BA (Hons) Music

Studying Music is a creative opportunity to grow as a musician, guided by world-renowned composers, performers, musicologists and researchers. We have a long tradition of academic excellence and our courses are unique for the variety of options available. We aim to ensure that our graduates have the capacity to become national and international leaders in their fields. Our practice-based Music teaching presents unique opportunities for student compositions to be performed, for interactions between live music and electronics, and for historically-informed performance arising from our musicological activity. You will make and study music with other, like-minded young musicians, composers and musicologists, honing your craft and exploring the field. You also have the opportunity to choose modules in other subjects, broadening your educational experience and career prospects. In your final year, you will have the opportunity to follow a specialism of your own, stretching your abilities and proving yourself.
You will be part of a vibrant music community, performing in, or attending performances at, public venues such as Pontio or the magnificent Prichard Jones Hall. Your musical experience will extend beyond the lecture room, with opportunities to join the University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir or one of the many student societies for Music, such as Opera, Concert Band, DJ, Musical Theatre, and String Orchestra. Studying music sharpens your memory, encourages teamwork, provides an outlet for your creativity and equips you with the professional music skills appropriate to a wide range of careers.
The BA Music course includes optional modules from other subjects, while the BMus course is exclusively music modules.
Placement Year and International Experience Year Available

Careers
A degree in Music offers you excellent employment prospects and the skills developed will allow you to excel in a wide range of music careers. As well as working as composers, performers, songwriters, editors, lyricists and conductors, many of our graduates take up posts with music publishers, orchestras, opera houses, or arts centres as music directors, creative coordinators, or administrators. Music graduates are always highly sought after in media and recording companies as technicians, producers, programme-planners, and writers. Other possible career paths include specialist music journalism, music publishing, music librarianship, and arts marketing. Several of our graduates have gone on to become distinguished academics, composers, and performers, many others are teachers, at all educational levels (up to and including university).

For all Music courses the ability to read staff notation is required. Points from grade examinations are taken into consideration where appropriate, but are not normally included in the offer.

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:

A Levels: including a grade B in Music (in lieu of Music A-level we will also consider other A-level subjects in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications in Music, or merit in the ABRSM/Trinity/LCM/Rockschool Grade 5 Theory/Grade 7 Practical, or IB Higher in Music.) General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted.
BTEC National Extended Diploma in Music: MMM - DDM including a unit demonstrating the ability to read staff notation (We will also consider other BTEC subjects in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications in Music (e.g. A Level Music, IB Higher in Music) or merit in the ABRSM/Trinity/LCM/Rockschool Grade 5 Theory/Grade 7 Practical)
Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma**: MMM- DDM
City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080)**: considered on a case-by-case basis
International Baccalaureate Diploma: including grade H5 in Music**
Access**: pass required
Welsh Baccalaureate**: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
T Levels**: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.

We also welcome applications from mature learners.

International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).

IELTS - 6.0 (5.5), TOEFL iBT - 75 overall , (L-17, R-18, S-20, W-18)