This course is for you if you are interested in learning how a recording studio works, creating and recording music using computer technology, engineering the sound at live events, designing a sound scape to a specific brief or any other aspect of working in the recorded and live sound industry.

We have a purpose-built recording studio and three fully equipped rehearsal spaces for Music Technology students to use. Our Music Technology students have access to Cubase, for coursework and any of their own projects that they wish to work on.

As a part of the Performing Arts department, students will be invited to join us on trips and visits. Some examples of previous visits have been to larger recording studios, plays and musicals, music events and university campuses.

You also get the opportunity to get involved with the Performing Arts Academy. If you’re not much of a performer you can get involved with the technical aspects of the productions such as sound, lighting, stage and costume design.

Many of our students go on into higher education courses. Potential degree choices include: Information Technology and Music Production, Digital Music Sound and Arts, Music Composition for Film and Games, Live Sound Engineering and Production, Popular Music Performance and Production.

The course is also excellent for aspiring musicians and performers and those considering a career backstage in theatre, as it provides students with the theoretical and practical skills needed to start working in the industry.

Students studying Music Technology will be offered subsidised individual tuition on an instrument of their choosing or in music theory, allowing students to take their theory grades up to grade 8 alongside their studies.

Students studying Music Technology will be offered subsidised individual tuition on an instrument of their choosing or in music theory, allowing students to take their theory grades up to grade 8 alongside their studies.