Songwriting, Performance and Music Production

Songwriting, Performance and Music Production is a creative, future-focused course for musicians who want to develop their craft across songwriting, live performance and contemporary production. You’ll explore the full process of making new music — from generating ideas and shaping your sound to arranging, recording and performing — within a collaborative environment that encourages experimentation and artistic development.

As part of our internationally recognised Performing Arts suite, you’ll learn through hands-on workshops, masterclasses and project-based work, supported by staff with extensive professional experience. You’ll build skills across live performance, studio recording, composition, arranging and production, while collaborating with performers, engineers and creatives across the wider School to mirror real-world music practice.

You’ll have access to outstanding facilities, including writing rooms, rehearsal spaces, synthesiser suites, Dolby Atmos studios and fully equipped recording studios, with open access to support your creative development. Huddersfield’s vibrant music community also offers opportunities to perform, join ensembles and experience world-leading festivals and events, helping you build confidence, versatility and a strong creative voice.

Why Study Songwriting, Performance and Music Production BMus(Hons) at the University of Huddersfield?

• Develop your songwriting, performance and production skills through hands-on creative projects.
• Learn from industry-experienced staff and collaborate across performing arts disciplines.
• Access exceptional facilities and open-access creative spaces to support your musical development.

Professional Bodies
At Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is.

†full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerates or apprenticeship degrees.

Why Huddersfield?
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.