BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Music Production at BIMM University

A joint honours degree combining music performance with recording, mixing and production. Students explore contemporary production tools, digital workflows and emerging technologies while building performance skills, and graduate with a portfolio of performances in their chosen style. Taught at London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Berlin and Manchester.

Faculty: BIMM Music Institute  |  Department: Joint Honours  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: The Creative Industries, Performance Skills, Audio Capture Methods & Equipment, Core Instrument Skills, Applied Performance, Multitrack Mixing and Composition Toolkit for Producers. Year 2: Contextualised Performance, Studio Practice & Engineering, Interpretive Instrument Skills, Creative Band Performance for Songwriters, Creative Mix Techniques and Music Production in Context. Year 3: Final Project, Performance Showcase, Answering a Creative Brief, Professional Portfolio and The Art of Mastering plus options.

Career pathways

Employment in the recording industry, live music, film and TV, audio post-production and education.

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