Program Overview

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Why study a popular music performance and production degree at Solent University

Play and produce your tracks. Combining performance techniques and studio recording skills, using digital and analogue studios, this degree is ideal to help launch your career in the music industry.

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Solent is one of the largest Pro Tools 101 training locations in the UK.

Learn from a team of professional producers, composers, musicians, sound engineers and DJs with a wealth of international industry experience.

Great guest speakers. Previous guest speakers have included Craig David, Ash Soan (drummer for Adele), Guthrie Govan (guitarist for Dizzy Rascal), Creeper, Hannah Vasanth (keys for Rihanna), Jules Hepple (Grammy nominated producer), Imogen Heap (worked for Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Deadmau5) and Katie Holmes-Smith (BVs for Adele, Olly Murs).

Our successful graduates include Samm Henshaw (over 100 million YouTube views, BBC Radio 1 record of the week), Freya Beer (championed by Mark Riley, BBC6 Music record of the week), Lauren Bannon (The Voice finalist), Morganway (Won ‘Best Group’ at British Country Music Awards).

Solent is home to industry-standard facilities, including multiple recording studios and a fully accredited Dolby Atmos cinema.

Access an extensive collection of musical instruments, high end microphones, pro tools and logic digital editing workstations, analogue processing, synthesisers and live sound mixers include Allen and Heath.

Get work experience at festivals and recording opportunity at Abbey Road.

Collaborate with other creative students to work on projects with students from other courses, reflecting the working practices of the creative industries.

Solent is an Adobe Creative Campus. You will have free access to Adobe Creative Cloud, which contains the full suite of Adobe professional software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Premier Pro, and more.

This video ' Why study BSc (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production ' is available as a

text transcript, with a description of visuals.

Solent’s popular music performance and production programme offers a broad range of creative and technical learning in music and production carefully balanced with the acquisition of academic skills involving research and critical thinking. Students will gain experience both specific to the music industry and relevant to other careers.

The course features extensive study of the music industry including copyright, contract law and career pathways. Students are also expected to develop transferable skills in research, IT, presentation, teamwork, creative thinking, communication and project management.

Student learning is aided by access to our industry standard facilities. These include nine recording studios (networked with Protools HD and Logic Pro), a range of mixing workstations, and a Production Lab with 24 Apple workstations (with Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Sibelius). You’ll also have access to large rehearsal rooms fully equipped with backline and PAs.

The curriculum is delivered by an experienced course team, many of whom are active industry experts with professional experience in performance, studio and live sound, electronic sound design and the business and culture of music production. Staff frequently engage with on-going research in music composition, performance and production. The team’s industry links also enable a handpicked selection of students to record at the world renowned Abbey Road Studios. Students also have the opportunity to take part in the annual

Anthems event

, performing to their peers and members of the public.

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