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2013 Open Days
Welcome to the
Department of Music
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The Department of Music – why
study here?
Uniquely flexible courses
Unrivalled focus on employability
Nottingham: UK’s ‘second most musical city’
Quality: 94% approval rating for teaching
quality (NSS 2013); 85% of research judged
internationally excellent (RAE 2008)
Our courses
BA in Music; BA in Music and Philosophy;
BA in German and Music
Contact time guarantee: 12 hrs (yr 1); 10
hrs (yr 2); 8 hrs (yr 3)
Instrumental tuition: 14 hrs (yr 1); 18 hrs
(yr 2); 20 hrs (yr 3); + 2 hrs with
accompanist per recital
Studying Music at Nottingham
Practical and professional modules:
performance; composition; notation;
studio skills; work placement
Contextual and historical modules:
jazz, pop, film, ethno, classical
repertoires; analytical, historical and
sociological approaches
Advanced scholarship and special
subjects: research-led study
Subsidiary modules: up to 20 credits
per year in another Department
Our man in Hong Kong …
Study Abroad
Universitas 21
Partner universities in Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong,
India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden and USA
Careers and Employability
CBI-NUS report: ‘Working Towards Your Future’ (May 2011)
Seven most-desired ‘employability skills’:
•Self-management
•Teamwork
•Business and Customer Awareness
•Problem-solving
•Communication
•Application of IT
•Application of Numeracy
We add:
•Creativity and imagination
•Capacity to question and challenge
Careers and Employability: Our Graduates
• Music and creative industries
Music Producer, BBC Radio1
Assistant Artist Manager, HarrisonParrott
Corporate Relations and Events Officer, LPO
Assistant Editor, Oxford University Press Music
Marketing Coordinator, Blackheath Halls
Business Development Manager, Firebird Trust
Grand Rights Associate, Boosey and Hawkes
Leader, Rock Choir
• Other business and professional sectors
Solicitor, Squire Sanders (UK) LLP
Head of Project Governance, APX Commodities Ltd
Business Analyst, JP Morgan Chase
Consultant, Deloitte UK
Investment Manager, Deutsche Bank
Adjudicator, Financial Ombudsman Service
• Education and other public sectors
Junior Doctor, Nottingham University NHS Trust
KS2 Teacher, St Louis Catholic Middle School
International Marketing Assistant, Kings College
Concerts Administrator, Royal Academy of Music
Church of England Ordinand in Training
Library Assistant, Newnham College, Cambridge
Careers and Employability: Our Graduates
• Music and creative industries
Programme Controller, Classic FM
Marketing Manager, Schott Music Ltd
FP&A Manager (Digital), Warner Entertainment
Assistant Editor, Oxford University Press Music
Planning Administrator, BBCSO
Freelance composer for BBC and film productions
British Music Abroad Manager, PRS Foundation
Manager, Palestine National Orchestra
• Other business and professional sectors
Director, Manning Gottlieb OMD
Co-Lead Global Equities, Pictet Assest Mgmt
Head of Project Governance, APX Commodities
Group Chief Executive, Welsh Rugby Union
Business and Operations Manager, Carillon plc
Civil Service, Fast Stream training
• Education and other public sectors
Professor of Music, Birmingham Univ
Asst Director, Libraries, Stoke City Council
Headteacher, Holy Trinity Primary, Oswestry
Widening Participation Officer, Liverpool Univ
Deputy Director of Development, Sheffield Univ
Chief Executive, Church Housing Trust
Careers and employability
Modules:
• Music Careers (yr 2)
• Work Placement (yr 2)
Paid traineeships for Music students:
• Lakeside Arts Traineeships
• Music Library Assistants
In Harmony mentorships
Nottingham Advantage Award
Management of student ensembles
Music students and the city
Nottingham Classics and Opera North
Choral scholarships at major churches
Work placements
In Harmony
Gigs and concert opportunities
Musical life
University Philharmonia and Choir
Mussoc, Blowsoc, Opsoc
Musical life
Over 20 student ensembles
Conducting and management of student
ensembles
Admissions
Standard offers:
• ABB with Music
• ABB without Music plus Gd8
Performance and Gd7 Theory
• 32 for IB (incl. 5 in Music)
Flexible admissions policy
We do not hold interviews, but you
will be invited to a one-to-one
meeting at the UCAS Visit Days
Today
Take a tour
Talk to staff and students
Find out about the Music
Societies
View sample student work
Two hands-on sessions:
• Learn to Conduct in 20
Minutes! (12:00 p.m.)
• Decode a Medieval
Manuscript in 20 Minutes!
(12:30 p.m.)
Have a tea or coffee
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