Popular Music

Become a skilled creative music artist with one of our three CertHE courses.

Whether you’re a vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter, composer or producer, these CertHE programmes are aimed at those looking to eventually become entrepreneurial and creative music professionals with varied and enduring portfolio careers. You’ll be introduced to a range of music practices and contexts and provided with the experience, technical support and industry links to progress your creative ambitions.

Whichever CertHE course you choose, you’ll find a wealth of teaching experience, technical support and industry links that will provide you with the opportunity to progress your creative ambitions. As part of the Academy of Music & Theatre Arts, you'll learn from industry professionals and have access to our cutting-edge facilities and performance spaces.

Once you have successfully completed your CertHE you’ll have the option to apply for the second year of the equivalent honours degree: Music BA(Hons), Popular Music BA(Hons) or Creative Music Technology BA(Hons).

You will:
Develop and nurture your specialist practice
Communicate via sound and music in collaboration with others
Gain key insights into the music industry and understand the requirements to succeed in a variety of roles
Explore sound and music practices as they evolve within ever-changing audio cultures
Examine the context and culture in which artists and musicians work, to better understand and critically question the relationship between music, sound, noise and culture
Engage with various theoretical concepts in order to form critical theories and to reflect on your own practice
Acquire the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to work in the sound and music industries
Study modules tailored to your chosen subject as you develop and nurture your specialist practice