Course summary

Whether you’re a performer, composer, researcher, or a mix of all three, you’ll choose from a broad range of options to tailor our Music degree to your creative and professional interests. On this course you can explore different musical styles, genres and traditions, develop as a performer, and create your own music. You'll choose from a range of modules on subjects like popular music, experimental music, film music, world music, music analysis, and early music, and can choose to keep your music studies broad or to specialise as a composer, musicologist or performer. This will equip you for a range of careers as a musician, whether performing, teaching, or writing music, or adopting a mixture of different roles. Why study Music at Huddersfield? You’ll study in state-of-the-art professional standard facilities, with access to a range of rehearsal spaces, industry-standard recording studios, two dedicated concert halls, and a large selection of equipment and instruments for you to use. You’ll work with experienced tutors, internationally recognised researchers, and visiting industry professionals, including our team of leading instrumental and vocal teachers. QS World University Subject Rankings 2021 (https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/performing-arts) ranked the University of Huddersfield 8th in the UK for 'Performing Arts' (Music, Dance and Drama), which is 25th in the World, and we were awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize (https://www.hud.ac.uk/about/our-awards/official-honours/) for our ‘world-leading work to promote, produce and present contemporary music to an international audience. * You'll be able to explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (https://hcmf.co.uk/) and get up-close and experience cutting edge music in action at our Electric Spring Festival (http://www.electricspring.co.uk/). You’ll be encouraged to get involved in a huge range of ensembles, choirs and bands, including: orchestra; symphonic wind orchestra; brass band; various classical and pop choirs; big band; funk, soul, and reggae groups; and a huge array of original bands and chamber groups. Professional links and accreditation: The University of Huddersfield are corporate members of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)(https://www.ism.org/), the UK's professional body for musicians and a nationally recognised subject association for music. Studying Music at Huddersfield provides numerous opportunities for you to develop the professional skills and connections that will help you succeed in the field as a graduate. Every aspect of our courses - performance, composition, musicology, education, and arts administration - includes significant opportunities to work alongside leading music professionals in workshops, masterclasses, rehearsals and in a working environment.