Music and Business Management, BA (Hons)

The BA in Music and Business Management integrates a comprehensive music curriculum with business studies, preparing students for industry careers by exploring genres like classical, jazz, pop, and commercial music. Students engage in performances, such as opera singing or playing funk guitar and classical oboe, and develop skills through workshops and projects. The programme allows customisation in areas like performance, project management, music therapy, marketing, composition, and music technology, with benefits including industry connections, guest speakers, and access to advanced facilities like virtual reality and immersive audio-visual centres.Modules may include innovation, digital technologies, musical research, composition, film music, cultural economics, and entrepreneurial management. Learning occurs via lectures, tutorials, coursework, and projects, with assessments through performances, compositions, dissertations, presentations, and exams. Students receive support from academic tutors and ongoing feedback to enhance their progress.

You will study a variety of topics that cover the fundamental aspects of Music and Business Management and you will have the opportunity to tailor your course to your interests by choosing some of your modules. Just some of the modules you may study include: Innovation, Technology and the Environment; Digital Technologies in Business; Adventures in Musical Research; Explorations in Composition; Film Music Composition; How the Arts Work: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Economics; Entrepreneurial Management; Introduction to Music Technology. For further module information visit https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/music-business-management-degree-ba#modules