This programme is designed for students who wish to extend their understanding of music technology as a creative tool. Starting from a foundation in sound software and hardware and recording techniques, you will progress towards advanced study of sonic arts composition and live interaction. You will also be free to pursue interests in composition, performance, improvisation, and musicology. For their first year, Sonic Arts students join other music students in a range of studies aimed at establishing a rounded 21st-century musicianship, including both music technology and a broader perspective on music theory and practice. You should therefore be studying Music at A-level or have a pass at least Grade 5 theory to apply for this programme. If not, we will require you to take our online music admissions test. Practical Music-making Facilities include a computer suite fully equipped for sound design and notation, studios for individual work, individual practice rooms and larger spaces for group rehearsals. There is a vibrant student performance culture on campus comprising several ensembles performing contemporary and classical music, improvisation, jazz, and live electronics. You will be part of a highly dynamic music department with a strong profile in the Greater London area. The University hosts many recitals and concerts, including new performance work by students, staff and visiting artists, in the newly refurbished Antonin Artaud building. About the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel The College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel includes degree courses in English, Journalism, Music and Sonic Arts, Film and Television Studies and Modern Drama. Research conducted by staff provides the basis for much of our teaching, ensuring that modules are connected to debates and issues that are current within these areas. Each programme develops basic skills within its discipline but allows you to explore your own particular interests through a range of optional modules. We also benefit from the activities of the Arts Centre, which organises tuition, performances and exhibitions across a range of arts. View student profiles Aims You will become familiar with a range of techniques and approaches to computer music and sonic arts, as well as with the history of sonic art and related traditions.

Brunel’s music courses help you to develop a wide range of vocational, collaborative and transferable skills that are highly attractive to employers in industry and commerce. Students have the opportunity, for example, to develop IT ability and highly sought-after presentation and communications skills during the course. Our undergraduate programmes are designed to sharpen creative and analytical skills and develop confidence in working in teams and in problem-solving techniques. Careers Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey The number of students participating in the DLHE survey from Music was small. The statistics below include graduates from Music, Creative Music and Technology, Contemporary Music and Performance, Music Composition and Sonic Arts. With findings based on small numbers of graduates they should be treated with some caution as one or two graduates in any one category may disproportionately affect the total numbers. In 2011/12, six months after graduating: * 80.0% of graduates with a first degree were in employment * 6.7% were in full-time further study * 6.7% were combining work and study Read more about graduate destinations for this subject area A high proportion of our Music graduates have either progressed to postgraduate study at a university or conservatoire or have entered the music profession as performers, composers, teachers and technicians. Others have entered arts administration, publishing, the media and management. Graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as Universal (Decca) and the English National Opera.