Learn digital recording, production methods and technologies and music distribution.
Over the last several decades, digital recording and production methods and technologies, as well as modes of popular music distribution and consumption have undergone considerable, and rapid, change.
Studio production is an endorsement (specialisation) option for the Bachelor of Music (MusB).
The endorsement in Studio Production for the Bachelor of Music (MusB), and the Recording and Production subject specialisation in the Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons)) are designed to provide students with a pathway that develops tools to embrace these radical developments, and equip them with practical skills that align with emerging music industry revenue streams and business models.
Graduates with the Bachelor of Music (MusB) endorsed in Studio Production will be multi-skilled and highly technologically, and media aware.
Qualifications
Explore your study options further. Refer to enrolment information found on the following qualification pages.
- Bachelor of Music (MusB)
- Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons))
Papers
| Paper code | Year | Title | Points | Teaching period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI101 | 2023 | Materials of Music 1 | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI103 | 2023 | Popular Music | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI104 | 2023 | World Music | 18 points | Not offered, expected to be offered in 2025 |
| MUSI105 | 2023 | Music Matters | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI131 | 2023 | Composition 1 | 18 points | Full Year |
| MUSI132 | 2023 | Music Production 1 | 18 points | Semester 1, Semester 2 |
| MUSI135 | 2023 | Songwriting | 18 points | Full Year |
| MUSI140 | 2023 | Performance Studies 1 | 18 points | Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year |
| MUSI141 | 2023 | Performance 1 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI146 | 2023 | Contemporary Music Performance 1 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI191 | 2023 | Introduction to Music | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI201 | 2023 | Materials of Music 2 | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI223 | 2023 | Classical Music | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI232 | 2023 | Music Production 2 | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI233 | 2023 | Electronic Music Production | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI234 | 2023 | Contemporary Composition | 18 points | Full Year |
| MUSI240 | 2023 | Performance Studies 2 | 18 points | Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year |
| MUSI241 | 2023 | Performance 2 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI246 | 2023 | Contemporary Music Performance 2 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI249 | 2023 | Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI259 | 2023 | Special Topic: Practical Conducting | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI260 | 2023 | Special Topic: Vocal Performance & Recording | 18 points | Summer School |
| MUSI261 | 2023 | Music and Visual Culture | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI265 | 2023 | Music and Theatre | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI266 | 2023 | Film Music | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI267 | 2023 | Music in Aotearoa | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI268 | 2023 | Performance in Asia and the Pacific | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI269 | 2023 | Popular Music 2 | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI270 | 2023 | David Bowie | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI301 | 2023 | Materials of Music | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI323 | 2023 | Classical Music | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI331 | 2023 | Composition Projects | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI332 | 2023 | Music Production 3 | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI333 | 2023 | Electronic Music Production (Advanced) | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI334 | 2023 | Music Production Projects | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI340 | 2023 | Performance Studies 3 | 18 points | Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year |
| MUSI341 | 2023 | Performance 3 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI346 | 2023 | Contemporary Music Performance 3 | 36 points | Full Year |
| MUSI349 | 2023 | Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI361 | 2023 | Music and Visual Culture | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI365 | 2023 | Music and Theatre | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI366 | 2023 | Film Music | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI367 | 2023 | Music in Aotearoa (Advanced) | 18 points | Semester 2 |
| MUSI368 | 2023 | Performance in Asia and the Pacific | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI369 | 2023 | Popular Music 3 | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI371 | 2023 | Research Methods and Approaches | 18 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI375 | 2023 | Music Performance Pedagogy | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI386 | 2023 | Community Project | 18 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI401 | 2023 | Materials of Music (Advanced) | 20 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI407 | 2023 | Radical Works | 20 points | Full Year |
| MUSI431 | 2023 | Composition Portfolio | 60 points | Full Year |
| MUSI432 | 2023 | Studio Production | 60 points | Full Year |
| MUSI441 | 2023 | Performance 4 | 60 points | Full Year |
| MUSI442 | 2023 | Repertoire Studies | 20 points | Full Year |
| MUSI446 | 2023 | Contemporary Music Practice 4 | 60 points | Full Year |
| MUSI471 | 2023 | Research Methods and Approaches (Advanced) | 20 points | Not offered in 2023 |
| MUSI475 | 2023 | Music Performance Pedagogy (Advanced) | 20 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI486 | 2023 | Community Project (Advanced) | 20 points | Semester 1 |
| MUSI490 | 2023 | Dissertation | 40 points | Full Year |
| MUSI590 | 2023 | Research Dissertation | 60 points | 1st Non standard period, 2nd Non standard period |
Key information for future students
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Email spa@otago.ac.nz
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