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Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)
Stag Hill
Sandwich
SEP-25
4 Years
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Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)
Stag Hill
Sandwich
SEP-25
4 Years
Select a an exam type
• Our music course offers training in a huge range of styles from classical and popular, to musical theatre, film, jazz and contemporary music.• You’ll be able to join inspiring ensembles and societies, from the University Orchestra, University Chamber Choir, Big Band, student ensembles and bands, as well as weekly lunchtime student concerts.• As a performer, you’ll receive free one-to-one instrumental/vocal lessons in your primary study.• You’ll have access to our custom-built performance and recording spaces, including a multi-purpose concert/recital room, an immersive multichannel speaker performance space, 10 practice rooms, edit rooms and brand-new synth lab.• All music students benefit from visits by industry professionals, including: performers, composers, promoters, publishers and educators. • Whether you’re interested in performance, composition, music history, analysis or the music industry itself, our experienced staff and vibrant musical community can help unlock your musical potential.
What you will studyOn our course you can take performance and composition in each year. Alongside these, you’ll study music across history and within culture. You’ll develop advanced knowledge of music theory and analysis. You’ll graduate from our course with a BMus qualification, which denotes a practical emphasis – we use performing and/or composing as the key ways to increase your knowledge of music and develop your musicianship. You’ll learn about music of the past and the present, in both classical and popular styles. In your final year, you’ll develop a large-scale individual project; this is a good example of the flexible approach you can take to your learning – it can be a substantial written investigation, or a performance or composition project, with complementary writing.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
ABBBB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
BBB Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:27,M:18 Grades / Points required
Extended Project:
A Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
32 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDM Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Overall:BBBRequired subjects: Music or Music Technology at grade B. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent is encouraged.Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.
Overall:ABBBBRequired subjects: Music or Music Technology at grade B. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent is encouraged.GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C
Overall:BBBRequired subjects: Music or Music Technology at grade B. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent is encouraged.GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C
Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including:27 at Distinction and 18 at Merit.Required subjects: Please contact us to discuss suitability.
Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.
Overall:32 Required subjects: Music HL5/SL6. If Music not taken in IB, please contact us to discuss suitability. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent is encouraged.GCSE or Equivalent: English A HL4/SL4 or English B HL5/SL6 and Maths (either course) HL/SL4.
Overall:DDMRequired subjects:Please contact us to discuss suitability.
Overall:Pass overall with BBB from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.Required subjects: A-level Music or Music Technology. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent is encouraged.
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