Music/Popular Music - BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
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This degree offers you a great deal of flexibility and allows you to select from both our classical and popular music modules. There is no better place to study music than Liverpool: we work closely with musical venues and organisations throughout the city, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and we established the world’s first specialist centre for its study - the Institute of Popular Music - in 1988. The modules on this programme vary, with some being practical – concerned with ...Read more

This degree offers you a great deal of flexibility and allows you to select from both our classical and popular music modules. There is no better place to study music than Liverpool: we work closely with musical venues and organisations throughout the city, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and we established the world’s first specialist centre for its study - the Institute of Popular Music - in 1988. The modules on this programme vary, with some being practical – concerned with musical performance, composition and orchestration, song-writing or creative music technology – while others focus on music history topics or music analysis and theory. Our studio and performance modules cater for both classical and popular musical styles, allowing you to choose the route best suited to you and a generous range of optional modules includes specialist topics such as music psychology, audio-visual media (films and videogames), and vocational modules. Throughout, you will learn to write about music from a historical, critical, sociological, or philosophical viewpoint.

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Amy
05 Feb 25

Some of the best aspects of studying in Liverpool is its location, as being right in the centre of the city is really convenient. The facilities in the department of music are..Read more

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Alessia
08 Oct 24

Brilliant..Read more

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GCSE/National 4/National 5:

GCSE Mathematics and English at grade 4/C required. Applicants with equivalent qualifications or who do not meet these GCSE requirements will be considered on an individual basis according to their circumstances. Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

33 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£24,100 per year

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05 Feb 25
Popular Music - BA (Hons)
Some of the best aspects of studying in Liverpool is its location, as being right in the centre of the city is really convenient. The facilities in the department of music are...
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