Program Overview

BA / BSc (Hons) Creative Industries Futures

Overview

Become the most in-demand musician in the industry market with the deep skills you develop, and enjoy the networking with like-minded artists that require that low-end know-how you have. There has never been a greater musical period to embrace the f-clef! Your journey starts with Bass studies at ACM.

ACM prides itself on a more than 25-year-old exciting and industry-connected educational experience for aspiring professional bassists. At ACM you can learn from cutting-edge music industry professionals who shape the music UK scene (and beyond) from the lower registers of popular music, and more. Touring, session work, teaching, sharing online stems, and musical one-night-stands all make up a part of ACM’s bass progamme’s instruction. ACM’s collaborative student development and industry-focused tuition model opens doors for confident and emerging bassists to become the in-demand and goto musicians of the next musical generation.

Modules & Skills Units

• Level 4
  • The impact and influence of music: from creator to consumer
  • Music, society, and Culture: Perspectives and Debates
  • Engaging in Collaborative Work
  • Bass Production Techniques
  • Bass Technical Development
  • Music & the Creative Industries
  • Ensemble Skills
  • Theory and Ear Training
  • Music, Media and Technology
  • Preparing for Collaborative Work
• Level 5
  • Specialist Route Skills
  • Professional Collaborative Work
  • Professional Route Skills
  • Literacy and arrangement (Bass)
  • Further Technical Development (Bass)
  • Second Instrument
  • Session Styles
  • Improvisation
  • Specialist Collaborative Work
• Level 6
  • Independent Portfolio
  • Advanced Technical Development
  • Advanced Ensemble and Musical Direction Skills
  • Studio Musician Practices
  • Freelance Musician
  • Pedagogy and Training
  • Leadership and CPD
  • Critical Review
  • Leading Professional Collaborative Project
• Level 7
  • Professional Practice Frameworks
  • Applied Research (Focus and Impact on Creative Industries Futures)
  • Ideas into Action
  • Making Connections and Building a Community
• Foundation Level 0
  • Creative Practice 1: Introduction To Instrumental Development
  • Creative Practice 2: Introduction To Stagecraft, Performance & Collaboration
  • Academic Practice & Effective Communication
  • Creative Project Management
  • Specialist Entry Portfolio

Course Details

• Award: BA / BSc (Hons) Creative Industries Futures
• Awarding Body: Middlesex University
• Modes of Study: Full time, Accelerated
• Duration: 2 Year accelerated delivery, 3 Year accelerated delivery including Foundation Year, 3 Year traditional delivery
• FHEQ Credits: Degree 360, Integrated Masters 540
• UCAS Institution Code: A48

Entry Requirements

• 2 Year Degree: All candidates should hold at least two Cs at A-Level (or an equivalent Level 3 qualification), possessing a minimum of 104 UCAS points.
• Foundation Level 0: We normally require Grade C/4 GCSE (or an equivalent qualification) in English. Candidates should be capable of using the English language fluently, and able to structure arguments and present evidence to a standard appropriate to study at Level ‘0’.
• Masters Level: All applicants will undertake an audition that will assess their suitability for the programme based on their subject and academic ability.

Faculty & Visiting Professionals

• Arran McSporran: A professional electric bass player and educator since completing studies at ACM in 2007, boasts an international touring career spanning over 30 countries and three continents, gracing major festivals.
• Kevin Glasgow: A seasoned live session bassist with extensive recording and gigging experience, shares his expertise at ACM as a specialist in bass guitar, double bass, touring, recording work, music theory, and academic practice.
• Paul Geary: A highly acclaimed studio bassist and session musician renowned for their work with notable artists such as Nik Kershaw, George Michael, and Sister Sledge.
• Matt Aston: A professional electric bass player and educator since completing studies at ACM in 2007, boasts an international touring career spanning over 30 countries and three continents, gracing major festivals.