Contemporary and Popular Music - BA (Hons)

Newcastle University

Our three-year Contemporary and Popular Music degree focuses on a range of musics and approaches. From acoustic singer-songwriting to jazz and experimental electronic forms. From ethnomusicology to cultural theory.You'll grow as an accomplished musician while developing your creativity and critical thinking. While you may choose to specialise in contemporary and popular music, we offer a broad musical education. This means you can also take modules on world, classical, and folk and traditional music.You’ll study a range of historical, cultural, theoretical and applied modules covering topics such as:music analysismusic historyDJing and turntablismsongwritingaudio productionYou'll receive one-on-one tuition and group lessons from our performance tutors, who are experts in their craft.

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