Entry requirements
A level
including A Level Music and at least a good Grade 7 performance qualification (or equivalent). An audition can be arranged in lieu of a performance qualification. We accept Grade 8 Theory in lieu of ‘A’ Level Music, subject to candidates achieving the requisite ABB (or equivalent) in other subjects.
Access to HE Diploma
Access to HE Music Diploma only
GCSE/National 4/National 5
A minimum of grade 4(C) in GCSE English and Mathematics.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
with 5 in Higher Level Music, 5 in two other Higher Level subjects and with a recognised performance qualification.
A1 in 3 subjects & A2 in 2 subjects (to include Music)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
in BTEC Music only
Scottish Advanced Higher
to include Music
UCAS Tariff
including A Level Music and a good Grade 7 performance qualification or equivalent
About this course
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The Music BMus (Hons) degree at City will suit anyone interested in developing their knowledge and passion for music. The course enables you to immerse yourself in a subject you love, providing the opportunity to learn and create in a highly energised and supportive department with internationally recognised staff who share your devotion to music.
The course will appeal to students who want to actively perform and make music. City offers a wide range of ensembles, including classical, contemporary, jazz and world music, regular concerts and a summer festival – all giving you the opportunity to perform and discover world-class musicians.
As part of the overall tuition, we offer a competitive 20 hours per year of solo instrumental/vocal tuition. For composers there are many opportunities to have their works performed by leading professional ensembles. Plus, we offer seven performance scholarships worth £2,000.
Whatever your future ambitions, this degree will prepare you for a wide range of careers and postgraduate study options in music, including composition and performance. To help you prepare for a rewarding career, you have the option to take a sandwich year on a work placement or study at one of our partner institutions abroad. You will also gain highly transferable writing, presentation and IT skills, equipping you for a variety of graduate-level careers.
During your BMus (Hons) Music degree at City, you will take an exciting, global and interdisciplinary approach to the study of Music, blending theory and practice.
The course combines excellent graduate prospects, exceptional academics and outstanding facilities within a supportive musical community in a central London location, enabling you to immerse yourself in every aspect of music whilst gaining an exciting new perspectives on music and its relationships with culture, technology and society through a close study of classical, popular and world music.On the course you will develop a broad framework of knowledge and experience that is essential for today's musicians. You will also learn with highly accomplished professionals active in or around London, many of them also teaching at the leading conservatoires in the city.
We offer a wide choice of modules, so you can focus your studies on the areas that interest you most. Students pursuing solo performance receive instrumental or vocal tuition at City from leading professional performers.
The value of a music degree and the wide range of employability skills that music students develop is widely recognised by employers, and this is evidenced by our outstanding employment statistics: 100% of our graduates were in employment or further study six months after graduation (DLHE 2016/17)
Modules
During the first year, all students study a core curriculum which includes solo and ensemble performance, Western classical, popular and world music, musicianship, critical listening, tonal harmony, composition and music technology. In years two and three, students choose from a range of elective modules in musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, performance, composition and applied music studies, delivered by acknowledged specialists in their fields. Performers continue to receive specialist individual tuition subject to satisfactory progress.
Assessment methods
Throughout the three years of the music degree, assessment is by a combination of project-based or practical and creative work, and examinations or coursework. You will receive a considerable amount of tuition in small groups and individually to maximise contact and enable you to tailor your work to your personal interests.
Marks obtained in your second and third years will contribute to your final degree award.
Coursework and examinations are typically worth 30% of the overall module mark, and the end-of-module project worth 70%, although this varies across modules. Composition and creative practice modules are assessed by portfolio, and performance modules are assessed by final recital and interim components.
Percentage of the course assessed by coursework:
The balance of assessment by examination, practical examination (including recitals, ensemble performance and oral presentations) and assessment by coursework, extended project work, portfolio and dissertation will depend on the optional modules you choose.
The Uni
City, University of London
City, University of London
Music
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