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Music Joint Honours – (B.A.)
University of Birmingham
Department of Music| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,830 - ≈ € 12,870 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme.
If you come to Birmingham to study music you will be taught musicology (music as an academic discipline), performance and composition. You will have access to outstanding facilities and benefit from a rich tradition of music-making.
Our facilities include practice rooms, electro-acoustic music studios, early instruments, computer workstations and the Barber Institute Concert Hall and Library. Our musical traditions include the University Music Society’s choirs, orchestras (including two symphony orchestras) and jazz, wind and brass bands; the Barber operas and international concert series; the students’ own summer festival; our New Music Ensemble; and the annual Birmingham Early Music Festival.
Our links with the city and its rich musical culture include instrumental lessons for all our students at the Birmingham Conservatoire; the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as ensemble in association; University concerts held in the internationally acclaimed Symphony Hall; and access to open rehearsals from the likes of Thomas Adès, Sakari Oramo and Sir Simon Rattle. Instrumental and vocal lessons may also be taken through the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research. From Autumn 2012, students will additionally benefit from state-of-the-art facilities in the new Bramall Music Building.
Contents
Joint Honours combinations:
* Drama and Theatre Arts (Joint Honours UCAS code WW34)
* English Language (Joint Honours UCAS code QW33)
* English Literature (Joint Honours UCAS code QW3H)
* French Studies (Joint Honours UCAS code RW13)
* German Studies (Joint Honours UCAS code RW23)
* Italian Studies (Joint Honours UCAS code RW33)
* Mathematics (Joint Honours UCAS code GW13)
* Russian Studies (Joint Honours UCAS code RW73)
First year
You study Historical Musicology, Instrumental/Vocal Performance and Composition (both paper and studio) as foundation courses. Everyone participates in ensemble performance, and students also take one module outside the main discipline
Second year
In this year you have a very wide choice of optional modules, ranging from aspects of western art music, through to modules such as Sound Recording, Classical and Romantic Performance Practice, Film Music, and Analysis. Individual Performance (including fully funded instrumental lessons) and a Music History course continue as core modules for Single Honours students. These are optional if you are taking Joint Honours.
Third year
While taking more of the optional modules, you can specialise in solo performance by giving a recital, in composition by preparing a portfolio, or in musicology by writing a dissertation, or in any two of these.
Teaching and assessment
The programme is delivered by a mixture of tutorial, lecture and small group (seminar) teaching. Performance lessons are of course given on a one-to-one basis, as are third-year dissertation and composition tutorials. Most courses are assessed by essay, examinations or practical work (or a combination of those methods). Full details can be found at
Career opportunities
Our degrees offer a general grounding in music and unmatched scope for developing special interests and fulfilling individual potential. As well as preparing you for a career in music, they enable you to develop transferable skills that will be of value in many other employment fields.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Number of A levels required: 3
Typical offer: AAB –ABB
Required subjects and grades: A level Music grade A; Music Technology is accepted but not as a substitute for Music A level
General Studies: not accepted
Additional information:
Other qualifications are considered |
Keyboard to at least ABRSM Grade VI is useful but not essential (candidates without this will not be disadvantaged).
International students:
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 34–36 points including Music at HL.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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You can contact Dr Kenneth Hamilton to ask a question about Music Joint Honours at University of Birmingham.
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