Music, BMus (Hons)

This music degree offers a dynamic, global, and interdisciplinary exploration of music, integrating theory, practice, and performance. It features a wide array of ensembles in classical, contemporary, jazz, and world music, which host regular concerts and a summer festival, providing opportunities to perform alongside world-class musicians. Students learn in an energised environment with internationally recognised staff, receive 20 hours of annual one-on-one instrumental or vocal tuition, and access advanced facilities including recording studios and performance spaces. The program prepares for diverse careers through modules on sound recording, music business, education, and cultural perspectives, with options for placements at organisations like Les Miserables and the London Philharmonic.Modules progress from foundational topics in Year 1, such as Western Music in Context and Composition, to advanced studies in Year 2 and 3, including Global Perspectives, Performance, and specialised areas like Jazz and Video Game Music. Assessment combines coursework, examinations, and practical projects, with final marks contributing to the degree outcome, emphasising portfolios and recitals in creative and performance modules.

Year 1

• Western Music in Context 1

• Western Music in Context 2

• Critical Listening

• Materials of Tonal Music

• Composition 1

• Performance 1

• Practical Musicianship 1

• Developing Creative and Professional Narratives

• Modern European History

• Analysing Music

• Ensemble Performance

• Practical Musicianship 2

• Global Perspectives: London’s Musical Communities

• Performance 2

• Performance 2A

• Composition: Studio

• Composition: Instrumental and Vocal

• Composition: Moving Images

• Digital Storytelling: Research, Writing, Design

• Fifty Shades of Red. Russia in the Twentieth Century

• The American Century

• Creative Writing Workshop

• Micro-Placement

• Jazz

• Global Popular Musics

• Sound, Music and the Moving Image

• Electronic Dance Music

• Rhythm

• Sound, Art and Technoculture

• Orchestral and Instrumental Studies

• Nineteenth-Century Opera

• The Classical Style: Music, Aesthetics, Society

• Music in East Asia

• Video Game Music

• Major Project: Dissertation

• Major Project: Composition

• Major Project: Performance 3

• Composition: Studio

• Composition: Instrumental and Vocal

• Composition: Moving Images

• Global Perspectives: London’s Musical Communities

• Performance 3A

• Visual Storytelling

• Disruptive Divas, Riot Grrrls and Bad Sistas: A History of Women in Popular Music

• Sound, Music and the Moving Image

• Nineteenth-Century Opera

• Global Popular Musics

• Electronic Dance Music

• Rhythm

• Sound, Art and Technoculture

• Lieder

• Jazz

• Music in East Asia

• Video Game Music

• Romantic Aesthetics

• The Classical Style: Music, Aesthetics, Society

• Micro-Placement

• Industry Projects

• Year Placement: Integrated Professional Training