Creative Music Technology – (B.Sc.)

Our BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology degree builds on many years of experience in electronic, electroacoustic and computer music at Anglia Ruskin. The focus is strictly musical, although our degree structure introduces you to a wide range of technological applications within computer music composition. A hands-on approach is adopted at all times and a variety of creative outputs and performance opportunities are encouraged.

Our course aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the culture and aesthetics of musical composition, realised through the use of electric and electronic technology. You will develop critical thinking and autonomy when undertaking the investigation and creative application of the use of technology in musical composition and related sub-disciplines. Through a continual process of investigation, you will be exposed to a range of musical experiences that will challenge your preconceptions of what music is, and how musical composition is conceived.

Your work will be carried out in the outstanding facilities available within our purpose-built music centre. As well as lecture rooms, practice rooms and a recital hall, we have an extensive suite of computer music studios, which include workstation laboratories, digital editing studios and recording facilities. Exposure to our state-of-the-art equipment will ensure you become familiar with the kind of technology currently used within the industry.

Additional course information
Our course is comprised of a number of modules aimed at equipping you with the necessary theoretical knowledge, aesthetic understanding and technical skills to apply your learning to creative ends within a technological environment. You will have the opportunity, and are encouraged, to learn as much as possible about technology and music, and the ways in which they can be combined to explore new musical concepts. Our course also incorporates an interdisciplinary focus, including exploration of sound and installation art.

Engagement with cutting-edge technologies, including innovative software, such as SuperCollider and MaxMSP, and hardware technologies, including hardware hacking and sensor technologies, means that you will become proficient in all the relevant areas of technological development in the field.

Our course is not designed to simply teach you a number of commercial applications of technology to music, but rather challenges you to find your own path of creativity, informed by a thorough knowledge and understanding of the creative possibilities of sound and its relation to other disciplines.