Prospectus 2018/19 LCCM is a specialist higher education college for creative people. We are the only independent college in the UK offering degrees in music, words, along with a postgraduate degree in creative entrepreneurship. Welcome to LCCM 07 About Us 08 Partnerships 10 Campus and location 14 Life at LCCM 16 Meet your tutors 18 Alumni 28 Courses Undergraduate BMus (Hons) Music Performance & Production 36 BA (Hons) Music Industry Management 38 BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology 40 BA (Hons) Creative & Professional Writing 42 Cert HE Music Performance 44 Cert HE Creative Music Practice 46 Postgraduate MA Creative Entrepreneurship 50 Other Courses Music Development Programme 54 Student Support 56 How To Apply? 58 Open Days 60 School and College Visits 62 Scholarship 63 Contact Information 64 CONTENT I am delighted to welcome you to our prospectus for 2018-9. It is an exciting time for everyone at LCCM. We have moved into our landmark new building and invested significantly in upgrading our musical equipment, computer labs, Principal, recording studios, performance spaces and Darius Khwaja areas for general study. Our ethos remains unchanged however. LCCM is all about preparing you for a life and career in the creative industries learning from the best tutors in the business. Taught by leading figures in the music and publishing industry, we help our students to create or engage in new work that will be taken seriously. We regularly introduce students to producers, managers and artists looking for musicians. Our graduates work at leading music companies like Domino and Live Nation or are founding members of bands such as Husky Loops and Whilk and Misky. Our former students work with George Ezra, Labrinth and Jordan Rakei. Past students such as Tom Walker and Rhys Lewis are now successful artists signed to major labels. Our friendly, open culture and “learning by doing” method is designed to give you an education for life. I hope you enjoy reading our prospectus Welcome to LCCM! and I look forward to meeting you. 6 LCCM.ORG.UK LCCM.ORG.UK 7 LCCM Community Designed for people who are serious about developing a career in music or writing, LCCM is a place where talent, imagination and creativity flourish. As a college with a small student population, we take pride in getting to know every individual. You will find our expert staff encouraging and approachable and our students friendly and supportive. LCCM’s industry roots and relationships give you immediate access to a network of professionals to help underpin your creative career for years to come. Background Aim at LCCM Founded by professional musicians in 2003, Our aim at LCCM is to help you realise your we have attracted students from across the potential and career ambitions, preparing world, helping them to prepare for a life you for a long and rewarding professional in music – as artists, managers, musicians, life in the creative industries or beyond. songwriters, producers, professional writers, music executives, composers, arrangers and Graduate opportunities and the skills musical directors. demanded by employers today are radically different than in the past. Our unique With a reputation for nurturing creative approach recognises this, giving you a talent, we have successfully bridged the practical education that not only helps you gap between traditional universities, master your chosen subject or instrument, conservatoires and rock and pop schools, but actively encourages collaboration, by combining the best elements of all three communication, initiative and hard work. into a modern centre for artistic, creative and academic excellence. With this in mind, our new degrees have been designed to work in close conjunction Now we offer the same personalised and with our already well-established music collaborative learning environment to programme. This means all of our students aspiring music executives, writers and benefit from an education in tune with the creative entrepreneurs based in the Music needs of the UK’s creative industries, where Box, our purpose-built creative campus in music and publishing are more closely About Us the heart of London, SE1. connected than ever before. 8 LCCM.ORG.UK LCCM.ORG.UK 9 We work with a range of high- quality external partners at LCCM to enrich the student experience, making it a great place to study a creative degree. Partnerships 10 LCCM.ORG.UK LCCM.ORG.UK 11 Education Partners Industry Partners LCCM is a partner institution of The Open University LCCM is delighted to work closely with Falmouth We are proud and excited to offer our students the LCCM is proud to support Platoon artists. We look and offers several OU validated programmes, including University, offering its degree, BA(Hons) Creative Music opportunity to work in radio during and as part of forward to more exciting collaborations in the future. several degrees. Technology, on a franchise basis. Falmouth is Gold- their studies. Boogaloo Radio, broadcasting around rated in the official Teaching Excellence Framework the world from the beer garden of the legendary and students studying on its approved programmes Boogaloo pub is presented by the edgiest names on get access to its online materials as well as benefiting the London scene: Shane MacGowan (The Pogues), from its course design expertise and purpose designed Bernard Butler (Suede), Mike Smith (MD of Warner teaching-materials. Chappell), La Roux, Alan McGee (Creation Records/ Oasis), Brix Smith (The Fall), Dave Robinson (Stiff Records) amongst others. LCCM was proud to host a Sofar Sounds gig. We look forward to hosting more in the future. Trinity College London is an international exam board LCCM has worked in collaboration with the that has been providing assessments since 1877. They Folkuniversitetet to provide workshops for singers both provide qualifications at all levels across a spectrum in the UK and in Malmo. Folkuniversitetet offers a wide LCCM is proud to partner with The Rattle. The Rattle of communicative skills – from music, drama and range of adult education courses throughout Sweden is a highly regarded community of breaking artists, arts activities to English language. Each year, over and in several European countries. Its mission is to give producers, startups and hackers. Their mission is to 700,000 candidates in over 60 countries take a Trinity people the best possibilities for a richer life, both in a create opportunity for independent creators on the assessment. private and professional context. leading edge of culture. The Rattle disregards received LCCM has been an examination centre for Trinity wisdom around “breaking” in music and tech - and College London Music Grade Exams since 2012. instead they focus on guerrilla tactics and hacking. “Plugin Alliance is proud to be partnered with LCCM. The London Rattle community are based in a multi- We are excited about the students having accessto our disciplanary studio and coworking complex beneath a plugins throughout their journey at LCCM. It’s my firm 17th century warehouse in Shadwell. belief that giving the students world class production tools will help them to become world class engineers.” Mo Volans - Director of Product Marketing - Plugin “All about the band” is a music project funded by Youth Alliance & Brainworx. Music and Southwark Music Service. Delivered by LCCM, the project is for aspiring musicians, singers and songwriters who are interested in playing in bands or performing their own music. The course runs for eight weeks with one afternoon session per week at LCCM. LCCM is pleased to announce its new partnership with UK Music, an industry-funded body representing the collective interests of the recorded, published and live arms of the British music industry. UK Music ensures that a collective voice across the sector is identified and that the copyright which underpins music is recognised and valued at all levels of government, throughout the wider economy and by consumers. UK This new collaboration has two core aims. Firstly it Music also runs the Music Academic Partnership (MAP) ensures LCCM students perform and practice on the which links industry and academia. By working closely same kit used by professional musicians and secondly with UK Music, LCCM aims to increase the number of it will enable LCCM to hold regular master classes and music industry events hosted in its newly opened Music clinics with TAMA or Zildjian artists. Box building, as well as encouraging more people to pursue a career in music. 12 LCCM.ORG.UK LCCM.ORG.UK 13 The new building includes: • our own venue • 7 soundproofed performance rooms • 4 computer labs • quiet space for writing • library and study space • classrooms and meeting rooms • 3 recording studios • 2 edit rooms • cafe • hot desk space • 2 piano rooms • 10 individual practice booths The Music Box A state of the art building developed specifically for LCCM, the Music Box offers you a truly impressive and inspiring space across six floors to study, create, perform, record and Campus and collaborate. Most important of all, LCCM students at the Music Box benefit from a social environment deliberately designed to encourage and support the development of collaborative student Location projects across the college. 14 LCCM.ORG.UK LCCM.ORG.UK 15 Our Music Industry Management students get the opportunity to spend a day at the offices At LCCM, we hold events and masterclasses of the most popular curated music channels on YouTube, help grow an online radio station, put throughout the year. We also host gigs at on gigs and events and run a music blog. external venues around London. This gives our At LCCM we are also very proud of our extra- curricular workshops. Two highlights are music students real performance experience. the LCCM Choir and the LCCM Beefeaters Drumline, both of which give students unique Now with our own music venue, we will be able performance opportunities.