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Music at Goldsmiths

What's it like? I'm considering putting it down as my insurance but what do people generally think of the course... is there much opportunity to diversify into other aspects like musical direction or composition?

Also, what are the facilities like of the college... I know there's not a gym but because it's part of UoL does that mean you can go and use someone elses? I don't know :frown:

help!

Reply 1

kayan

a new gym will be ready for 2006/07. it should be located on the campus.
here: http://www.gold.ac.uk/sports/gym.php

Reply 2

tinkerbellejess

13

I applied their for music, but declined cos I thought the accommodation was expensive and not good value, and I didn't really like the area xx

Reply 3

Cubase Master

The music course i do is class (albeit pop music), but i have heard positive feedback from others. All i know is the performance takes place in various grand halls in the whole ball gown/suit attire, and during summer exams are taken outside in the field. And there is always desire for peoples abilities outside of accademic use, so you get alot of ness for your time. As for the price, weeelll it is london and the halls are all en suite and you have a great time...

Reply 4

tinkerbellejess

13

I'm still going to a London uni, and the halls are cheaper and better, and I also have en suite. When I went for my audition, the letter about it said that they may give you an offer for the other music course (between classical music and popular music). At the audition I half wished they'd change my course to give me an offer in popular music!

Reply 5

mhuk01

I'm grade 8 on both piano and trombone. I want to study piano, but still have performance oppurtunities for trombone (hence london seems like a good place to be for performing etc).

I want a course that specialises in jazz, and is performance based. The BMus at goldsmiths seems concentrated on 'modern' music (not really for me if you kow what I mean!) and I'm worried the BMus in pop music would be of too lower standard, if there is no specific abrsm grade needed.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Reply 6

smokey hotpants smokey

Interview/audition/open day for music 7th feb '07- anyone else?

Reply 7

slober

mhuk01

I'm grade 8 on both piano and trombone. I want to study piano, but still have performance oppurtunities for trombone (hence london seems like a good place to be for performing etc).

I want a course that specialises in jazz, and is performance based. The BMus at goldsmiths seems concentrated on 'modern' music (not really for me if you kow what I mean!) and I'm worried the BMus in pop music would be of too lower standard, if there is no specific abrsm grade needed.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

I'm on the Bmus classical @ goldsmiths and tis great. We have one lecture a week with the pop-heads (as well call them) which is great, and that does focus on a very mixed bag of music. I would say our analysis and composition was more on the different/atonal side of music both analysising it and composing it. But the tonality/theory we do is very much classically based, as is the music we have to perform. I don't know about the popular music course but its much more improv etc i think.
If you want a course which is performance based then i wouldnt come here as everything is equally split in first year until you can specialise in the 2nd yr. but we still get alot of performance oppentunities if your good. its v.hard to get into the orchestra unless ur strings in the first yr.
let me know if u want more info.
Sx

Reply 8

mhuk01

slober

I'm on the Bmus classical @ goldsmiths and tis great. We have one lecture a week with the pop-heads (as well call them) which is great, and that does focus on a very mixed bag of music. I would say our analysis and composition was more on the different/atonal side of music both analysising it and composing it. But the tonality/theory we do is very much classically based, as is the music we have to perform. I don't know about the popular music course but its much more improv etc i think.
If you want a course which is performance based then i wouldnt come here as everything is equally split in first year until you can specialise in the 2nd yr. but we still get alot of performance oppentunities if your good. its v.hard to get into the orchestra unless ur strings in the first yr.
let me know if u want more info.
Sx

thanks for the reply. i went to the open day last wednesday and it is certainly on my shortlist. However your comment about it not really being a performance based course has made me think again! I have an audition for leeds next week and if i get that i will definately go there as the course is really practical.

However if I don't then it would be great to go to one of the london universities, and goldsmiths seems to be in the best place. Other london universities i've applied for are middlesex and kingston, but they are a bit more out of london.

It would be great to get a perspective as to where else you applied to etc.

cheers,

Martin

Reply 9

baritonedan

OP

Hullo Slober, good night out was it!? I agree with your comments, Goldsmiths is much more practical than any of my friends' choices (Cardiff, for instance) and the opportunities for performance are vast, you just have to make good use of them. The courses themselves are all very interesting, particularly for me the Analysis and Comp (well, more comp) as they try to push you to the edge of your comfort zone and explore music making of a different kind. MHUK01, I came to Goldsmiths after not getting into my first choice, this place was my insurance. I was concerned about the location, I knew very little of the course structure but I can say now that it was probably the best decision I could have taken!

Dan

Reply 10

baritonedan

OP

Also, I've just realised that I started this thread over a year ago and it's only got 11 posts?! That is quite sad :redface:

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