BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Music Production
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
If you are a performer who wants to understand the creative and technical aspects of music production, then the BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Music Production is right for you.
This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester).
Our BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Music Production degree is ideal for performing and recording music while simultaneously building a broad range of supportive skills. Once you graduate, you’ll have the tools needed for a successful and sustainable music industry career. You’ll leave here as a highly skilled, versatile performer with an extensive portfolio of skills.
You’ll learn core topics of performance, technique, musicianship, recording skills, theory, and technology – and how to apply them creatively. You’ll also be able to further tailor your course to your artistic and career aims via our optional modules.
student recording in bim Birmingham studio
Our optional modules mean you can specialize in a variety of areas. These include creative performance, technology (DAW and on stage), session skills, improvised music, global music styles, composing, arranging, and learning complementary instrument skills. By the end of the course, you’ll have a portfolio that showcases your performances in the style, genre, or context of your choosing.
Whichever route you choose, you’ll graduate with a wide range of skills to champion any professional opportunities that come your way.
Your day-to-day learning will take place in large live rooms, recording studios, smaller studio settings, lecture-based classrooms, and Mac suites. Our highly experienced lecturers will also guide you through your studies. And, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to collaborate with talented students
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: W382
- Language of study: English
- Final award: BA (Hons) in Popular Music Performance & Music Production
- Admissions Criteria: Minimum of 2 A-levels at Grade E or above (32 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 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
- Audio Capture Methods & Equipment
- Creative Music Programming
- Semester 2
- The Creative Industries & You
- Applied Performance
- Music Creation
- Multitrack Mixing
Year 2
- Defining Your Practice in Context
- Interpretive Instrument Skills
- Studio Practice & Engineering
- Exploring Practice Through Collaboration
- Digital Performance Portfolio
- Practical Acoustics
- 2 option modules
Year 3
- Final Project
- Performance Showcase
- Answering a Creative Brief
- Final Project
- Professional Portfolio
- 3 option modules
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Progression
Graduates can progress directly to employment in the recording industry, the live music industry, the film and TV industry, the audio post production industry and education industry.