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Popular Music (Top-Up), BA (Hons)

Leeds Conservatoire, the United Kingdom

Leeds Conservatoire

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The award How you will study Study duration Course start Domestic course fees International course fees
BA (Hons)Full-time1 yearSeptemberGBP 9250 per yearGBP 17250 per year

About Popular Music (Top-Up), BA (Hons) - at Leeds Conservatoire

In 2005, we became the first UK conservatoire to deliver a specialist course in Popular Music, and we’re still pioneers. We champion original material and encourage you to take creative risks. As well as focusing on your performance skills, you’ll develop composition skills and enrich your commercial expertise with practical guidance on this BA (Hons) Music (Popular) Top Up course at Leeds Conservatoire.

If you haven’t already, you’ll start your music career whilst you’re studying, and be ready to take it to the next step after graduation. In addition to one-to-one tuition and band work, you’ll access masterclasses from professional performers, songwriters, producers, managers and promoters, supporting your artistic development as well as sharpening your creative voice. Strong links with the music industry mean that we are in constant contact with major labels such as Sony/ATV, Universal, Polydor and Decca, as well as local labels like Hide and Seek and Leaf Label, and we regularly welcome them here for student showcases and discussions.

We champion original material, and encourage you to take creative risks. By the end of your popular music degree, you will be a specialist in your chosen discipline and will have established your individual artistic identity and voice as a musician, whilst possessing a breadth of understanding, knowledge and transferable skills that will support you throughout your future career.

Entry requirements

Please visit the international page on our website for further information: https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/courses/international-applicants/ 

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