On our music degree, youll learn how music is created, study a wide range of styles, and unlock your own creativity. This degree will broaden and deepen your understanding of musical practices, encompassing western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western musics. Youll develop the technical skills to analyse music in different styles, and the critical skills to discuss music in relation to its cultural contexts. Youll also acquire critical and reflective skills to develop your own musical practice. Add to that some expert guidance in the use of technology to create and record...
On our music degree, youll learn how music is created, study a wide range of styles, and unlock your own creativity. This degree will broaden and deepen your understanding of musical practices, encompassing western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western musics. Youll develop the technical skills to analyse music in different styles, and the critical skills to discuss music in relation to its cultural contexts. Youll also acquire critical and reflective skills to develop your own musical practice. Add to that some expert guidance in the use of technology to create and record music, and you’ll not just gain a degree but a passionate pursuit.<br/><br/>“Studying music could transform your life. Now, as an OU student, you can focus in depth on key aspects of music in an innovative, up-to-the-minute single-honours degree course.” John Rutter, Composer and Conductor<br/><br/>**Key features of the course**<br/><br/><br/>- Study a wide range of musical repertoires and practices, informed by world-leading research.<br/><br/><br/>- Create, analyse, perform and study the social contexts of music.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop practical music making and performance skills at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. <br/><br/><br/>- Open to musicians working in any tradition and at any stage of their musical development.<br/><br/><br/>- Relevant to a wide variety of musical and non-musical careers including teaching, arts administration, community music, and sound recording.<br/>
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Study Mode
Distance-online
Duration
Unknown
Start Date
10/2025
Campus
Distance Learning
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Institution Code
O11
Points of Entry
Year 1
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