Humanities, University of Southampton

Students in this module are introduced to a series of techniques that can be applied to a wide range of commercial musics in lectures in the first semester. In the second semester students work closely with course tutor to in one-to-one tutorials to develop a portfolio of original work.

Co-ordinator:  Matthew Scott

To acquire the necessary skills and approach to become a professional composer of commercial music.

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Six two-hour introductory lectures, followed by weekly individual tutorials.

• A series of short assignments and phantom commissions
• A portfolio of original compositions totaling between 20 and 40 minutes, submitted either in full score or as a master quality recording and an accompanying commentary.