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Motherwell Campus, Cumbernauld Campus

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Just like our former student, Lewis Capaldi, musicians and performers are among the most disciplined and dedicated professionals within the creative industries. Hours are spent perfecting their skills – not because they have to, but because it’s their passion. The music industry is highly competitive, but with the right learning and education it’s possible to get ahead of the competition.

Our NC Music: Rock & Pop course is delivered at our Motherwell campus by a team of practising industry professionals. Taught within our dedicated music rehearsal rooms and labs, this course is aimed at aspiring musicians to prepare them for progression to further study in music performance.

This highly practical course focuses on the foundations of musicianship; you will develop your performance, songwriting and theory skills whilst building your knowledge of how the music industry works to prepare you to move on to our HNC course.

As well as rehearsal and classroom based activities, there will be lots of opportunities to perform, with performance showcases taking place at Glasgow-based music venues including Box, The Classic Grand and Ivory Blacks. In addition to this, you'll have the opportunity to record at our state-of-the-art recording studios.

Entry Requirements

You should bring copies of any qualifications you have with you and a passport size photograph.

For this we ask that you prepare two contrasting musical pieces on your main instrument/voice, one of which can be an original composition.

Your main instrument should be either guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, saxophone or vocals.

All auditionees should provide their own backing track(s).

Progression Routes

HNC Music, HNC Sound Production