Music, BA (Hons)

The BA Music at Sussex emphasizes performance, composition, and critical thinking across genres like popular, classical, film, global, and avant-garde. Tailored for contemporary musicians, it fosters thriving in diverse professional contexts through creative practices with international perspectives, one-to-one instrumental lessons, masterclasses, concerts, and 24/7 access to industry-standard facilities—including studios, practice rooms, a 350-seat auditorium, and the Attenborough Centre's gigs stage. Students can take electives in film, sustainability, or arts production, study abroad, or pursue placements.Learn from composers, performers, and musicologists who blend practical skills with music history. Benefit from ties to Glyndebourne and The Rose Hill. Recent graduates have signed to labels, toured (including SXSW), and entered music therapy, film, or game composition. Sussex's innovative campus, on the South Downs edge near Brighton & Hove, is near Gatwick and an hour from London.