Course summary

Our BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance degree provides future popular music professionals with a thorough, industry-facing educational experience. During the course, you will: • receive bespoke 1:1 tuition with our team of internationally acclaimed professional performers • develop your musicianship and interpretation skills • engage with current theories in historical and social popular musicology and performance practice • deepen your understanding of today’s popular music industry • nurture the entrepreneurial skills required for the contemporary musician. Throughout the course, there are opportunities to collaborate and work with students from across LCM’s vast creative community, enhancing your learning experience and developing your network of like-minded industry professionals. What you'll study This exciting Popular Music Performance degree offers you the opportunity to cultivate performance-focused skills which are vital to you as a contemporary musician. As well as exploring the placement of popular music as a broader sociological construct you will develop: • a secure technical foundation • a high level of performing ability • a strong creative drive • advanced knowledge of musical concepts including secure music literacy and critical listening skills This diverse provision will ensure that you are equipped with a strong, creative, and entrepreneurial drive, and an ability to employ a wide range of employable skillsets. The course’s philosophy takes a developmental and strategic approach focussing on investigation, evaluation, and creation. This begins with a range of subjects designed to develop knowledge of performance, music scholarship, and musical arrangement before shifting to a more critical performance training as you learn to manage more advanced collaborative performance scenarios. In your final year, you will direct self-guided performance projects that demonstrate your acquisition of industry-standard skills and conceptual considerations. As a graduate of this music performance degree, you will be a pioneer and innovator; recognising contemporary industry practices to build, drive, and maintain a career as a versatile and employable musician. Level-6 Top-up Option If you already have a relevant Level 5 qualification (such as a Higher National Diploma, NVQ Level 5 etc) then you can top this up to a full honours degree with our Level 6 Top-up course. This course consists of a full year of studies covering the same modules as Year 3 of the regular degree.