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Music with Foundation Year (Integrated Degree) - BMus (Hons)

Goldsmiths, University of London

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Goldsmiths, University of London
UCAS CODE: W310

Course options

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)

  • Location

    Goldsmiths Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


This is a four-year degree including a one-year foundation programme. The foundation year allows you to develop key musical skills and experience to equip you for university life and to continue with our BMus Music which reflects the diversity and excitement of music in the 21st century and gives you the opportunity to mix many kinds of performance, composition, research and professional studies. It is ideal for students with experience and/or interest in one or more of these areas: classical music, jazz, sound art, experimental music, traditional music or musical theatre.


Why choose the BMus Music with Foundation Year

- This programme gives you the chance to gain key practical and theoretical skills and experience across music theory, performance, technology, composition and musico-cultural theory.- You'll receive guidance in study skills topics such as critical thinking, researching and writing and inducts you into various musical and institutional facilities and services, from music studios to Wellbeing and Careers teams.- The foundation year (Year 0) programme gives you an opportunity to make music with students from across different degree programmes in a lively and vibrant departmental community. This community features everything from orchestral, jazz and pop ensembles to gamelan, mbira and improvising groups.- Upon successful completion of the Foundation year, you gain automatic entry into our BMus Music degree and/or an internal audition for our BMus Popular Music programme.- In Year 1 you’ll explore different musical styles and approaches to study - through a range of compulsory practical and critical modules- Later, you'll be able to choose from our wide range of more specialised modules in performance, production, composition, songwriting, sonic art, music industries, global musics, popular music, music in film and media.   - You’ll have lots of opportunities to perform, including in professional and student-led ensembles and groups such as Vocal Ensemble, Jazz Workshop, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Laptop Ensemble, Chamber Choir and Steel Pan Group. PureGold, our annual music festival, celebrates the music created and performed at Goldsmiths.  - We're within easy reach of central London’s many venues, concert halls, opera houses and research libraries, providing a great international focus.  - You’ll be set up for the world of work. Employers look for initiative-driven graduates who can work well with others, lead their own projects, think creatively and adapt quickly to new ideas. This degree will help you develop these skills.  - We attract instrumental and vocal teachers of the highest quality, with many of our staff also performing internationally and teaching at the major music conservatoires.  - Performance modules include one-to-one tuition on your main instrument/voice, as well as ensemble coaching, performance lectures and masterclasses from top musicians and other industry professionals. 

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Tuition fees

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£ 23,000per year

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University information

Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London

  • University League Table

    61st

  • Campus address

    Goldsmiths Campus, New Cross, London, London, Greater London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Music

    45th out of 80 9

  • Entry standards

    / Max 218
    131 60%

    38th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    68.0 68%

    37th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.97 74%

    69th

    16

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