Programme summary for Cert HE Creative Musicianship
The Cert HE Creative Musicianship focuses on developing students’ creativity and expressing their own unique ‘creative identity’ through performances and multimedia collaborations along with the development of musicianship, music business and performance skills.
The programme is delivered with more contact hours than similar courses on offer and you will learn from, and interact with, a staff of leading educators, musicians and other professionals from the wider creative arts and the music industry.
About the Programme
This is a performance based Programme designed to stimulate the development of your unique creative identity. This, along with the development of your musicianship, music technology, performance and music industry skills should give you the tools needed to exploit your creative ability and enjoy an entrepreneurial ‘portfolio career’ in the ever changing music industry.
The modules studied are based on ‘real-world’ scenarios, and you will be challenged to use your creativity to produce work to meet typical music industry briefs as well as focusing on your own projects. Given the nature of this programme, the end products of the creative projects you undertake are rarely prescribed in exact detail, but rather defined by more flexible frameworks. This means that while there are a lot of opportunities for you to go in your own desired creative directions, there are also a lot of demands for you to take responsibility for working independently to meet deadlines.
Further information
For further information on this Programme and the Institute, please visit www.icmp.co.uk
Programme Structure
This one year Programme is delivered primarily through practical creative and performance based modules. This programme is part of a modular scheme. A student registered in a full-time attendance mode will take two 40 credit modules and two 20 credit modules. A Cert HE student will complete modules totalling 120 credits at level one. The modules are; Developing Performance Skills, Developing Creative Skills, The Music Industry and Live Performance Technology.
Career opportunities
The BA (Hons) Creative Musicianship provides the ideal next step in the musician’s professional development. By completing the Cert HE Creative Musicianship students can progress directly onto year two of the BA (Hons) Creative Musicianship.
Successful graduates would be expected to have portfolio career in music consisting of performing live and writing music for your own projects and bands as well as for TV, advertising, games, radio, dance, or any other media.
Support
Students are fully supported throughout their course by professional and experienced personnel from both the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and the University of East London. Institute personnel provide day to day advice on a wide range of practical matters, including accommodation, learning resources, library access, career development and general wellbeing. Students, in addition, have access to the extensive support services provided by the University, including advice regarding accommodation, student finance, career development, study skills development, library and learning resources, general counselling and immigration advice, sports and fitness, disability, dyslexia and chaplaincy.
A wide variety of professional musicians are involved in the delivery of the programme. Students learn from an experienced and committed faculty of leading educators and top professional musicians who have developed performance-led curriculum in line with the demands of today’s ever changing music industry. This ensures that students are able to interact and network with professional musicians and experienced industry practitioners throughout the programme. Importantly, there are a wide variety of musical activities in which to engage, including showcase events and public performance opportunities, and opportunities to work in professional settings.
Admissions
Applicants will typically have GCE /VCE A levels equivalent to 200 UCAS points, Institute BTEC level 3 Diploma MP profile, Institute Higher Diploma BTEC level 5 pass profile or equivalent qualifications in suitable subject areas.
Applicants will usually be expected to possess 3 GCSEs with grades A-C, including Maths and English Language, and applicants who do not have English as a first language will need to meet IELTS 5.5 with no component below 5.5.
All applicants will be expected to attend an audition and interview which will assess their abilities in performance, aural perception, harmony and theory technical ability on instrument, sight reading and creativity.
The Institute also welcomes applications from established practitioners who are keen to undertake study at the HE level but may not possess the required qualifications.
Students may be admitted through Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes.
International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.
Applications will be made directly to the Institute. The Institute Admissions team will manage the process internally.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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