MUSIC, BA at Canterbury Christ Church University

The BA Music programme is a single honours programme designed for students with a background in classical music, and allows you to develop your skills in areas such as performance, composition and musicology. You can choose from a range of optional modules in areas such as community music, performance, composition for media and film, and music business.

You will also explore areas including:

• music history and musicology
• music theory and analysis
• composition
• music technology

You will gain the skills and knowledge needed to begin a career as a creative practitioner in a number of music industry roles such as instrumental tutor, composer, arranger, music journalist or researcher, as well as a range of other graduate jobs in arts administration or management. You may also consider training to teach in schools or further education, or continue your education by progressing on to Masters degree qualifications.

Why study this subject

The BA Music programme is a single honours programme designed for students with a background in classical music, and with an interest in the application of skills in the areas of performance, composition and musicology.  You can choose from a range of optional modules in order to focus on particular areas including performance, composition and musicology and there are aspects of study which also include popular and commercial music styles.  There will be opportunities to perform, compose and record music using specialist facilities which include performance rehearsal rooms, recording studios, Apple Mac suites and surround sound mixing studios.  The University is very well equipped for the teaching of music with buildings including the Maxwell Davies Building, St. Gregory’s Centre for Music and the University’s new Creative Arts building.  There are many opportunities for creative collaboration with students on other programmes in the School such as with the Commercial Music and the Creative Music Production & Technology programmes, as well as with Dance, Drama and Performing Arts students.

What can i do next?

The BA Music course prepares you for a career as a performer, scholar, composer and a well-rounded creative musician. Graduates have, for example, frequently gone on to work as freelance performers, to pursue post-graduate study and gain teaching certification. For anyone planning on a career in primary or secondary education, for example, a BA in Music creates an ideal foundation by developing strong and transferable skills in group work, critical thinking, independent learning and a desire to share your enthusiasm with others.