Music, BA (Hons)

Discover who you are as a musician and develop the skills you need to thrive in your future career.

• Develop your skills through practical music-making every working day.

• Learn how to make a difference in the world through your music.

• Ready yourself for a viable and sustainable career in the wider music sector.

BA Music is a practical and applied degree designed to give you access to a broad range of careers in music through an artist-first approach to study. On the course, you'll consider how music exists in the world around us today, exploring both how music is not only something to do, but something to do things with. You'll learn to use your musical skill and knowledge to make a difference in the world, starting your career as a creator, manager, educator or leader in the community music and wellbeing sectors.Our Music degree focuses on developing your creative skills as a practitioner in a wide range of musical styles and contexts. You'll have regular music-making opportunities, enhancing your skills as a practical and entrepreneurial musician who understands music as it is made in contemporary society, engaging directly with the music industry and diverse communities. You'll also develop as a music creator, exploring your personal musical identity through making original work.Your creative and practical musicianship skills will be developed in the context of viable career paths within music. You'll gain the practical training and work experience you need to take music beyond concert venues and into peoples’ everyday lives – into schools, prisons, community organisations, health and social care settings and music societies – in an inclusive and sustainable way. You'll develop a portfolio of tangible experience and materials, ready to kick-start a career in music, such as through public-facing performances, professional placements, websites and online content, or educational materials and workshop plans. You'll work with our external partners across Bath and the wider region, enabling you to acquire the communication, business, entrepreneurial, digital literacy and evaluation skills you'll need to support your artistic and professional activities.