Music with Teaching

Music with teaching is a degree for those who want to combine musical study with preparation for a career in music education, whether as an instrumental teacher, a classroom music teacher, or an educator in community and informal settings. Music teaching is a demanding professional role that requires both high-level musical skill and the pedagogical knowledge and interpersonal ability to pass that skill on effectively to students at different stages and with different learning styles. This degree prepares you for that dual challenge.

At Chichester you will study music across its theoretical, historical, and practical dimensions alongside the specific content and experience that instrumental teaching and music education require. You will explore how music is understood and taught to a variety of learners, from beginners to more advanced students, and you will develop your own musical skills including the learning of a new instrument during the course, which deepens your empathy for the experience of a learner and your understanding of how musical skills are acquired. Practical teaching experience is integrated into the programme, giving you the supervised practice that develops teaching confidence and professional competence.

The three-year full-time programme combines musical breadth with educational focus.

Graduates go on to careers as instrumental music teachers in primary and secondary schools, as peripatetic music teachers working across different institutions, and as music educators in community, further education, and conservatoire settings. Many build portfolio careers that combine teaching with performance, composition, or other musical work. Some graduates continue to postgraduate study in music, music education, or performance, and others work towards Qualified Teacher Status in subsequent professional training.