Music

Course summary

Every student will have a different experience of music and in the first few weeks, we will guide you carefully through what is expected. Being both an academic and practical subject, this course is an excellent way to maintain your current involvement in music. Classes are taught through practical exploration, theoretical analysis, and group work. The main focus is very much on understanding different approaches to music, and we will explore a range of pieces, from the jazz, classical, and musical theatre idioms. Appraising music - You will focus on listening, analysis, and contextual understanding, analyzing music from the Western classical, musical theatre, and jazz traditions. Performance - You will be performing as a soloist or a member of an ensemble with an instrument, your voice, or through music technology (production). This will build your performance skills in readiness for the examination in the second year. Composition - You will explore different compositional techniques and harmonic understanding, through stylistic exercises, analysis, and listening. Where could it take me? Our music students progress onto courses at conservatoires, a great many at the RNCM with whom the Winstanley College music staff have a strong relationship. Students have taken places at a wide spectrum of prestigious universities to study both music and unrelated subjects.