Music Production, Performance and Business

Work experience

We have strong links with various record labels, publishers, writers and managers, as well as the music rights organisations PRS and PPL. We encourage as many students as possible to attend industry events to grow their contacts and seek work opportunities, by providing many students with free passes to attend industry conferences, workshops and expos.

We invite industry professionals to speak at events on campus, providing students with additional opportunities to extend their networks and to ask key questions.

Our students have completed internships for various record labels and artist management companies, which in the past have included:

• AEG
• All Points East
• Beggars Banquet
• Big Sync Music
• British Summer Time Festival
• East City Management
• Full Time Hobby
• Mute
• Solar Management

Job roles

Our course equips you for diverse career opportunities, allowing you to follow a specific career path, while also gaining the transferable skills needed for employment in all areas of the music industry. 

You'll be encouraged to develop your professional status while studying on the course, and to incorporate professional and industry-focused activities into your academic work.

University of Westminster music graduates have gone on to have successful careers as:

• Academics
• Artist managers
• Branding and marketing experts
• Entertainment lawyers
• Film sound designers
• Freelance musicians
• Live music promoters
• Music artists
• Music educators
• Music journalists
• Music producers
• Music publishers
• Music therapists
• Music venue managers
• Record label executives
• Social media managers
• Songwriters
• Studio engineers

Graduate success

Our graduates are employed throughout the London music industries at major and independent record labels, production studios and concert venues, media companies including Disney, and in various areas of entertainment law. Our graduates include:

• David Bass graduated in 2004 and formed two music synchronisation companies, Wake The Town and Theodore. Both companies were nominated for several awards by Music Week in 2019, and they are known for their Christmas IKEA advert, Silence the Critics
• Sigala graduated in 2013, and had a UK Number 1 single in September 2015 with ‘Easy Love’, and another three UK Top Ten singles in 2015 and 2016, when he was signed to Sony on a multi-year, multi-million-pound deal
• Tom Overbury graduated in 2010, and is a Senior A&R Manager with Warner Chappell UK. Tom was named as one of '30 under 30’ rising global music industry executives by Music Week in 2014
• Chelsea Zevenbergen graduated in 2010 and is an established artist manager, having assisted and managed artists for ATC including Laura Mvula and Eliza Doolittle. She now works as part of the team at East City Management managing Alt-J and Wolf Alice and leads development in mindfulness and wellbeing for artists 

• Szjerdene Mulcare graduated in 2010 and is now an established vocalist and musician primarily working with the British artist Bonobo, featuring on his 2013 album The North Borders (Ninja Tune), and accompanying world tour
• Nathan Cassells graduated in 2011, and in 2012 co-wrote and co-produced the song ‘What Now’ for Rihanna’s Unapologetic album. The single peaked at Number 21 in the UK and Number 25 in the US
• Charlotte Baker graduated in 2016, and took a position as tour manager for the rapper Angel Haze and Snoh Aalegra, and artist manager of AYA
• Kaz Rodriguez graduated in 2014 and has a distinguished career as a professional drummer and composer. In 2019 he signed to Josh Groban's label and continues his drumless recording series with his fourth album
• Andrew Stafford graduated in 2009 and has since set up Big Sync Music, a creative licensing agency who work directly for brands and ad agencies. Clients include Heinz, Pepsico, Unilever, Samsung, BMW, ASDA, The National Lottery and Unicef