Music
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About this course
**Course Overview**
Enhance your musicianship, songwriting or music production skills, knowledge, and understanding with BIMM University's practical Cert HE course. This one-year course offers an exciting opportunity for musicians and producers to delve into their craft through engaging lectures, workshops, and the creation of a comprehensive creative portfolio. Your portfolio will draw a real focus from the 'Studio Project' module that immerses you in real-world working practices and emphasises industry-like collaboration.
Students will select a preferred pathway to study as part of an application:
- BIMM London: Popular Music Performance, Songwriting, Electronic Music Production and Music and Sound Production
- BIMM Berlin: Popular Music Performance, Songwriting and Music Production
Final awards will be based on the pathway of completed study.
While the course primarily caters to international students, we also welcome mature students who possess experiential ability, even without formal qualifications. The course presents the perfect avenue for creative practitioners to benefit from the BIMM University experience and networking opportunities while studying in the creative capital of Berlin or London
Modules
Popular Music Pathway Modules:
- Performance Skills
- Core Instrument Skills
- Digital Music
- Studio Project (All pathways)
- Applied Performance
- Applied Instrument Skills
- Music Creation
- Studio Project (All pathways)
Songwriting Pathway modules:
- Collaborative Arranging for Songwriters
- Songwriting Techniques
- Music Theory for Songwriters
- Studio Project (All pathways)
- Collaboration and Performance
- Styles and Genres
- Digital Arranging for Songwriters
- Studio Project (All pathways)
Music and Sound production pathway modules:
- Creative Music Programming
- Sample Based Production
- Audio Capture Methods and Equipment
- Studio Project (All pathways)
- Composition Toolkit for Producers
- Applied Synthesis
- Multitrack Mixing
- Studio Project (All pathways)
Electronic Music Production Pathway modules:
- Sample Based Production
- Creative Music Programming
- Audio Capture Methods and Equipment
- Studio Project (All pathways)
- Composition Toolkit for Producers
- Applied Synthesis
- Multitrack Mixing
- Studio Project (All pathways)
Music Production Pathway modules:
- Creative Music Programming
- Sample Based Production
- Audio Capture Methods and Equipment
- Studio Project (All pathways)
- Composition Toolkit for Producers
- Applied Synthesis
- Multitrack Mixing
- Studio Project (All pathways)
Assessment methods
Assessment methods can be viewed on the BIMM Institute website
The Uni
BIMM Institute Berlin
BIMM Music Institute London
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