Popular Music Performance - Top Up BMus (Hon)

Our BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance degree provides future popular music professionals with a thorough, industry-facing educational experience.<br/>During the course, you will:<br/>• receive bespoke 1:1 tuition with our team of internationally acclaimed professional performers <br/>• develop your musicianship and interpretation skills <br/>• engage with current theories in historical and social popular musicology and performance practice <br/>• deepen your understanding of today’s popular music industry <br/>• nurture the entrepreneurial skills required for the contemporary musician. <br/>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. <br/><br/>What youll study<br/>This exciting Popular Music Performance degree offers you the opportunity to cultivate performance-focused skills which are vital to you as a contemporary musician.<br/>As well as exploring the placement of popular music as a broader sociological construct you will develop:<br/>• a secure technical foundation<br/>• a high level of performing ability<br/>• a strong creative drive<br/>• advanced knowledge of musical concepts including secure music literacy and critical listening skills<br/>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.<br/>The course’s philosophy takes a developmental and strategic approach focussing on investigation, evaluation, and creation.<br/>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.<br/>In your final year, you will direct self-guided performance projects that demonstrate your acquisition of industry-standard skills and conceptual considerations.<br/>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.<br/><br/>Level-6 Top-up Option<br/>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.