Bachelor of Arts in Music and Business Management with Year Abroad University of Southampton - Highfield Campus, UK

This BA Music and Business Management degree combines a broad music curriculum with the study of business management, preparing you for a career in the industry. You can explore classical music and jazz, pop and commercial styles. Management topics will help you to develop an informed view of today’s business world. The chance to study abroad will give you international performance experience.

You can tailor your degree to focus on the areas of music and business that you're most interested in. Choices range from performance to project management, music therapy to marketing.

You'll spend a year experiencing another culture by studying with one of our partner institutions. Our students sing opera and music theatre, play funk guitar and classical oboe, and make electronic dance music. Whatever your passion for performance, we'll help you develop through:

• Regular performance and composition workshops with our superb teaching team
• High-profile performance projects with internationally renowned performers
• Up to 20 hours of fully funded individual tuition per year for solo performers, as well as ensemble and conducting coaching

Our wide range of music modules allow you to learn about ethnomusicological (study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it), analytical, and musicological approaches to music topics. This ranges from music in the middle ages to global hip-hop.

You'll develop skills in composition and music technology. You'll also develop an understanding and practical skills in arts administration, music therapy and community music.

Management modules will encourage you to think differently about business and management, and cover contemporary concepts and practices.

You'll learn:

• How the business world works and how it's affected by consumers, markets, culture and technology
• Core skills in finance, marketing and accounting
• How to communicate
• Digital trends in the business world

Our high-level facilities include dedicated rehearsal rooms and electronic studios. Our concert hall, Turner Sims, supports the most extensive series of professional concerts and workshops of any UK university. You'll also get the chance to perform at, and organise, events around the city in a range of different venues.