Music Performance and Business Management (Hons) University of Derby

Overview

In the Music Performance and Business Management (Hons) program at University of Derby you'll have regular opportunities to perform in public and will be encouraged to take part in the local music scene.

You’ll be inspired by our recording studios and rehearsal facilities which will enable you to produce professional quality recordings of your performances. 

Through the Business modules, you will be challenged to tackle real-world scenarios through projects, placements and internships. On this course, everyone gets to do business as well as learn about business. You’ll cover many growth areas and hot topics including:

• responsible management  
• business ethics  
• business analytics  
• digital media  
• innovation and globalisation

The course will help prepare you for a career in a global business environment that is rapidly changing, and you’ll be supported to become more agile, innovative and resilient. You’ll also develop self-learning and team-working skills, both crucial to success in the professional sphere. 

Careers

Graduates are equipped for employment within the modern commercial music sector as performers, composers, producers, educators, promoters, publishers, academics, recording studio engineers and entrepreneurial freelance musicians. They also work in a range of media organisations.

Others have gone on to further study at MA, MSc or PhD level, or successfully completing PGCE for school of college level teaching, some gaining QTS teaching qualifications for primary or secondary education. This enables them to become teachers, entering the primary and secondary education sector, lecturing for colleges of further education and freelance instrumental teaching.

Due to the transferable nature of the skills you’ll learn through your Business Management modules, lots of different job roles will be open to you in areas such as:

• Project management 
• Analysis 
• Consultancy 
• Accountancy 
• Operations 
• Human resource management 
• Marketing 
• Sales 
• Logistics 
• Finance