Music Production, Performance and Business with Foundation
Music production, performance, and business together form one of the most practical combinations available to aspiring music professionals. The music industry is a complex ecosystem in which creative skill and commercial acumen are equally important: understanding how to record, mix, and release music is only part of the picture, and knowing how labels, publishers, streaming platforms, live promoters, and sync licensing work is what allows creative people to build sustainable careers. This programme at Westminster brings those worlds together, giving you both the technical craft and the industry knowledge to operate confidently across them.
This four-year programme includes a foundation year, which is designed to prepare you for the demands of degree-level study before you move into the full honours programme. Whether you are returning to education, building on practical experience without formal qualifications, or simply looking to consolidate your skills before tackling advanced work, the foundation year gives you the grounding you need. From there, you will develop your production skills in professional studio environments, studying the principles of audio engineering, sound design, mixing, and digital audio workstations alongside performance and live sound.
The business strand covers marketing, rights management, entrepreneurship, and the financial structures that underpin the modern music industry.
A sandwich year is available, which means you can spend a year working in the industry before returning to complete your degree. This placement experience is one of the most valuable parts of the programme, allowing you to build a professional network, apply your skills in real commercial settings, and return to your final year with context that transforms how you approach your studies.
Graduates move into a wide range of roles: studio production and engineering, artist management, music marketing and PR, sync and licensing, live events management, label A&R, music journalism, and independent artist careers. The business foundation also makes you well suited to founding or running your own enterprise in the creative industries. Further study options include postgraduate work in music production, music business, or cultural and creative industries management.