from managing labels, merchandising and music video production to international touring and involvement at major festivals such as Glastonbury
Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills and apply these to live music business projects such as releases and event management
Be able to undertake industry-accredited training, which has previously included courses run by A Greener Future and Attitude is Everything
Have access to the University’s professional facilities, equipment and creative spaces
applicantservices@falmouth.ac.uk | |
Telephone | 01326 213730 |
Level | RQF Level 7 |
Entry requirements | We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications, or relevant equivalent experience, and a demonstrable interest in the subject. We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications. APL applicants using experience to apply should note there is a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit. |
Location | Penryn Campus Penryn Campus Treliever Road Penryn TR10 9EZ |
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