BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance

Establish your exciting route in the live music sector with BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance. This course is perfect if you’re a bassist, drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, or vocalist looking to take your technical, performance, and musicianship skills to a professional level.

The program combines core topics such as performance, technique, musicianship, theory, and technology to help you find and develop your niche as a performer.

You’ll be able to further tailor your course to your own artistic and career aims through our wide range of optional modules. These include a specific focus on areas such as creative performance, session skills, songwriting, composing, arranging, and more. You’ll become equipped you with the skills and drive required to be successful in any musical situation.

Guitar Course Student performing live at BIMM Music Institute You’ll become fully immersed in the flourishing BIMM community with plenty of opportunities to collaborate with a diverse range of talented peers. And you’ll spend a lot of time on stage, too. You’ll have the chance to play live and perform with your fellow students. Throughout these performances, you’ll receive expert guidance from our BIMM lecturers.

Our lecturers who guide you through your studies are all experienced and highly sought-afte professionals with invaluable expertise and experience that will help you progress through the course.

Day-to-day learning will be in large live rooms, smaller studio settings and lecture-based classrooms using our world-class facilities.

So, what are you waiting for? Start your career in Popular Music Performance today.

Key Facts

• Mode of attendance:  Full-time
• Length of course : This course is taught as a three-year course at levels four, five, and six.
• Awarding institution:  BIMM University
• Campus delivery:  London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, and Berlin
• UCAS code:  W316
• Language of study:  English
• Final award:  BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance

BIMM University is a creative arts educational institution that offers English-taught Bachelor’s, CertHE and Master’s degree programmes in the worlds of modern music, film, performing arts and video games development. We aim to prepare students for successful, sustainable and international creative industry careers. BIMM University consists of 14 schools in the UK, Ireland and Germany with a diverse and international student community of 8,000 students from over 60 countries.

For 40 years, BIMM University has equipped our students with the knowledge and skills they need to meet the demands of the creative industries.

As a BIMM University student, you’ll benefit from a range of unique collaborative opportunities across music, film and performing arts, developing skills you will take into your future creative careers.

BIMM University comprises the acclaimed BIMM Music Institute (UK and Dublin, Ireland), Screen and Film School , Performers College , Institute for Contemporary Theatre in the UK . Additionally, BIMM University has a branch in Germany: BIMM University Berlin. Wherever you choose to study, your school will be fitted out with industry-standard facilities, and you’ll be supported by expert lecturers with the knowledge and experience to take your talent further.

BIMM inspires the next generation of industry professionals through the creation of inclusive and creative learning environments that remove barriers and create opportunities for equal participation in the creative industries. As a BIMM student, you’ll be part of a unique creative community with access to unrivalled connections and real-world industry experiences. You’ll have the opportunity to be yourself and study in an environment that works closely with the very industries you’ll find your place in.