Music (Community & Education)

Pursue your creative ambition – whether that’s as a peripatetic music teacher, a classroom music specialist, an animateur, or an arts practitioner working with diverse communities.

On our Music (Community and Education) degree, you'll study core skills such as curriculum design, project management, music theory, and music software to develop diverse musical and technical skills.

Through practical projects, your work will culminate in a large-scale project, becoming a stepping-stone for your career. You’ll benefit from our partnerships with Opera North and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), with the RPO offering masterclasses, career advice, one-to-one tuition and opportunities for work experience.

The BA Music (Community and Education) shares modules with the BA Music program, but focuses on community and education in assessments and specialist groups.

Why study at Hull?

• Learn from performance-led staff: Our staff include experienced DJs, band members, stage performers and session musicians, who are actively making and performing music.

• 100% employability: A perfect 100% of our students are in work or further study 15 months after graduating.¹

• Industry-standard facilities: Get exclusive access to our 400-seat concert venue, professional recording studios, ambisonic studios, and rehearsal spaces.

Where could this take me?

Our Music (Community and Education) degree will give you an advantage when it comes to finding a career in this fast-moving, competitive industry. You’ll graduate with a professional portfolio to boost your CV, and you’ll have access to our network of professional partners, offering opportunities for live projects, work experience, masterclasses, and more.
Career paths include becoming an animateur, music workshop leader, or community arts worker. Our graduates also go on to become teachers, youth workers, and music therapists.

¹ (Music) UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Higher Education Graduate Outcomes statistics, for the academic year 2020/21, published by HESA June 2023.

Core modules include:   
 
Creating Recorded Music
Creating Live Music
Core Music Techniques
Music, Criticism and Culture
Music and its Histories
The Future of the Arts
Questioning Music
Working in Music

Optional modules include:

Professional Music Skills
Music & Sound for Media

You'll be assessed through a combination of written, practical and coursework assessments throughout your degree.

Written assessment typically includes exams and multiple choice tests.

Practical is an assessment of your skills and competencies. This could include presentations, school experience, work experience or laboratory work.

Coursework typically includes essays, written assignments, dissertations, research projects or producing a portfolio of your work.