BA Music (Popular Music)
The Music (Popular Music) course at University of Hull is a variant of the BA Music programme. This means that you will share the same modules as other BA Music students, although when there is optionality in each module, your assessments, and specialist cluster groups, will focus on Popular Music.
Duration
3 years
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
Home/EU: £9,250 per year
International: £15,400 per year
Location
Hull, United Kingdom
About the programme
Pursue your creative endeavours – whether that’s as a performer on stage or in the studio, a radio broadcast, a songwriter, a music technologist, or an events organiser promoting gigs in the region.
To thrive in today’s fast-moving music culture, you’ll need a wide range of musical and technical skills, and to be able to work confidently with others across a range of professional contexts.
Your practical work will culminate in a large-scale project that will be a stepping stone into your chosen career.
At the Music (Popular Music) course at University of Hull, you’ll study a range of technical skills to enable you to realise your best work. Core skills might include: project management, rehearsal techniques, music theory and lyric analysis, fluency with key pieces of music software, research skills, social media skills for promoting your work, and festival programming.
You’ll receive robust training in the critical and contextual dimensions of the study of music, working with expert staff to explore, interrogate and challenge received wisdom about the value, status and significance of music in our society.
Future prospects
- Musician
- Composer
- Radio producer
- Music promoter
- Recording artist
- Teacher
This degree will give you a head start in a competitive industry, as you graduate with a portfolio of material ready for your CV.
A key skill you’ll gain is how to communicate professionally, confidently and effectively, both through your craft and face-to-face, giving you a useful advantage in the jobs market. You’ll also have access to our network of professional partners, providing opportunities for live projects, work experience, masterclasses and more.
Courses Included
- Creating Recorded Music
- Creating Live Music
- Core Music Techniques
- Applied Music
- Music; Criticism and Culture
- Music and its Histories