BA Music

Students explore performance, composition or song writing, music technology, studio music production, music theory and specialise in classical and popular music.

Students will be encouraged to think critically about music by studying key ideas and concepts, from the historical, political and economic to the technological and aesthetic. They learn harmony, instrumentation, orchestration and musicianship, and how to write and/or perform music convincingly in a range of styles.

The course has a practical teaching ethos, placing practice at the centre of student learning, and students are taught through a combination of lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials, instrumental lessons (according to music specialization), opportunities for collaborative projects and concert performances.

Lectures allow students to gain and develop knowledge in specific subjects, which can be further discussed and developed in smaller seminar groups usually made up of 7-12 students or so.

Students also have access to and use resources to support their learning throughout their course, including a suite of Macintosh computers (with Logic Pro, Sibelius music notation software and other software’s); printing facilities; access to a hybrid analogue-digital recording studio connected digitally with sound-proofed practice rooms and live recording spaces; a library open 24/7 well-stocked with music scores, books, CDs and online portals to the latest music research; free access to the complete Naxos Music Library online; a Graduate Academic Assistant and Student Learning Assistants to support you in your studies; a concert room and communal spaces to meet students specialising in other disciplines which need music (e.g. film, animation and television production).

Full-time and part-time study available.

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