Commercial Music, BA (Hons), with industry placement

A vocational Music course for songwriters, producers and performers who want to turn their passion into a career.

• Develop your talent and flourish. We focus on original creativity.

• Build your Music career through personal development and industry engagement.

• Benefit from our experience. Our staff have music industry experience at a high level.

If you have a flair for original musical ideas, our Commercial Music course can take you on a creative journey to inspire and define a lifelong career. You’ll write original material alongside exploring identity, promotion and the wider music business - the context of your music.Some of our graduates are signed artists. Others work for record labels, in music publishing, in the entertainment business, or across the digital sector.More about the Professional Placement YearA Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.