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Commercial Music at Bath Spa University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Whether you're a recent graduate or an industry professional, develop your skills on our Commercial Music MA.

  • Flexible, adaptive and designed for both recent graduates and current professionals.
  • Opportunity to specialise in Music Production, Music Business or Songwriting.
  • Work alongside tutors with the highest level of experience in the music industry.
On our Commercial Music MA, you'll build on your current skills and experience whilst focusing on a particular area of the music industry: Songwriting, Music Production or the Music Business. You'll choose your modules based on your individual career aspirations, and work towards a major project focused on your specialism:
  • As a songwriter, you could create your own album, or write for others, and develop a showcase of material to pitch to publishers.
  • As a producer, you could apply your skills to your own music or focus on producing for other artists.
Your focus on the music business could encompass anything from artist management to setting up your own promotions company or starting a record label. Whichever specialism you choose, you'll be working with tutors who have worked in the music industry at the highest level. Their experience includes number one albums, gold and multi-platinum recordings, BAFTA awards, Grammy nominations, and international touring and recording experience.

Modules

You'll carry out research into your specialist area of study and contextualise your own practice through the study of seminal productions, song recordings or business developments. In addition to this you'll focus on specific skills development in your specialism: Music Production You'll learn traditional studio techniques of recording electric bands and acoustic music. You'll also expand your skillset into experimental practice and electronic sound design. Songwriting You'll work with multiple tutors all with professional songwriting experience studying a range of practical techniques relating to lyric writing, song form, application of harmony, writing effective toplines, stylistic referencing and alternative creative approaches. Music Business You'll study the most up to date business models and practice across a range of music industry areas including management, digital marketing, promotion, publishing and record companies.

Assessment method

There are no formal exams. Your assessed material will be relevant to your specialist area and will include audio recordings, visual material, written work, presentations and viva (discussion of your work).

Entry requirements

You'll normally have a good undergraduate degree in a relevant subject or equivalent music industry experience. You'll need to provide a digital portfolio of your creative/business work and we'll then interview you online to discuss your suitability for the course.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9225 Whole course
Northern Ireland £9225 Whole course
Scotland £9225 Whole course
Wales £9225 Whole course
Channel Islands £9225 Whole course
Republic of Ireland £9225 Whole course
EU £17835 Whole course
International £17835 Whole course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Commercial Music at Bath Spa University - UCAS