Music BMus(Hons)
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Music is all about collaboration and experimentation, so you’ll have opportunities to get involved in large and small ensembles, choirs and bands, composing for your fellow students, studying and playing with others. We’ll also encourage you to carry out your own creative projects and research, and you’ll have the opportunity to develop a wide range of transferable skills. You’ll be taught by leading composers, performers and researchers. During your studies you’ll be able to specialise in composition, performance or musicology, or explore the connections between all three. We want to hear your work too, in recitals, concerts, masterclasses and workshops. As a composer, you’ll also have the chance to hear your work performed by professionals. In musicology, you’ll be able to study the development of music across history and in different historical and cultural contexts. You could choose to specialise in subjects like baroque music, experimental music, opera and musical theatre, or film music.
Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr
Example modules • Performance Skills • Scoring the Silver Screen: The Musicology of Film and Television
• Music in Educational Contexts • Music, Gender and Identity
Your future A selection of companies that have employed Huddersfield graduates in recent years include The Band of Household Cavalry, Elmhurst Ballet School, Wigwam Acoustics and Nottingham Music School. Many graduates go on to work freelance and establish a portfolio career, teaching or postgraduate study.* *LinkedIn
“One of the great things with the music courses here in Huddersfield is the variety of directions you can follow. You can pick anything from musicology, to performance and composition. Within the music department, there is a very strong core of composers, both professors and PhD students, and as a bachelor student, I have the chance to interact with them, follow their work and learn from them.” Asonitis Anastasios, Music BMus(Hons) 10
For more detailed course information visit courses.hud.ac.uk
Entry requirements: BBB/DDM/120 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 120 points. Applicants intending to study solo instrumental or vocal performance should be around Grade 7-8 standard of the ABRSM, Rockschool or equivalent at entry and attend an audition.
