Music Technology - A Level (Edexcel)

A Level Music Production explores how music is written and then shaped in the studio, covering a wide range of areas from the foundations of sequencing, recording and composing through to mixing music in a professional environment.

You will be introduced to sequencing using Logic Pro on Apple iMac digital audio workstations, producing your own multi-track recording using a high-quality analogue mixing desk in one of our outstanding studios.

Topics covered can include:

• Recording and production techniques for both corrective and creative purposes
• Principles of sound and audio technology
• The development of recording and production technology

You will need:

• Three GCSEs at grade 5 or above, including English Language, plus two further GCSEs at grade 4 including Maths
• Grade 4 or above in GCSE Music - if you did not study GCSE Music but have extensive experience, this will be accepted
• Music theory and elementary keyboard knowledge
• A pre-course audition and theory test, which may lead to a pre-A Level bridging course

All applicants must have an interview to confirm that A Levels are suitable for them.

Please be aware that as this subject includes coursework, as well as a public exam set by the exam board, you will only be permitted to have a choice of one other subject which includes coursework. Your third subject choice must be an exam-only assessed subject. For example, you would not be permitted to take Music Technology, History and Media Studies as these all include coursework.

Your listening and production skills, musical knowledge and familiarity with the principles and practice of audio technology will be tested further in two examinations. Non-examined assessment will include compositions in a wide range of scenarios, as well as a multi-track recording of the highest possible standard.

SCHOOL LEAVERS

If you will be aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31 August in the year you begin your course and have been resident in the UK/EU/EEA for the past 3 years, it will be free. Some courses will have other costs associated, such as materials and trips. Many of our students are eligible for financial support when studying at college – please click here for more information.

This AS Level course offers progression to the second year of the A-Level programme.

A Levels are widely regarded as the standard entry qualification for top universities in the UK, and the rest of the world. Many of our students go on to study for a degree at the university of their choice, with some choosing to progress into apprenticeships or other employment.