Learn the science and art of Music Production and Audio Engineering at New Zealand’s largest and most comprehensive tertiary music school. The School of Music offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications taught by respected industry professionals, across a wide range of genres and disciplines, utilising world-class facilities and equipment.
Music Production is the art of using the recording studio as a musical instrument in its own right, employing the associated skills, techniques, and equipment. The discipline is wide-ranging and incorporates practical, theoretical, technical, creative, and professional skills.
A range of specialist courses cover topics such as arrangement, pre-production, industry-standard recording and audio engineering techniques, professional mixing and mastering, music theory, history and industry studies, as well as live sound, sound design for film, video game and virtual reality.
Alongside these courses you will find options for parallel study in any of the School's other specialisations (Classical, Composition, Jazz, Popular Music), as well as extensive collaboration with staff and fellow students in these areas.
The School has strong connections with top recording studios and industry professionals. As a result, students gain access to significant professional networks and opportunities, utilising highly relevant skills and techniques.
Our facilities are excellent and include multiple recording studios and computer labs, equipped with cutting-edge professional equipment. High-end microphones (Neumann, Coles, Schoeps, DPA etc), recording equipment (Neve, API, Universal Audio, Apogee), recording instruments, and DAWs equipped with extensive professional software and vast third-party plugin libraries.
In your Music Studies specialisation you will also take a Waipapa Taumata Rau course and a General Education course.