BA Music
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
About this course
BA in Music, a music degree focused on academic and practical approaches to sonic art and culture. The course is broadly based but allows increasing specialisation and choice as studies proceed. The first year covers core grounding through modules such as Foundations in the Study of Music, Stylistic Composition, Musical Analysis and Critical Listening, and Musical Skills (Conducting, Keyboard Skills, Arranging). Students also engage with practical and historical strands including Performance, Composition, Extended Essay, and Critical Studies in Ethnomusicology. Additional foundational study is available via Historically Informed Performance and specialised topics such as Global Hip Hop and Music, Mind, Behaviour.
Modules
- Foundations in the Study of Music
- Stylistic Composition
- Topics I, for example: Machaut’s Songs; Women and Music in the 19th Century; Music, Mind, Behaviour; Global Hip Hop
- Musical Analysis and Critical Listening
- Extended Essay
- Composition
- Performance
- Critical Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Historically Informed Performance
- Musical Skills (Conducting, Keyboard Skills, Arranging)