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Music (Session Musicianship)

BA · The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · 3 years

Music (Session Musicianship)

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The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

AI IMPACT
MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£25,000
SATISFACTION73%
CONTINUATION90%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS65%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 29% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).

About this course

Session musicianship is a specialist professional practice, focused on the craft of performing on recordings and in live productions for other artists rather than developing an independent artistic career as a performer. Session musicians are the backbone of the recording industry and live music production, contributing to albums, film scores, television productions, advertisements, and touring shows across every genre. At the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the BA Music (Session Musicianship) is a three-year full-time programme that develops and advances your skills as a musician while giving you a diverse range of performance opportunities to broaden your experience and repertoire. The programme develops your instrumental or vocal technique to a high professional standard, alongside the specific skills that session work requires: the ability to read music accurately at sight,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 70% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

  • 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
  • 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
  • 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 35% of graduatescards →
  • 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
  • 5 / 100Elementary occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).