DELIVERY & AREAS OF STUDY
Delivery focuses on the development and exploitation of repertoire through the workplace. Students
are expected to understand the workplace and its associated areas and will need to demonstrate
how it relates to them and their music. Typically the workplace may be located in independent record
labels, or the club-level concert circuit.
Access To Music’s current liaison with grass roots service providers is extensive. These links are
incorporated into the course to promote work based learning at all levels of delivery.
AREAS OF STUDY
performance studies enhance and enrich
performance skills in a variety of settings;
music business concerns how we organise the sale of music;
contextual studies explores the relationship between music culture and society; self-management is about how musicians use markets to promote their own music in order to
build a career;
composition is about how musicians select and combine musical ideas for a variety of purposes;
study skills focuses on the strategies needed to maximise learning.
Refer to Access to Music Website for more information www.accesstomusic.co.uk
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. Applicants will usually be expected to possess four GCSEs grade C or above, two of which must be in
Mathematics and English Language and have achieved one of the following at the start of the course:
two A Levels;
Level 3 Music Practitioner qualification;
AVCE in a relevant subject area;
National Diploma in a relevant subject area.
Applicants who are in full time or part time relevant employment in a relevant area are encouraged to
apply.
Applicants with non-standard qualifications are encouraged to apply. The admissions panel reserve
the right to admit applicants who do not have the previously stated qualifications, but who demonstrate
outstanding ability through their portfolio and interview.
Students who do not have English as a first language are assessed to meet the IELTS 6.5 standard.
A student may be advised to undertake additional language courses or receive language support toward
achieving the required standard by the start of the course, during the first term or by the end of the first
year, as the situation demands.
A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more
education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be
considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements
may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed
pathways into higher education.
Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk