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Music Performance (Professional Practice) at Gateshead College - UCAS

Gateshead College

Degree level: Undergraduate

Music Performance (Professional Practice)

Course summary

**Do you aspire to run your own band or music label, have a great idea for a music business or project? Do you want to keep developing your vocational skill? Instrumentalist, singer or composer? Do you want to work in the Music industry but don’t know where you fit in?** HND Professional Performance Practice is a programme designed with our industry partners to develop not just your craft at the next level, but also to give you the opportunities and experience of applying your skills in a professional environment ultimately with a view to setting up your own enterprise. There is a perception that sustainable employment in the Music sector is based solely on chance and happenstance – this is not necessarily the case! There are many small to medium sized enterprises thriving, not only in the region but nationally, due to vision, drive and expertise, such as record labels and live venues. We have spent time consulting with our industry partners to develop a programme that allows you to build on the skills you have, provides an opportunity for you to gain experience applying them in the real world and gives you the understanding to develop and launch your own business. COLAB - We are developing a collaborative approach across all creative disciplines at the college (Performing Arts, Dance, Music, Production Arts, Media, Art & Design, Games Design and Hair & Beauty) to make the best use of our industry spec resources so that you can work within integrated creative teams to fulfil your brief – this could include dancers, musicians, actors, composers/arrangers, production arts specialists, technical theatre practitioners, media technicians. Projects will operate to mirror the collaborations required in the ‘real world’ creative environment. Progression - This programme has a dual progression opportunity – onto a level 6 programme with one of our partnered institutions or straight out into the industry. You will complete a HNC in year 1 and top this up to a HND in the second year of study. Please note: Whilst every effort is made to run advertised programmes, this programme will run subject to learner recruitment numbers.

Assessment method

This is a vocational qualification so you will learn by doing – experience is key! Key activities – To include: *Practice - Developing your vocational skills at level 4/5 through workshops, masterclasses and practical seminars. *Performance - You may be involved with designing workshops, projects or fulfilling commissions – as many creatives will teach at some point in their career this will inevitably include some educational practice. You will learn to develop and deliver sessions, workshops and work as a facilitator. This is about how you use your vocational skills to successfully complete projects, live briefs or commissions. You will produce a Major Project or your own design within your vocational field; this project may use some of the learners from lower levels to be your ‘staff’, talent or performers. *Professional - You will develop an understanding of managing finances including bidding for funding and managing budgets. Creating a business plan is a necessary skill that you will develop in relation to projects and enterprise as well Health and Safety management. You will learn how to deliver a successful pitch to your desired audience – your Major Project could depend on it! The success of your business is dependent on your mastery of marketing including website creation and using social media to promote your business.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
PPP1
Institution code:
G09
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Audition

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Interview

You will need to have some vocational ability in your chosen area.


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £5995* Year 1
Northern Ireland £5995* Year 1
Scotland £5995* Year 1
Wales £5995* Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

£40 for DBS check.

Sponsorship information

The Access to Learning Fund (ALF) provides discretionary financial assistance for FULL and PART time students in the form of Scholarships for first years and new to Higher Education. Any help you receive from the fund is usually non-repayable. This is subject to funding being available.

Music Performance (Professional Practice) at Gateshead College - UCAS