Whether your interest lies in concert music, media, TV and film music, composing for staged productions or electronic music, you can study on the Academy’s undergraduate composition course. Composition at the Academy has an international reputation centred on intensive project-based and highly collaborative degree programmes. Our cutting-edge courses are taught by distinguished and prominent composers, and they reflect the realities and challenges for today’s music creator. Academy composers have a wide range of opportunities for performance and recording, and are fully prepared to ...
Whether your interest lies in concert music, media, TV and film music, composing for staged productions or electronic music, you can study on the Academy’s undergraduate composition course. Composition at the Academy has an international reputation centred on intensive project-based and highly collaborative degree programmes. Our cutting-edge courses are taught by distinguished and prominent composers, and they reflect the realities and challenges for today’s music creator. Academy composers have a wide range of opportunities for performance and recording, and are fully prepared to work in a variety of creative contexts.<br/>Our composition professors are dedicated teachers and active composers with professional musical careers of all kinds. Collectively, they have a wide range of industry knowledge and insight into all aspects of the profession. <br/>This course ensures a strong foundation in compositional techniques which, over four years of study, can be focused to support your individual interests and career ambitions. As a composer in the Academy, you are given unrivalled opportunities to have your music played and recorded in numerous contexts – and to develop your individual compositional style and musical personality within our highly collaborative environment. The deadline for the Academy to receive both your UCAS Conservatoires application and also your portfolio is **2 October**, 18:00 UK time. <br/>http://www.ram.ac.uk/departments/composition
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
08/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
301F
Institution Code
R53
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
UCAS TariffNot Accepted Scottish HigherD,D,D Access to HE DiplomaA Pass for this diploma is accepted. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme24 Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)PPP Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H3,H5,H5,H5,H5 Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)PP Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - PrincipalP3,P3 Passes in two Pre-U certificate examinations. A levelE,E Passes in two GCE Advanced-level (A2) examinations. T LevelP |
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