Why choose BA Music at Middlesex?
This course has been designed for you to channel your passion for music into a specialist degree that represents your skills and interests. You'll be able to graduate with any of the following titles: BA Music, BA Music (Performance/Composition), BA Music (Popular) or BA Music (Production).
What you will gain
As well as gaining a thorough knowledge of musical repertoires and practices, you'll also acquire skills in music composition, music performance and critical thinking.
You will gain a broad knowledge and understanding of music through working on practice-based and scholarly modules. Performance and composition/songwriting are studied throughout, accompanied by modules that cover musicianship skills, the music industry, music production and the cultural significance of music. In your third year you will write music for dance and screen in a collaborative setting. There is also the opportunity to explore interactive music technology.
What you will learn
Our music teaching staff is made up of leading industry professionals from the UK and abroad. You'll be able to make links with the music world through regular visiting guest speakers and master classes from leading practitioners and music industry managers.
You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with visiting professors and artists including Daniel Miller (honorary Professor and founder of Mute Records), Martino Tirimo (visiting Professor of Piano), members of the London Firebird Orchestra and Grammy award-winning producer Alan Branch.
You'll also become part of our friendly, supportive and diverse music community at our Hendon campus in North London. You'll be able to collaborate with students on other creative courses and make the most of our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including an industry-standard recording and mixing studio, concert grand pianos, sound-insulated practice rooms, computer suites and access to a wide range of software such as Ableton, ProTools, Logic, Max MSP, Melodyne and access to hybrid analogue/digital recording studio and modular synths.