Songwriting, Performance and Music Production

Songwriting, Performance and Music Production is a creative, future-focused course for musicians who want to develop their craft across songwriting, live performance and contemporary production. You’ll explore the full process of making new music — from generating ideas and shaping your sound to arranging, recording and performing — within a collaborative environment that encourages experimentation and artistic development.

As part of our internationally recognised Performing Arts suite, you’ll learn through hands-on workshops, masterclasses and project-based work, supported by staff with extensive professional experience. You’ll build skills across live performance, studio recording, composition, arranging and production, while collaborating with performers, engineers and creatives across the wider School to mirror real-world music practice.

You’ll have access to outstanding facilities, including writing rooms, rehearsal spaces, synthesiser suites, Dolby Atmos studios and fully equipped recording studios, with open access to support your creative development. Huddersfield’s vibrant music community also offers opportunities to perform, join ensembles and experience world-leading festivals and events, helping you build confidence, versatility and a strong creative voice.

Why Study Songwriting, Performance and Music Production BMus(Hons) at the University of Huddersfield?

• Develop your songwriting, performance and production skills through hands-on creative projects.
• Learn from industry-experienced staff and collaborate across performing arts disciplines.
• Access exceptional facilities and open-access creative spaces to support your musical development.

Professional Bodies
At Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is.

†full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerates or apprenticeship degrees.

Why Huddersfield?
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

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As a student here, you’ll benefit from inspirational teaching and access to innovative facilities and high-quality teaching and learning spaces, across two close-knit campuses, located right in the heart of Huddersfield town.

The University of Huddersfield focuses on preparing you for real-world experiences in your field, with simulated workspaces such as TV and radio studios, a trading room, and mock law court and hospital facilities.

As an undergraduate student, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake professional work-related experience whilst studying at Huddersfield. Students have gained invaluable experience both in the UK and internationally, working for brands such as Honda, BT, Siemens and PwC, to name but a few. Huddersfield also offer the Global Professional Award alongside your degree so you can gain valuable skills and attributes that employers are looking for.

Located in the foothills of the Pennines and surrounded by beautiful countryside, Huddersfield is a beautiful, student-friendly town with plenty for you to explore and it enjoys a low cost of living, meaning you'll have more to do more!

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