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You will graduate from Liverpool Hope with a broad musical education, having had the opportunity to specialise in particular areas. An increasing number of our students are choosing to continue their studies at the Master’s level at Liverpool Hope on our MA courses, focusing on Music and Creative Practice. Many graduates also enter the teaching profession via our PGCE courses run by the Faculty of Education.
However, our Music degree also develops a range of transferable skills, including critical analysis and communication, so that, in recent years, several of our graduates have moved into the commercial and management sectors, often setting up their businesses.
Many of our students also choose to combine a music sector career with private music teaching. Having studied Music at Liverpool Hope, the transferable skills you will gain will also equip you for a broad range of other jobs in the public and private sectors.
A-Levels BBC
UCAS Tariff Points 112 UCAS Tariff points must come from at least two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications.
BTEC DMM
Access to HE 112 Tariff Points
IB 28
Irish Leaving Certificate 112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only
Welsh Baccalaureate This qualification can only be accepted with other relevant qualifications.
T-Levels 120 Tariff Points / Merit
Subject Requirements Applications should have a relevant level 3 qualification in music, for example, A' Level Music, BTEC or equivalent. The ability to read and write music is essential, and applicants should be of at least ABRSM Grade 5 Theory standard or the equivalent in terms of skills and knowledge.
20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.
In your first year, you are introduced to the disciplines of music performance, composition and the fundamental technologies underpinning each area. You will be introduced to several popular and classical music genres and will examine the performance and composition techniques that constitute their style. You will also cover areas of music notation, including theory and scoring, from the perspective of a performer and composer; developing a high level of musical literacy – of whatever genre you choose to focus upon – is an essential core to many other parts of the degree programme.
In Single Honours Music, you will also study Foundations of Music Production, allowing for focused study into the Foundations of Audio Recording, Sound Reinforcement, MIDI Programming and Automation. These areas will be taught holistically through exploring such topics as the physics of sound; audio signal flow; audio mixing; audio editing; digital signal processing, and an introduction to automation.
You will have individual lessons in your chosen instrument or voice, and you will also learn about essential University level study skills, such as essay writing, presentation skills, referencing and using the library in groups of 10, which also function as small pastoral groups.
You will attend compulsory concerts and events throughout your first academic year. The shows included in this series are intended to illustrate the musical genres studied in other course areas and to add an enhancement.
Your second year of Music further develops your understanding of classical and popular music genres through the joint focus on music performance and composition. All students will develop their skills by gaining further knowledge of theoretical concepts that allow them to perform and compose more complex musical works. You will also be introduced to music business and music education.
In Single Honours Music, you will be taught the explorations of Music Production and examine concepts such as stylistic sound production techniques; along with somewhat more advanced digital signal processing and automation techniques; music interactivity; digital sound theory; sound synthesis; surround proper techniques; an introduction to audio/visual work (theory and practice); and an introduction to generative Music.
In your third year of Music, you will be encouraged to further hone your skills as a performer and composer who can gain fluency with the realisation of large complex pieces of Music. You will develop your understanding of music practice, the music business, and music education and have the opportunity to experience a work placement in one of these areas.
In Single Honours Music, in Music Production, you will explore aspects of music theory through an integrated programme of themes such as stylistic sound; sound and perception approach; sound synthesis; mixed-media, interactive and immersive Music and sound; surround-sound techniques and digital Music.
All third-year single honours students will also have to carry out an extensive research project, report or dissertation linked to issues about, for example, music performance, composition, music recording, live event planning or digital Music, and the changing opportunities that exist for these areas in today’s music profession, regionally, nationally or internationally. A focus on the music business or educational contexts may also be explored here.
IELTS
6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score lower than 5.5.
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