Songwriting BA (Hons)
Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
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The BA (Hons) Songwriting course is a practically focused, industry-aligned course designed for those looking to become a professional songwriter.  Songs are the lifeblood of the music industry. To become a success, the modern songwriter needs to be courageous, creative, collaborative and enterprising. On the BA (Hons) Songwriting course, we’ll support you to develop each of these attributes. As a specialist music industry education provider, we don’t attempt to ‘teach’ you how to write songs ...Read more

The BA (Hons) Songwriting course is a practically focused, industry-aligned course designed for those looking to become a professional songwriter.  Songs are the lifeblood of the music industry. To become a success, the modern songwriter needs to be courageous, creative, collaborative and enterprising. On the BA (Hons) Songwriting course, we’ll support you to develop each of these attributes. As a specialist music industry education provider, we don’t attempt to ‘teach’ you how to write songs but, instead, guide you through a structured and personalised journey that enables you to develop your own individual writing ability and creative style. Whether you’re a writer–performer with your own artist project, a writer–producer most at home in the studio, or a songwriter looking to co-write and pitch on the projects of others, we’ll support your individual journey within a collaborative setting. Each week, you’ll explore the art and craft of contemporary songwriting, and will write at least two songs to brief which cover a range of topics, styles, genres and approaches. You’ll collaborate with other ICMP London students to develop your material and will engage in small group ‘A&R-style’ feedback and critical discussion with your songwriting tutors and talented peers, regularly critiquing each other’s works-in-progress across all three years of the degree. Our core aim is to nurture your creative individuality and independence as a songwriter and empower you with the knowledge, skills and understanding required to establish and maintain a songwriting career, in whatever form you choose. You’ll achieve this with the help of our impressive teaching faculty, made up of highly experienced songwriters and music producers, all of whom have active careers in both the music industry and the higher education sector. Our songwriting course offers many opportunities for collaborative work, both within ICMP and with the wider music and creative industries, providing excellent opportunities for building your showreel and networking within the music business. The final year sees a research-based creative project and frequent interaction with established industry professionals, allowing students to leave ICMP ‘career-ready’. By the time you graduate from your songwriting degree course, you’ll have a deep understanding of the discipline; an impressive creative repertoire of work; a grasp of the history and culture of songwriting; solid production and recording skills; and expertise in musicianship, business, entrepreneurship and live performance. You’ll also have gained a working knowledge of the way the music industry operates, thanks to regular songwriting-specific masterclasses and events and visits from industry specialists. 

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The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 73 = 27% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
27%
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90%
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Creative Writing graduate salary at this uni
£21,000
UK Creative Writing graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Jamshid
16 Sep 23

ICMP helped me achieve my dream comes true. I have been far from the education for a very long time and ICMP helped me achieve my wishes, even with the age of 63 years old. THANK..Read more

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£9,250 per year

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£14,750 per year

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£14750 Per year

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Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
1B Dyne Road London Camden NW6 7XG United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Kilburn  0.2 miles away Nearest train station: Brondesbury  0.1 miles away
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