Undergraduate study in Songcraft and Music Production

Songcraft and Music Production is where creativity meets technology. You can explore the art of songwriting, performance, and arranging, alongside the technical skills of music production and audio engineering. This will give you the tools to bring original songs to life from conception to finished track.

After a common first-year core, you can continue with either Songcraft or Music Production as your primary focus. Of course, elective flexibility in the BMus also allows you to continue with both, or add a secondary area of focus from another Music Specialisation.

In Songcraft, you’ll learn to:

• Write and refine your own songs across diverse styles
• Collaborate with performers, producers, and other creatives
• Analyse and apply techniques from influential songwriters of the 20th and 21st centuries
• Share and present your work in workshop and performance settings.

In Music Production, you’ll learn:

• Recording, mixing, mastering, and producing music using industry-standard software and world-class equipment and facilities
• Professional industry-standard practices in audio engineering and sound design
• Creative, technical and project-management skills required to develop a song from conception through to release in any genre
• Connections with top recording studios and industry professionals, resulting in significant professional networks and opportunities, utilising highly relevant skills and techniques

You must meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Music. These requirements are detailed on the BMus Programme page. 

If you have any queries, please contact a Student Hub.

You will take the common BMus core:

• MUS 125: Music in Aotearoa
  MUS 130: Music Phenomena
  MUS 162: Introduction to Music Teaching and Learning
  MUS 199: Ensembles
  MUS 225: Music in Society
  MUS 325: Music as History

As well as the following:

• The common first-year courses in Songcraft and Music Production: MUS 180 and 181
• Either Studio courses in Songcraft: MUS 280, 281, 380, 381
• Or Studio courses in Music Production: MUS 230, 231, 330, 331, 332, 334
• Three Music Theory Courses: Mus 284, 287, 384
• WTR 100 and one General Education course
• 60 points from MUS 149, 220, 221, 230, 231, 280, 281, 299, 320, 321, 330, 331, 332, 334, 380, 381, 399

Note: Music Production/Audio Engineering specialists may progress directly in MUS 230 from MUS 130.

Browse a list of courses available within the Bachelor of Music, including those for Songcraft and Music Production.  

For queries about how to apply, admission, and enrolment, please visit a Student Hub or contact us online.