BMus Music with a Year of Study Abroad

This programme is the ideal choice if you want to focus solely on music. It will allow you to specialise and develop your own musical interests and strengths whilst acquiring a solid, broad-based education in music theory and analysis, composition and performance studies, music history and culture, ethnomusicology, studio production and the business of music (including the opportunity to undertake a work placement). Our BMus in Music offers the most in-depth study, allowing you to spend all your time specialising in music, with core and elective core modules in year 1 to provide you with a strong foundation upon which you will build your academic studies in future years. You also have the exclusive opportunity to take the major project Recital module in year 3 (comparable with Dissertations in other subjects), a variant of which is available only as a minor project on our BA programmes. As well as studying a range of academic modules, you will also be encouraged to take full advantage of our school-led core ensembles, representing a wide range of musical repertoires and traditions, such as the Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Symphony Orchestra, Gamelan Ensemble, Chamber Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Lanyi (West African Ensemble), Symphony Chorus and the Pop Collective. You’ll spend the third year of this 4-year course studying abroad, taking modules in music and other subjects where available. At your host university, you’ll learn different perspectives and approaches to studying music. You’ll complete your studies in Cardiff in the fourth year.