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‘blackbox’ project installation space, with technical support provided
in these spaces during normal office hours. Students can borrow a
range of equipment from the Art shop including wood/metal
working, casting, and framing tools as well as Digital SLR cameras.
Students can purchase or custom order supplies directly from the
onsite Art shop.
The Peter Scott Gallery initiates a full programme of activities
covering researched exhibitions, touring shows, talks,
demonstrations and visits by practising artists. The exhibition
programme can also accommodate solo exhibitions for those
research students whose degree includes practical work.
Music
There are a number of dedicated spaces for Music, including practice
and ensemble rooms, the Jack Hylton recital room (with adjacent
recording studio), and a 900-seater concert hall with a fine organ.
The Lancaster International Concert Series holds regular concerts
which feature innovative artists, such as the ensemble Psappha,
Accordingly, LICA offers a laboratory-based research environment to
whose repertoire is contemporary music, and I Fagiolini, who take a
its students and the creative industries that share a commitment to
fresh approach to the performance of early music. Besides the
new knowledge generation in ‘making-practices’, and to the transfer
expected extensive collection of books, scores and recordings, the
of knowledge between academics, community and business.
University library has specialist materials such as the Oster collection
of Schenker papers, the collections of the musicologists Hans Redlich
Facilities
and Edward Lockspeiser, and the archive of the estate of Jack
From autumn 2010, all LICA postgraduates will be housed in a new
Hylton, band leader and impresario, which is an invaluable resource
building which will include seminar and teaching spaces,
for research on the history of jazz and of broadcasting.
performance and acoustic labs, public event spaces, workshops and
design studios. It will also house the HighWire project, a joint
TAUGHT COURSES
initiative between LICA, the Management School and InfoLab21.
MA/PgCert in Creative Arts Consultancy
Dance, Theatre and Performance
Our resources include the Nuffield Theatre, one of the best equipped
Director of Studies: Frank Dawes.
theatre laboratory and performance spaces in Europe. A large black
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time (MA); 6
box space, adaptable to any configuration, with state-of-the-art
months full-time, 12 months part-time (PgCert).
lighting and sound facilities, it is an established professional touring Entry Requirements: A second class honours degree, or its
venue with a full programme of performances by leading and equivalent. Professional qualifications or previous experience will
emerging national and international dance and theatre companies. also be considered.
The Nuffield also commissions high quality new performances from Assessment: Combination of coursework, client project report and
established dance, theatre and live artists and develops a range of dissertation.
participatory artist-led community projects. Other facilities include IELTS: 6.5
The Playroom, a smaller recently refurbished sprung-floor, black-box Funding: Project clients meet the research expenses incurred
theatre studio, and a range of rehearsal and seminar rooms of by students - see also page 196.
different sizes. Further Information:
www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica
Design, Digital Arts and Computer Music This course is designed to prepare you to tackle practical problems
There is currently an Apple Macintosh G5-based Music Technology faced by organisations and, with advice and support from academic
lab, and three smaller studios, equipped with the latest audio staff, to take responsibility for a consultancy based project to help
sequencing and software, together with a newly-built recording resolve practical issues and problems faced by a client organisation.
facility centred on a Pro Tools HD system and three tie-lined Our client organisations predominantly come from the creative
recording spaces, ranging from a soundproof band-room to a 900- industries and the cultural and heritage sectors. Client organisations
seater concert hall. The Digital Art lab contains dual-bootable Apple we have worked with include BBC Radio, The Great British Rhythm
iMacs running Adobe Creative Suite and Apple Final Cut Studio. In and Blues Festival, Lake District Summer Music Festival, The National
addition, Lancaster University’s Television Unit houses a range of Trust, Dukes Theatre, Wordsworth Trust, and The National Football
digital, Internet and video studio facilities, and provides professional Museum.
producers, editors and technicians who can support postgraduate
projects. The MA consists of three taught modules (two for the PgCert), the
completion of a consultancy project report and a dissertation (MA
Fine Art only). You will attend lectures on one day per week, allowing you to
There are dedicated individual studio spaces, accessible 24/7 during spend time with your client. Typically you will work or be involved
term-time and most vacations, wood/metal and general fabrication with your client for 1-2 days per week over a period of 4-6 months.
workshops, a life room, photography and digital art lab, and a
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