Sound Engineering BTEC

This vocational A-LEVEL EQUIVALENT course is centred on the practical issues of the music industry. The qualification will have at its core Music Technology taught through a practical approach. All students study five Units (one of which is externally assessed) plus a series of four additional units.

EXTERNALLY ASSESSED UNIT:

· Unit 6: Digital Audio Workstation Production

FOUR ADDITIONAL UNITS:

· Unit 1: Live Sound

· Unit 2: Studio Recording Techniques

· Unit 13: Mixing and Mastering Techniques

· Unit 18: Working and Developing as a Production Team

As with all BTEC qualifications, the course is vocational – linked to the real world of work. In this respect, the Music Department boasts excellent and long-standing industry links, not least of all with many of our former students who have successfully pursued careers in music as award-winning sound engineers, studio owners, session musicians, song-writers and commercial composers.

The Music Department is well-equipped with its own studio complete with industry-standard hardware, outboard effects and compressors and a full range of microphone types. In addition, students have access to a range of software including the Nuendo, Sibelius and Cubase programs.

Our BTEC students are encouraged to develop their practical skills still further outside curricular time, taking advantage of opportunities to record and mix GCSE and A-Level Music performances and compositions or to set up and assist with the live sound for our many and varied range of musical events such as Christmas and Summer concerts, musicals, Bands Night gigs or A-Level performance evenings.

If you have any questions, please speak to Mr Newns or email m.newns@gateacre.org