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*What is a Foundation Degree?

Music mixing desk About the Music Department

Music at Northbrook
Northbrook represents one of the pre-eminent providers of creative music production, composition, business and performance in South East England with over 400 students studying in music facilities which are among the foremost in the country.
The courses are developed in close partnership with industry, ensuring currency of provision and graduate employability. This is underpinned by the endorsements of professional bodies, alumni and reviewers. The partnership with the University and location close to the Brighton music hub ensures that students enjoy all the advantages of being at the heart of the UK's music scene.

Link to the Music Department's own website, including virtual tour of facilities:
www.musicatnorthbrook.com (opens in new window)

A3 Music

A3music is the Northbrook students' record label and live music promoter. It was set up by students and staff in 2004 as a company limited by guarantee and owned by its members. The first release was "The Mood Lounge Volume 1", a compilation CD which received international airplay and still sells from the A3 website, www.a3music.co.uk, which is a success in its own right, with over 500 hits a day. A3 music is a member of the BPI and, as such, provides valuable information and contacts for its student members. From working with the label, many students have been able to extend their CVs and go on to full time jobs in the music industry. Companies such as Sanctuary/Universal have employed exstudents on the strength of A3 work in their CVs, whilst TV companies have licensed student composers' music after hearing it on the A3 website. A3music and its subsidiaries, A4 (the band night promoter) and Resin 8 (the drum and bass label), among others, also run regular live music nights, which provide popular nightlife for students in Worthing and Brighton. A3 was awarded a PRS Foundation grant in 2004 to continue and further its live music promotion work.


Where Do You Want to Take Your Music? You have the talent, the motivation and the ambition; you believe in your music and you want to take it to the next level. Maybe the next level is learning how to promote and manage your music effectively. Maybe it means expanding and enhancing your production or performance skills. Maybe the next level is exploring new compositional techniques. Whatever the next level means to you, if you take your music to Northbrook you'll be taking it to one of the most experienced and longest standing modern music academies in the country.

If You Take Your Music to Northbrook , you'll be taking it to a Foundation Degree validated by the University of Brighton, an exciting multi-pathway modular course that spans the complete spectrum of modern music. There are four single or mixed awards in Production, Performance, Composition and Business.

If You Take Your Music to Northbrook , you'll be taking it to a friendly, dedicated and highly trained teaching team who have years of industry experience, alongside relevant academic and teaching qualifications. If You Take Your Music to Northbrook, you'll be taking it to T-Block; an impressive audio production training complex with diversity, quality and quantity of industry standard equipment. Just take a look on the next two pages at the outstanding facilities available for you to develop your music.

And, If That's Not Enough! You can take your music on to our BA (Hons) top up programme and finish your Degree*. The BA (Hons) top up pathways are also validated by the University of Brighton and match those of the Foundation Degree. We also welcome students who have taken their Foundation Degree at other colleges and want to complete their studies using our superb facilities. So take your music to the next level and take it to Northbrook. Certainly take yourself along to one of our open days or come for an interview so you can see for yourself the level you could be studying at for the next few years.
* Progression to the BA (Hons) programme is dependent on successful completion of the Foundation Degree.

All the Music Degree courses at Northbrook consist of modular, project-based units that build upon one another. This curriculum design allows us to develop your knowledge and your skills logically and methodically. Each unit is an exciting and relevant self-contained project consisting of practical and written elements through which you will be assessed. As you progress through your Degree, more and more emphasis will be placed upon you to ensure you get the work done, developing your skills in self-management and preparing you for a successful career in the music industry. To support your academic studies we also provide real world extracurricular activities. We have our own record label for students to release their music and a promotion company that hosts regular nights in and around Worthing and Brighton. Both of these companies are run by students in every capacity and at every level giving you the chance to show industry experience in your CV.

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