Certificate in Music Studies
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By course (Please note: funding may be available through your Local Authority; please see the Costs section). The fee is shown underneath each course.
College Certificate
Jeremy Peyton Jones
You can download a Music & Performing Arts booklet, or contact the Admissions Office.
This modular part-time programme is normally taken over two years. It prepares instrumentalists, composers and singers with a background in classical, jazz or popular music to work in the profession, or to continue higher education study. It gives you a thorough grounding in music theory and musicianship, and develops practical skills in performing, improvising, arranging and composing, or in the creative applications of music technology.
You take two core courses, and choose from options in performance, harmony and arranging, composition, music technology, improvisation, and world music. You study at your own pace and choose options to suit your particular interests and circumstances.
The programme is equivalent to the first year of undergraduate study. It offers progression (subject to application and interview) to the second year of Goldsmiths’ Music degrees, or to other music degrees.
What you study
To gain the Certificate, you need to take courses to the total of 120 credits.
Two Core courses:
Either Musicianship for Classical Music 2 (30 credits) or Musicianship for Jazz and Popular Music 2 (30 credits) and either Music History and Analysis (30 credits) or Music and Culture (30 credits).
Option courses to the value of 60 credits:
Analysis for Composition (15 credits); Compose and Perform 2 (20 credits); Contemporary Jazz Piano (20 credits); Digital Studio Workshop (5 credits); Composing and Arranging for Jazz and Contemporary Styles (20 credits); Inside Music (15 credits) (tutorial only); Piano Performance Workshop (15 credits); Performance Ensemble 2 (10 credits per term); Performance Ensemble 2 (Jazz and Pop) (10 credits per term); Songwriting Workshop (5 credits); Vocal Workshop (5 credits per term).
You will have an assessment to decide level of entry, followed by a brief interview and audition. Formal music qualifications are not required, but you should be proficient on your main instrument and/or have experience in composition or creative music applications.
Application enquiries
Please see how to apply for information on applying to this course.