Music Performance BMus(Hons)

BMus(Hons)

Your course

If you would like to focus on solo performance, band or ensemble playing, and the social and cultural aspects of performance, then this course is for you. It is designed for expert performers with a passion for performing across a variety of styles and contexts. Students on this course are already advanced players or singers, and will choose from a wide range of performance experiences from which to develop their skills. You’ll be taught by expert academic staff, many of whom are also professional performers with active international careers as soloists, session musicians, and ensemble members. Visiting masterclasses and workshops are an integral feature of the course and we regularly host concerts and workshops with leading pop and classical musicians. You’ll also have opportunities to study composition, songwriting, technology, and musicology modules that will support your all-round development as a performer.

Example modules

• Solo Performance • Work and Professional Practice in Music • Music in the 21 st Century • Performance Skills

Your future

We strongly encourage our students to be enterprising and many graduates go on to work freelance and establish portfolio careers as recording artists and session musicians. Support for starting your own business is available from our 3M Buckley Innovation Centre. Others go on to postgraduate study, teaching or a wide variety of careers.

Course info

Course length:

3 years full-time 4 years inc. placement year

Entry requirements:

BBB-BBC/DDM-DMM/Merit at T Level/120-112 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications alongside evidence of prior Music or Music Technology experience (which could be offered either through formal qualifications or a portfolio of creative work).

Music performance and theory grades from 6-8 can be counted in the total points.

Admission to this course is by audition only. You should have an advanced standard of technical achievement and excellent overall potential as a performer (roughly equivalent to the standard of grade 8 practical music making, where applicable).

“The course offers such a variety of ensembles, all led by musicians who are experts in their field. Students are included in the running of the ensemble which adds another skill to your arsenal. Being in a hotspot for band and orchestral music and, with high-profile connections, the instrumental tuition at Huddersfield is second to none. This led to me being offered and accepting a position as Principal Tuba in the world’s No.1 ranked brass band during my final year. The University can provide you with the tools to not only achieve your potential, but to smash it out of the park.”

Tommy Tynan, Principal Tuba Player, the Cory Band