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I am a senior lecturer at the University of East London and have been programme leader of the Music Culture: Theory and Production (BA) since 2003-04, the first year of the degree. I have also taught Cultural and Media Studies in what is now the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies since 1999.

During 2007-08 I will lead the following modules:

• Music Meanings  PDF
• Sound Systems PDF
  

I will also:

• Lecture and run a seminar group on Music, Sound and the Body
  
• Supervise music dissertation students in Cultural Studies
• Supervise music dissertation students in Media Studies
• Supervise music dissertation students in Music Culture
  
• Supervise PhD students
  

I am also a member of the organising committee for the forthcoming Cultural Studies Now conference, which held its inaugural conference at UEL in July 2007. The plan is to stage the conference every two years.

Music Meanings lectures available for download:

"Musicology, Adorno and Popular Music"
"Music, History and the Present"
"Music and Identity"
"Music and Genre"
"Discourse and Sound"
"Affect, Materiality, Music"

Music, Sound and the Body lecture available for download:

Black/white music

If you are interested in studying on the Music Culture BA or taking a music-realted PhD in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies at UEL, please get in touch and we can discuss your ideas.

Sound Systems lectures available for download:

"Introductory Notes on Popular Music and History"
"Jazz"
"R&B, Soul, Funk"
"Rock and Roll, Rock" (Email to request notes)
"Disco"
"Punk and Post-punk"
"Reggae, Dub"
"Hip Hop"
"Global Music I: Africa and Latin America" (Charlie de Ledesma lecture)
"House, Techno, Garage" (Email to request notes)
"Global Music II: Asia" (Charlie de Ledesma lecture)

Music Culture: Theory and Production (BA)

Music Culture: Theory and Production is a cutting-edge, innovative degree that provides a unique theory-practice combination, enabling students to develop skills in music production and performance while reflecting upon the place of music in contemporary culture. Focusing on music that ranges from the popular to the avant-garde, the degree engages with local communities and global networks.

Students will study the various contexts within which we can begin to understand and analyse music ⎯ where it comes from, what it means and why it matters. Music Culture: Theory and Productionwill also develop skills in close listening and the way in which music's meanings shift across different historical and contemporary contexts, spaces, traditions and practices. Theory modules comprise half of the degree.

Students will also develop their techniques in instrumental, vocal and technological performance media, drawing on a range of contemporary approaches to the creation of original musical material. The programme offers opportunities to engage with the broad field of music production, including new technologies, the internet, cross-arts practices, and music with the moving image. Students will also be able to undertake a music industry/community placement in their third year. Production modules will make up half of the degree.

Applications must be made via UCAS. The course code is WJ39 and the institution code is ELOND E28. Applicants for the major pathway will require 180 UCAS tariff points and will be expected to have either studied music to a Level 3 (A-level or BTEC National equivalents) qualification in Music, Popular Music or Music Technology, or demonstrate active and ongoing engagement in music making (as a practicing musician, vocalist, DJ, producer, etc.).

We welcome applications from mature students. Mature students without formal entry qualifications but with substantial experience of the music industry or audio production.

For more information about the degree and the University of East London visit the UEL website at www.uel.ac.uk or the Music Culture page at www.uel.ac.uk/programmes/ssmcs/undergraduate/musicculture.htm.