Music Production for Girls
ages 14-18
This course offers an opportunity for girls aged 14-18 to develop their skills in composition and music technology. As part of the course, you will be taught by professional musicians step by step how to record, compose and produce your own individual piece on state-of-the-art equipment. By the end of the course, you will be able to showcase your work in a small workshop, as well as take a CD of your recording home.
During the course you will:
- Explore recording techniques, drum programming, sampling, sound design and ways of developing your ideas
- Receive one-to-one support and tuition
- Work with instrumentalists on material you want to sample/record
- Explore and produce in Ableton Live
- Workshop your piece at the end of the course and take a CD home
Applicants are not required to have any previous experience in music, however you have to submit a short paragraph on why you would like to do the course, detailing anything specific that inspired you to make or produce music. If you wish, you may also submit audio files of your work, however it is not necessary and will not impact our judgement for your suitability of the course.
Course Information
Dates: Monday 22 - Friday 26 July 2019
Daily Schedule: 10am - 5pm
Course Fee: £450
Course Fee + Bed and breakfast: £714.32
Course Fee + Bed, breakfast and evening meal: £780.32
Eligibility
Girls aged 14-18.
Applicants must have sufficient English language skills to cope with course demands.
Subsidised Places
As part of Guildhall School’s commitment to widening participation the Innovation department is able to offer a number of fully-funded places on this short course to selected applicants who meet our eligibility criteria. Further information, eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found by downloading the application form below. Please contact shortcourses@gsmd.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Download a subsidised places form (Word document)
Download a subsidised places form (pdf)
About the Course Tutor
Ieva Vaiti is a Lithuanian born producer, who is now based in London, UK. She trained as a classical violinist from a young age and around age 16, she became interested in music technology and furthered her career as a producer.
Having graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Electronic Music, she has been involved in many exciting projects as a music artist, including the Curious Festival 2016, Barbican Silent Film Festival 2016, Richmix Takeover Festival 2017, Sound Unbound Festival 2017, Roundhouse CircusFest 2018 and many more. She has performed within the UK and Europe as her pseudonym Piksel and has been a resident artist with Fatima Al Qadiri at Both Sides Now, Manchester.
Ieva is actively involved in education programmes, having taught at Sound and Music, Firetech and NCS. She is currently working at the City, University of London as an Audio/Visual Engineer, as well as writing music within many other creative projects, including for her multimedia collective Project Syntrex, to composition for documentary films and producing for other artists.
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