Music BMus (Hons) at Bangor University

Studying, creating and performing music of all eras in a lively atmosphere of creative activity and scholarly endeavour.

We offer the opportinity to study a variety of music styles from different perspectives.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• We offer a large number of options, allowing you to shape your course to reflect your interests and strengths. Our enthusiastic staff comprises active composers, musicologists and performers, whose expertise covers all angles of musical study.

• Much of the teaching is in small groups, providing a stimulating and supportive learning environment. The options include ensemble coaching, tuition in conducting and community-based projects.
• Our staff work at the cutting edge of research in music and all have international reputations in their fields.
• Our concert series includes performances concerts of chamber music (including residences by Ensemble Cymru and the Benyounes Quartet, who also give masterclasses), recitals by leading singers and instrumentalists, concerts of acousmatic music by Electroacoustic Wales, and regular visits by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In addition, there is an annual New Music Festival. Tickets are available to students at greatly reduced prices.
• We have a large choir and a symphony orchestra, a chamber choir, early music and opera groups and various other ensembles. Performers have the opportunity to play concertos with the University Symphony Orchestra. Pieces composed by our students are performed frequently by visiting professionals. The University Music Society also runs an orchestra and choir; other Students’ Union societies include a brass band, a jazz band, and a musicals society.
• We have a new Arts and Innovation Centre, 2 fine concert halls, and two buildings of our own, with teaching rooms, rehearsal space, study areas, social learning spaces, and a number of soundproofed individual practice rooms.
• The School has a full complement of grand and upright pianos, harpsichords, organs, harps, percussion and world instruments. Our 4 studios are equipped to international standards for recording, research and composition. Our Library has over 3,000 CDs and 20,000 scores.
• Music Performance Scholarships are offered to the most promising instrumentalist and/or vocalists.
• We have an extensive range of electronic resources, including the Naxos Music Library and Grove Music Online. There are also fullyequipped open-access computers, with Sibelius and other music software installed.
• We have a strong engagement with
  and commitment to the study of music in Welsh culture. The School is home to the Archive of Traditional Welsh Music (which also contains over 300 world instruments), the Welsh Popular Music Archive (which includes a significant library of records), and the Crossley-Holland Collection (which includes over 600 unique world instruments).

Careers

While many graduates pursue careers in the area of music, these degrees are also good preparation for a wide range of employment in administration, commerce, management, and other professions. Our graduates have become professional performers, composers, university lecturers, researchers, teachers, arts administrators, music therapists, music publishers, librarians, concert managers, community arts officers, stage managers, recording and broadcasting producers, and sound engineers. Many former students have followed these degrees with further musical training, as performers, scholars or composers, and there are opportunities for all these at Bangor.