We run subject workshops for Year 12 students which can be delivered at your school or college or at City, University of London
MUSIC AT CITY
Situated at the heart of one of the world's greatest music cities, City combines world-leading research with exceptional teaching in performance, composition and musicology, with a strong community feel. Our outstanding facilities for performance, sound recording and composition include our famous sound studios, and students are also be able to access conservatoire-level tuition, music industry professionals and composers.
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Our Music department run a variety of sessions available for schools and colleges, including talks on what it is like to study music at university and taster lectures to give students a feel for university level study in the subject.
ACTIVITY DETAILS
We run sessions in the following topics:
Music Department Overview:
- In these sessions, one of our academic staff, alongside a current student or alumnus where possible, will talk you through our BMus and BSc undergraduate programmes, discussing the facilities and opportunities on offer as well as the course content and the types of employability prospects you might expect following graduation.
- This will usually take the format of a short presentation followed by a mini-taster session, tour of the facilities and a Q&A.
Performance
- Outstanding performers drawn from our academic and instrumental staff are able to lead masterclasses. These offer an invaluable insights into musicianship and technical approaches to Performance.
- Participants and listeners report finding the experience inspirational and stimulating, both musically and intellectually.
Composition
- Our award winning composition staff cover an extremely broad range of compositional styles and approaches. We can offer workshops for composers wishing to explore instrumental and vocal music, studio composition, and music and the moving image.
- We can also cut across these areas to deliver workshops that help students and teachers identify new strategies for developing compositional ideas and materials.
Music Technology
- We have a longstanding research interests in the connection between music and technology and can provide lecture-demonstrations exploring some of the creative techniques composers use to develop distinctive aural materials that explore the boundaries between sound-design and music.
- We can introduce a range of open-source DSP (Digital Signal Processing) tools and innovative sound manipulation techniques for enhancing students' sound palettes.
Theory & Analysis
- We have several theory and analysis specialists in the department who are able to guide students through the building blocks of tonal materials, both traditional and beyond.
- Our workshops will help to improve students’ skills relating to the appreciation, evaluation, analysis and composition of music using standard Western staff notation.
Music History & Cultural Context
- Our historical musicology workshops will encourage students to examine aspects of the relationships between musical development and reception and the geographic, historical and social contexts in which they occur.
- Taster sessions can be broad or specific as required, either discussing the concepts of representation and meaning in music, and the interweaving of art, culture and society more generally, or applying these concepts to a specific area of music.
Improvisation and Experimental Music
- Building on our very successful Experimental Ensemble, we are able to provide workshops for groups of students that focus on new ways of listening, performing, and interacting. We explore basic improvisation warm-up techniques and then develop methods to interpret graphic and animated scores.
- This is open to all students regardless of performing experience. Along with the workshop leader this enjoyable activity is also often facilitated by some current student members of our Experimental Ensemble.
Why study Music
- Why study Music? A look at Music as a subject and career opportunities (talk)
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WHO CAN BOOK THESE EVENTS
- This event is only for teachers making bookings for their school groups.
- These workshops are only suitable for year 12 and 13 (pre UCAS deadline) students.
- Individual students interested in events at City, University of London are encouraged to attend an open day, taster day or book a campus tour. More information can be found here: http://www.city.ac.uk/study/visit-us
WHERE THESE SESSIONS TAKE PLACE
- At your school or college
- Or at City as part of a visit to our campus
HOW TO BOOK US TO VISIT YOUR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
Sessions typically last 1 hour - 1.5 hours depending on the activity.
Fill in the enquiry form with the following information:
- Let us know you'd like us to deliver a session at your school/college
- Select a talk or workshop from the list above
- Potential dates & times
- The number of students
- The qualifications the student study
HOW TO BOOK A VISIT TO CITY
Visits to City including department sessions usually last a half day.
Fill in the enquiry form with the following information:
- Let us know you'd like to arrange a visit to City
- Select one or two workshops from the list above. We will usually add in an introductory talk about this course at City and a campus tour.
- Potential dates & times
- The number of students
- The qualifications the student study
HOW MUCH DO THESE ACTIVITIES COST?
- All of our activities are free!
- However we unfortunately cannot cover transport or food costs for school groups if you're visiting City's campus.
WHERE IS CITY LOCATED?
- City is based in Central London, so we do not have anywhere for coaches to park.
- We are located a short walk from Farringdon (Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Circle, Elizabeth, Thameslink and Great Northern lines) and Angel (Northern Line) stations
All activities are subject to availability of City staff. Whilst we do our best to accommodate requests, we reserve the right to decline bookings if we do not have capacity to deliver them.