BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance
Take your passion for playing and performing skills to the next stage - join Solent’s community of creatives and learn from a dedicated team of professional musicians, composers and producers.
Biography
Colin joined the Solent music team in September 2018 as an associate lecturer and keyboard mentor for the performance-based degree courses, having previously appeared a number of times as a guest lecturer in music for media and brass arranging.
During his career as a media music composer he has written over 200 themes, scores and commercials for international broadcasters and production companies including BBC, ITV, Discovery Channel and Sky, has been published by EMI Music Publishing and contributed to many of the top UK production music libraries such as KPM Music, Music House and Standard Music.
As a musician he has performed and directed numerous prestige bands in thousands of shows including at many big awards events on Park Lane, cruise ships and around the world. He also has over a decade of experience in music copyright for ITV.
Colin has vast industry experience ranging for 30 years as a composer of music for media - over 200 broadcast credits for ITV, BBC, Sky and others. He's worked as a musical director, keyboard player and vocalist with many prestige bands - playing at major events and awards shows around the world and worked for 10 years in music copyright for ITV.
Colin's work has been published by EMI Music, Standard Music and others. Colin has also worked as a private piano teaching and guest lecturer in music for media and brass arranging.
Taught courses
BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production
Play and produce your tracks. Combining performance techniques and studio recording skills, using digital and analogue studios, this degree is ideal to help launch your career in the music industry.
