Music Performance

Music Performance is a degree centred on the development of your craft as a performing musician. It is a discipline that demands both the deep technical mastery of your instrument or voice and the musical understanding, interpretive intelligence and communicative ability to make live performance compelling and meaningful for audiences. Professional musicianship involves years of intensive practice and development, and a performance degree provides the structured environment, expert tuition and performing opportunities needed to reach the highest levels of artistic achievement.

At Birmingham City University, this four-year full-time programme is delivered through the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, one of the UK's leading conservatoire environments. You will receive individual tuition from specialist instrumental and vocal teachers and benefit from the collaborative energy of a community of musicians who share your ambitions and drive for excellence. The programme provides performing opportunities across a wide range of contexts, and the conservatoire's location within Birmingham City University's arts, design and media faculty opens additional creative opportunities in areas such as film and video game soundtracks, art exhibitions and cross-disciplinary performance projects.

Music Performance graduates go on to careers as orchestral and ensemble musicians, soloists, chamber musicians, accompanists, session musicians, music educators and music directors. The professional network built through a conservatoire education, alongside the performance experience accumulated across the degree, is central to establishing a career in a competitive field. Many graduates build portfolio careers that combine performance with teaching, conducting, composing and other musical activities.

Further study at masters or postgraduate diploma level in performance is a natural continuation for those seeking the highest professional preparation.