Diploma in Sonic Arts (R24)

About the Programme

The course has been designed to nurture both the aspiring tech savvy musician and the musicianship-aware audio technologist. Those pursuing this diploma will create, produce, master and re-master musical arts projects in an artistic environment equipped with cutting-edge technology.

Our graduates will possess versatility and be able to easily turn their hand to many tasks, making them highly marketable.

Programme Objectives

DSA DSA graduates will create, produce and master/re-master musical arts projects via an immersive artistic environment, built with cutting-edge technology that yet captures wisdom entrenched in traditional resources.

The experience is enhanced through the ‘live’ capability at The Republic Cultural Centre. This will facilitate performance and practical learning in a real-world environment that showcases the talents of our sonic artists.

While students are in the DSA space, they will be treated to a vast array of competency exposure, including:

• Music technology
• Audio production techniques
• Scoring and production for film and TV
• Environmental and spatial acoustic design
• Music composition in the digital realm
• Talent marketing and management
• Creative business skills for music production

Career Prospects

DSA graduates will be equipped to take on roles ranging from film scoring, jingle composition, music synthesis, audio environment design for any artistic production genres, careers in tours, music/talent business entrepreneurs. They can also choose to be future educators and alchemists in digital music and technology.

Further Studies