Live Sound, Lighting and Performance Technology, Double Degree BA/BSc (Hons)

Explore our BSc (Hons) Live Sound, Lighting and Performance degree, a key offering in the Undergraduate Music Programme.This course covers essential sound principles, including acoustics and capture, sound reinforcement, music studio design, signal theory, processing, sound synthesis, audio electronics, networked audio, multichannel sound, and storage. Building on these foundations, students advance to venue-based audio systems for concert halls and festivals. The programme also addresses video, lighting, augmentation, and virtual reality in live events and broadcasting contexts. Students collaborate with peers from the School of Creative Arts in Music Production, Audio Engineering, and Songwriting, mirroring industry teamwork. Music department faculty, active as producers, songwriters, composers, remixers, sound designers, and technology journalists, integrate their expertise into teaching.