BA (Hons) Music: Performance

This Music: Performance degree delivers a broad-based curriculum during the first year, with opportunities for specialism and professional development throughout years two and three. Our informative Masterclass series is designed to enhance your career planning, involving internationally renowned guest speakers and visiting artists from the creative industries.

In your first year, you’ll focus on instrumental proficiency and creativity through ensemble participation and one-to-one lessons with leading specialists. You will also study significant historical and cultural approaches to performance technique across contrasting eras of music, as well as develop fundamental creative skills in arranging, applied composition and music technology.

In year two you are given the opportunity to specialise within the musical fields of your interest and skill set, choosing from a wide range of optional modules. In the final year, you consolidate your learning, deepening your individual creativity in a personal body of portfolio work.

Gain a deeper understanding of what you'll explore within each module below.