SAE Tonmeister

SAE Tonmeister (Masters Level) - Overview

PLEASE NOTE: This programme will only be available at SAE Oxford.

The SAE Tonmeister is a unique programme taking audio education to the next level. Graduates are equipped with the knowledge and highest academic qualification required for a successful career in the music and audio industries. The SAE Tonmeister programme is aimed at those who are concerned with acoustic design, theory and practice of sound recording, and wish to develop their musical knowledge and skills to a post graduate level. The programme will produce graduates who are well versed in the entertainment business, sound engineering, music production, music arrangement, management skills and acoustics design.

In addition, they will develop an appreciation of developmental and aesthetic aspects of creative media in recent years and the likely course of future developments. They will have self critical awareness of their professional capabilities and appreciate the need for continual personal and professional development.

Course Details

Qualification

SAE Tonmeister (a qualification at masters level)

Degree Entry Requirements

Note: If you are applying from outside the United Kingdom please contact the SAE Institute in your country to confirm your equivalent educational standing or contact SAE directly.

• minimum age 18; and
• completion of a Bachelor (Hons) degree; and
• some music theory knowledge and proficiency in at least one instrument; or
• mature age students with a minimum of 8 years industry experience and a proven track record. Please send CD or DVD your work and include complete CV.

Duration

12 months full time

Assessment method and award

Practical

• will involve progressive assessment and the submission of studio logs; and
• students undertake a substantial recording project within the guidelines set by the Institute
• students undertake a major music arrangement project

Theoretical

• all Tonmeister students must undertake one specialist written research projects and one complete musical project

• pass and complete all individual degree modules and complete a final examination

Award

• In order to qualify for the SAE-Tonmeister, candidates need to have successfully completed a Bachelor (Hons) degree and passed the final examination with a score of 80% or more.
• award is the 'Tonmeister' Masters Level

Direct entry

Graduates who have successfully completed the SAE degree from other SAE Institutes can continue with the masters degree at SAE Oxford. Graduates with similar qualifications from other Institutions can apply for advanced standing in the Tonmeister programme.

Job opportunities are:

Television and radio engineering and production, lecturing, pop and classical music production, audio equipment design, audio systems maintenance, professional audio equipment support, acoustician, freelance performance, research field, software engineering, management and administration, journalism and marketing and others.