Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) (Hons) University of Surrey

Overview

The Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) (Hons) programme offered at  University of Surrey is aimed at exceptional students who are primarily interested in engineering and music. You’ll gain a breadth of experience, numerous practical skills, and invaluable initiative and adaptability that will prepare you for a career in any area of the professional audio industry. 

Career opportunities

• The quality of teaching, professional studio facilities and equipment, and the success of our graduates, mean that the Tonmeister course is highly regarded in the industry. Consequently, as a graduate you will enjoy unrivalled career prospects. In the survey, Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA, results show that 91 per cent of undergraduates from Music and Media go on to employment or further study. This programme has produced a stream of highly successful graduates during its long history, including Oscar, Grammy and Mercury Prize winners. The broad range of subjects covered by the Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister®) BMus/BSc (Hons) programme will prepare you for work in any area of the audio industry. This can vary from musical roles through practical audio engineering to development of new audio technologies. Surrey graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers, including:  
• Audio engineering for pop music, classical music, film, post-production, mastering and broadcast 

• Audio editing for film, television, radio, classical music and pop music 

• Specification, installation, operation and maintenance of live sound systems for music and theatre 

• Technical support for the recording industry – carrying out studio maintenance, equipment rental and technical installations 

• Manufacture of all types of professional and consumer audio equipment – research and development, technical support, product management, marketing and sales 

• Creative music roles, such as composition for film and television, freelance performing or sound design for computer games.