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Music (Performing / Composing) BTEC Subsidiary Diploma Level 3 (sept '12)
Course code: B0472
Course category: Full-time
End Qualification: BTEC First Diploma in Music
Starting and ending month: September to June
Days of the week: TBC
Course duration: 36 weeks
Time of day: All day
Formal assessment: Formal assessment required
Course location: City College East, Wilson Avenue
Course aims:
Are you passionate about contemporary music and want to pursue career in the industry as a performer or producer?
This course at City College will provide you with the ideal preparation to enter the music industry having developed a broad range of skills from live performance and studio recording to commercially releasing your own music.
Ideally you'll have some experience of playing an instrument or singing and be looking to broaden and strengthen these musical skills and developing your music knowledge. On the course You'll combine practical music skills with some recording and composing techniques as well as looking at ways of creating your own original material.
To find out more about our Music department follow the link
www.ccb.ac.uk/public/college-life/music
Course content:
On this course you will study:
- Music Performance Techniques
- Music Project
- Planning a Music Project
The further three specialist units will be:
- Aural Perception Skills
- Pop Music in Practice
- Working and Developing as a Musical Ensemble
Facilities for students:
The College’s music studios are stocked with state of the art equipment, this includes:
- 48-channel Audient mixing desk
(previously used by U2 & Brian Eno)
- 2 x 36 channel Audent desks
- Focusrite and Joe Meek pre-amps and EQs
- Dbx Compressors and Gates
- Pro Tools H/D
- POD guitar & bass emulators
- Studios include Marshall, Fender and Trace Elliot guitar and bass amps, Neumann U187 and Shure
- SM57/ 58 microphones
- Mac’s running Logic Pro 8,
- Pro-Tools, Reason and Ableton.
Assessment: You are continually assessed through written and practical assignments. There is no final examination. You are required to pass all units to complete the course. There will be external assessment of a sample of work.
UCAS Tariff: Level 3
Awarding Body: Edexcel
Entry Requirements:
A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or better or an equivalent level 2 qualification (eg BTEC or City & Guilds).
Interview for entry: Interview required
Interview preparation:
CD/DVD of music or audition at interview.
Progression and links:
After successfully completing this course you may wish to progress onto:
- BTEC Extended Diploma in Music (Level 3)
- Foundation Degree
- Degree (with suitable UCAS points)
Work experience opportunities:
Brighton has a thriving music scene with loads of venues and labels that you will be able to approach about the possibility of gaining work experience throughout your course.
Academic Centre:
CPFA - Performing Arts
Costs of your Course:
There are five parts to the cost of your course:
- Tuition Fees
- College registration
- Awarding Body registration
- Resource Fee
- Exam / Assessment Fees
Tuition fees
How much will the Tuition Fees cost?
Below are the fees for this course.
Free Study and Financial Support
All full time courses are free to EU residents who are under 19 years old on the 31st August 2012. The only fees you have to pay are for specialist resources and equipment and the cost of these varies from £25 to £300 depending upon the subject you are studying.
Depending on your circumstances, you may be eligible for financial help from the college's learner support funds. You should apply for financial support as soon as you receive your offer letter.
For more information on financial assitance, please follow the link below.
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Disclaimer:
Although the information given is believed to be correct at the time of publication, it does not form any part of a
contract between City College Brighton and Hove and the student. Courses may be subject to change.
Timetables are subject to change and you should check with your tutor prior to enrolment for the details of your timetable.
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