BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Event Management
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
If you’re a performer who wants to improve your instrumental skills whilst gaining an understanding of all aspects of live events, then the BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Event Management Joint Honours Degree is right for you.
This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester).
This undergraduate course will give you a truly unique opportunity to embark on an exciting career in a booming international live industry. Immersed in the thriving BIMM community, with countless opportunities to collaborate with a variety of talented peers, you will be allowed to pursue your artistic, academic, and industry ambitions to the full while helping to nurture your creative flair as a performer.
It will empower you with the knowledge and skills to plan, promote, and produce live shows, perhaps taking a DIY approach to yourself as an artist by organizing your gigs and tours.
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Day-to-day learning will be in large live rooms, smaller studio sessions, and seminar-based classrooms, with interactive and engaging classes that give you the chance to showcase your skills and apply what you have learned in a safe and supportive environment.
Subject modules will feature core elements of performance and event management, as well as the roles, responsibilities, and processes that connect them. You’ll learn the key skills and strategies to effectively create, plan, and produce your event as well as develop your performance, technique, arranging, and musicianship. You will evaluate international tours and large-scale music festivals, whilst also exploring the growing issue of sustainability.
You will also leave the course highly skilled in the digital world, with in-depth learning of social media and digital marketing.
Upon completion of the course, you will graduate with a portfolio of work that empowers you with the skills and drive to be successful in a fast-moving, competitive, and creative environment.
Key facts
- Mode of attendance: Full-time
- Length of course: This course is taught as a three-year course at levels four, five, and six.
- Awarding institution: BIMM University
- Campus delivery: London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester
- UCAS code: W100
- Language of study: English
- Final award: BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Event Management
- Admissions Criteria: Minimum of 2 A-levels at Grade C or above (64 UCAS points), OR BTEC Level 3 equivalent, and normally three GCSEs at a minimum grade C/4, including English Language.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Early Confirmation Discount
An early confirmation discount for study in the UK of £2,000 or €2,000 for study in Germany or Ireland for each year of study is available to all international students ineligible for home (domestic) fees who have an offer to study with us at any of our campuses in the UK, Germany or Ireland.
Discount eligibility
To be eligible for the Early Confirmation Discount, you must:
- Be an overseas applicant ineligible for home (domestic) fees
- Apply and receive an offer to study a BIMM University course
- Accept your offer
- Pay your deposit, if applicable, by the deadline of 15th June 2024
- The scholarship will automatically be deducted from your fees when you enroll.
This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount, offer, or scholarship.
Future Talent Scholarship
Launching for September 2024 entry, the new Future Talent Scholarships provide a full 3-year tuition fee for undergraduate students studying courses in music, film, acting, or creative technology. These scholarships are aimed at candidates from low-income households and/or groups under-represented in the creative industries. We are looking to support those who demonstrate talent in their chosen discipline, strong creative potential, and a high motivation for a career in the creative industries.
The scholarship offers financial support, a supportive training environment, and a skills and career development program designed to support progression to future careers in the creative industries.
Curriculum
Our undergraduate degree courses allow you to define your own route to success via a range of optional modules. First, you’ll learn the necessary employability skills and find where you’ll fit in the industry. Then, you’ll be able to build your course according to your interests and career aspirations
Year 1
- The Creative Industries
- Performance Skills
- Digital Audio Workstation Skills
- Music Event Planning
- The Creative Industries & You
- Applied Performance
- Event Production & Tours
- Marketing & Branding
Year 2
- Defining Your Practice in Context
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- Interpretive Instrument Skills
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- Social Media and Digital Marketing
- Exploring Practice Through Collaboration
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- Digital Performance Portfolio
- Festival Management
- 2 option modules
Year 3
- Final Project
- Performance Showcase
- Event Sustainability
- Final Project
- Professional Portfolio
- 3 option modules
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Progression
Graduates can progress directly to employment as booking agents, promoters, artist managers, tour managers, technical event production, and artist liaison.
It also allows for more digital career destinations in music and event marketing.
Program Leaders
Program Admission Requirements
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