Electronic Music Production
Electronic Music Production is a discipline that sits at the intersection of music, technology and creative practice, concerned with the creation, shaping and delivery of music using electronic instruments, synthesisers, samplers, digital audio workstations and production tools. It encompasses composition, sound design, audio engineering, mixing and mastering, and the critical understanding of how electronic music traditions have developed across the genres, from early analogue experimentation and electronic dance music to contemporary hybrid practices that span classical, popular and experimental contexts. A degree in this field develops both your creative voice and your technical mastery of the tools through which that voice is expressed.
At Leeds Conservatoire this three-year full-time degree builds your academic and musical foundations alongside your production skills. You will explore relevant repertoire, understand its social and historical background and develop the musicological and analytical tools needed to situate your own practice within the broader history of electronic music. The programme develops your ability to work with purpose and critical intelligence, producing music that is informed by a genuine understanding of the tradition you are working within.
Graduates from Electronic Music Production degrees go on to careers across the music and audio industries. Many find roles as electronic music producers, composers, sound designers, audio engineers and music technology educators. Others work in the gaming and interactive media industries, in post-production for film and television, in advertising, live sound engineering and audio software development.
The technical fluency and creative practice the degree develops make graduates adaptable across a wide range of audio and music technology contexts. For those wishing to continue their studies, the degree provides a foundation for postgraduate work in music production, sound design, composition or music technology.