Music Technology
Music technology is the discipline that sits at the intersection of musical artistry and technical innovation, encompassing the tools, systems and creative practices through which music is recorded, produced, designed and delivered in the modern era. From digital audio workstations and synthesis to spatial audio, film scoring, game audio and live sound engineering, music technology draws on acoustics, software development, psychoacoustics and musical composition to create practitioners who can work fluently across both the technical and the creative dimensions of contemporary music.
At Birmingham City University, this four-year full-time programme is delivered through the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, one of the UK's leading music conservatoires. You will develop your technical skills in recording, production, sound design and audio engineering alongside your musical and compositional understanding, working in professional-standard facilities and gaining experience of real creative contexts including film soundtracks, video game audio and art exhibitions. The conservatoire environment places you alongside students in performance, composition and other musical disciplines, creating the kind of collaborative creative community that professional music careers depend on.
Networking opportunities arising from working alongside peers with shared professional ambitions are a genuine feature of the programme.
Graduates from music technology programmes work as music producers, recording engineers, sound designers, game audio designers, broadcast engineers, film composers and studio technicians. Many find roles in recording studios, game development companies, post-production facilities, broadcast organisations, live sound companies and music education. The technical and creative combination that music technology develops is also valued in music technology education, music software development and the growing field of immersive audio.
Postgraduate study in music technology, audio engineering, sound design or music production is a natural next step for those who want to develop their expertise further.