Music Production BA Welcome Pack
Welcome to BA Music Production 2025.
Welcome to the Music Production degree at UON. We’re glad you’ve joined us and look forward to creating with you.
During these three years you’ll be broadening your technical and creative skillset in studio engineering, music production, sound design and foley, composing for media, AI, synthesis and sampling, acoustics and psychoacoustics, immersive and responsive sound to image, and you’ll also be developing your academic prowess.
There will be opportunities to collaborate with Popular Music, Games Design and Media students, and opportunites to work and/or volunteer in a range of professional situations. We encourage you to be motivated and reach beyond the mere study and engage with our network of dedicated professionals.
At the end of the degree, you’ll have a breadth of skills, knowledge and experience, and a portfolio of work that will help ready you for a career in the creative industries and/or further study.
Your Course Leader
Mark Thursby
Senior Lecturer in Music Production
mark.thursby@northampton.ac.uk
Welcome and Induction Sessions
This is your induction timetable with in-person sessions starting on Monday 22 September. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact induction organiser Mark Thursby: Mark.Thursby@northampton.ac.uk.
Monday 22 September – Friday 3 October
Welcome Week activities
From karaoke to outdoor cinema, wellbeing walks to Silent Disco, and much more – there’s something suitable for everyone.
See our Welcome timetable to find out more.
Monday, 22 September
Session: “Orientation” – meet your peers
- Time: 10am – 12pm (BST)
- Location: Development Hub, Music Department (ground floor).
The Development Hub is around a 5-minute walk from Waterside Campus.
Session: “Studio Intro”
- Time: 1 – 3pm (BST)
- Location: Development Hub, DH020 (ground floor)
Tuesday, 23 September
Session: One to One chat – getting to know you! An opportunity to privately discuss any individual needs.
- Time: Individual time slots from 11am (BST) – these will be organised on Monday
- Location: Development Hub, DH020 (ground floor)
Session: “Bandeoke” social event at the Charles Bradlaugh
- Time: from 8pm onwards (BST)
- Location: The Charles Bradlaugh, 1 Earl Street, Northampton, NN1 3AU
Wednesday, 24 September
Session: “Buddy Up” – Meet 2nd and 3rd Year Music Students.
- Time: 11am onwards (BST)
- Location: Development Hub, DH020 (ground floor)
Thursday, 25 September
Session: Free day! A chance to explore the student activities taking place at Waterside Campus, or visit Student Services teams.
Preparation/Specialist Equipment
You’ll need various things whilst studying with us, these include:
- A sturdy portable hard drive, suggested 1TB storage.
- Decent headphones, please avoid AirPods and ‘Beats by Dre’.
- Pen and paper!
- You don’t need to buy a laptop to succeed on our course as we have 2 Mac suites, but you can obviously use your own laptop if you have one.
- Join our UON Music Instagram.
- Join Mark Thursby’s YouTube channel.
Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community
Every year we run opportunities for music students to get involved in events, installations (“Of Sound Mind”), live sound performance opportunities, student ambassador, DJ’ing at Open Days and other events.