BA in Music at Liverpool Hope University
Sunday, March 1st, 2009BA Single Honours / BA Combined Honours / BA (QTS)
Why study Music at Hope?
• A department plugged into the musical life of Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008, including a formal link with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO).
• Based at Hope’s city-centre Cornerstone campus, an important and exciting centre for the arts that hosts, among other things, the annual Cornerstone Festival, the European Opera Centre and the music therapy trust MusicSpace.
• Staff expertise covering a wide range of creative and academic aspects of music including composition, performance, theory, popular culture, church music, music theory and analysis.
• Pianist Joanna MacGregor is a Visiting Professor at Hope.
What will I study?
Combined Honours students choose to specialise either in popular or classical music, although everyone studies some aspects of both in the first year. Music Technology is only available as part of our BA Single Honours course. QTS students specialise in classical music.
Level 1
You are introduced to a range of approaches to popular and classical music. Alongside this academic work you will be expected to play and sing in a range of different styles and contexts as well as attending a wide range of concerts and other events. Single Honours students also study the creative use of music technology, working in our state-of-the-art midi and recording studios.
Level 2
You can choose to specialise in two areas from performance, songwriting, classical composition and music therapy. In the field of popular music you will complete a wideranging survey of popular music from the 1950s to the present day, whilst on the classical side you will study selected 19th-century composers and their relationship to Beethoven. Single Honours students will also continue their studies in creative music technology, focusing on areas such as electro-acoustic composition.
Level 3
You will have the choice of a range of options including Composition, Advanced Performance, Projects in Music Since 1900 (history and analysis of classical music), Music in Film, and a Research Project (largely independent study of a negotiated topic).