Popular Music

About this course

Popular music is at the centre of contemporary culture, both as an art form with a rich and contested history and as a vast global industry that shapes how music is made, distributed and consumed. Training as a professional popular musician at degree level means developing the technical proficiency to perform and record to a high standard, the creative vision to develop an original artistic identity, and the entrepreneurial awareness to build a sustainable career in an industry that has been fundamentally transformed by digital technology. At the Royal Northern College of Music, this four-year Bachelor of Music programme is the UK's only undergraduate degree specifically dedicated to popular music, and it is designed to continually reinvent itself in response to the evolving music industry. The RNCM is one of the country's leading conservatoires, and studying popular music within this e

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 35% of graduatescards →

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