Hi, my name is Rowan Oliver.
I'm a lecturer in the Music department at the University of Hull,
and I actually run the department too, I'm the Director of Music.
Our BA Music degree will allow you to study music
in a wide range of different contexts, whatever you're interested in.
If you're a classical violinist, for example,
there'll be opportunities to play, to compose, to work
with other students who are interested in the music that you're interested in.
But also, more importantly, you'll be working alongside students
who have got a whole range of other interests in music.
So let's say you might be working with a hip hop beat producer
to create music that's a hybrid between those styles.
You might be working with students in the Screen department.
They could be filming your performance
so you can build up a body, a portfolio of recordings
you've played on, of performances that you've delivered to the public
in our concert hall.
It could be that you end up
with video material that you want to
then use to promote your career in the future.
Whatever aspect of music you're interested in, we will start with you there
and then we'll try and help you
broaden your horizons, explore a whole range of different avenues
that you might not even have considered before.
The staff that you will work with on the degree are practitioners,
so they're out there in the real world
doing the kinds of careers that our students are preparing themselves for,
and they bring that experience of the real music industry
in the 21st century into the teaching that they deliver to you while you're here.
The facilities that you work in are absolutely industry standard
in terms of performance spaces, rehearsal spaces, recording studios and so on.
And those facilities are available to students throughout the year,
throughout the day, throughout the evening.
And you book them.
So, you know, you've got really, a chance to come in
and do all the work that you need to do for your degree,
but more importantly, you can work on your own projects as well.
And we think that the students who get the most from their music degrees
are the ones who come in and bring their extracurricular projects,
the things that they want to do, the things that matter to them creatively
alongside the kinds of exciting projects that they're doing
as part of their degrees.
Talking about music is all very well, but really coming and experiencing
what we have to offer here is the best way to find out what's on offer.
So we would encourage you definitely to come to the campus,
come and see the facilities, come and meet the staff and students
and find out why it's so exciting to study Music at the University of Hull.