Music (Honours)

Overview

This Music (Honours) degree from The Open University UK will broaden and deepen your understanding of musical practices, encompassing western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western musics. You'll develop the technical skills to analyse music in different styles, and the critical skills to discuss music in relation to its cultural contexts. 

You'll also acquire critical and reflective skills to develop your own musical practice. Add to that some expert guidance in the use of technology to create and record music, and you’ll not just gain a degree but a passionate pursuit.

Key features of the course

• Study a wide range of musical repertoires and practices, informed by world-leading research.

• Create, analyse, perform and study the social contexts of music.

• Develop practical music making and performance skills at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.  

• Open to musicians working in any tradition and at any stage of their musical development.

• Relevant to a wide variety of musical and non-musical careers including teaching, arts administration, community music, and sound recording.

Career relevance

Study of the arts and humanities requires an understanding of human activities in diverse cultural environments and historical contexts. The breadth of study and range of musical repertoire and practice explored, combined with clear thinking and communication, make the BA (Hons) Music relevant to a wide range of careers, including:

• the cultural and creative industries

• education

• public administration, local government, the civil service, art institutions, and social services

• advertising, journalism, publishing, and public relations

• business, banking and retail

• human resources

• charities and campaigning