Popular Music Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

Become a skilled creative music artist with one of our three CertHE courses.

Whether you’re a vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter, composer or producer, these CertHE programmes are aimed at those looking to eventually become entrepreneurial and creative music professionals with varied and enduring portfolio careers. You’ll be introduced to a range of music practices and contexts and provided with the experience, technical support and industry links to progress your creative ambitions.

Whichever CertHE course you choose, you’ll find a wealth of teaching experience, technical support and industry links that will provide you with the opportunity to progress your creative ambitions. As part of the Academy of Music & Theatre Arts, you'll learn from industry professionals and have access to our cutting-edge facilities and performance spaces.

Once you have successfully completed your CertHE you’ll have the option to apply for the second year of the equivalent honours degree: Music BA(Hons), Popular Music BA(Hons) or Creative Music Technology BA(Hons).

You will:

* Develop and nurture your specialist practice 

* Communicate via sound and music in collaboration with others 

* Gain key insights into the music industry and understand the requirements to succeed in a variety of roles 

* Explore sound and music practices as they evolve within ever-changing audio cultures 

* Examine the context and culture in which artists and musicians work, to better understand and critically question the relationship between music, sound, noise and culture 

* Engage with various theoretical concepts in order to form critical theories and to reflect on your own practice 

* Acquire the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to work in the sound and music industries 

* Study modules tailored to your chosen subject as you develop and nurture your specialist practice