Module manager: Silviu Cobeanu
Email: s.g.cobeanu@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module enables students to gain a theoretical and practical insight into the live music business. The lectures will provide a theoretical background for the main issues live music managers, agents and promoters are currently facing. In seminars, students will engage in critical discussions and evaluations of carefully selected real-life case studies related to classical, jazz and popular live music management and promotion organisations.
Upon a successful completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the principles that underpin the global live music business, and explore the concepts of artist representation/management and concert promotion. The module also aims to examine in the business and legal aspects of the interrelations between artists, agents and managers on the one hand, and promoters, on the other hand.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. evaluate critically current developments and trends in the live music management;
2. conceptualise a live music event applying in-depth planning processes;
3. plan for contingencies in the management process of an event;
4. reflect analytically on the case studies and examples discussed in the sessions.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. provide solutions to complex problems and justify decisions drawing on the relevant theory and managerial practice;
6. present their work appropriately and to a high standard;
7. apply commercial literacy and feasibility to a live music event;
An indicative syllabus may include aspects of live music management and promotion such as artist management and representation, tour management, production and stage management, and concert promotion and management, as well as an exploration of roles, business organisations and business processes in the live music sector.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Seminar | 8 | 1.5 | 12 |
| Independent online learning hours | 2 | ||
| Private study hours | 266 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 32 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
Students will be monitored continuously through:
- Regular attendance at lectures and practical sessions
- During the seminars students will receive feedback and their progress will be monitored by themselves and tutor on an ongoing basis, e.g. class discussion and student presentations during seminars focused on case studies
- Other forms of formative assessment, e.g. Problem-Based Learning exercises
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation | Presentation: A concert promotion plan including all the planning and marketing elements of a concert. | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit will take the form of a 3,000 report on a given structure and topic.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 29/01/2024
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