Music, BA (Hons)

The Music BA degree is designed to nurture your specific interests in music creation, providing a strong foundation in composition, performance, and musicology that embraces diverse musical styles. In the first year, you will explore sonic arts, sound recording, and receive peer feedback on your work. Subsequent years offer optional modules, allowing you to tailor your studies with choices like orchestration, advanced composition, or interdisciplinary projects, preparing you for careers in the music industry.Taught by prominent composers, performers, and musicologists with extensive connections, the programme includes access to state-of-the-art facilities such as soundproofed studios and editing suites. You will benefit from guest lectures, London-based trips, and opportunities for performances and placements with industry partners, enhancing your professional development. The degree can be completed full-time over three years, with a placement option, or part-time over six years.

Year 1 Ensemble 1: The Art of Performing Materials of Music 1: Inside the Language Ways of Hearing 1: Genres Through Time Composing 1: Capturing Ideas Studio Production 1: Introduction to the Art of Sound and Technology Professional Development 1: Building a Collaborative Musical Project from A-Z Year 2 Core Modules Materials of Music 2: Outside the Box From the Inside Ways of Hearing 2: The Theatre of Technology Professional Development II: Communicating and Teaching Optional Modules Ensemble 2: Leadership, Directing and Improvisation Composing 2: Craft and Development Studio Production 2: Advanced Techniques and Designing Your Own Tools Orchestration and Arrangement Interdisciplinary Project: Learning Collaboration Year 3 Core Modules Professional Independent Project Optional Ensemble 3: Creating Performance Materials of Music 3: Advanced Technical Portfolio Ways of Hearing 3: Cultures and Subcultures Composing 3: Advanced Portfolio Studio Production 3: Taking Sonic Art to the Stage