Popular Music with Foundation Year

About this course

Popular Music is a broad and serious field of study that encompasses the performance, production, history and cultural significance of music outside the classical tradition, from blues and jazz to rock, soul, hip-hop, electronic music and beyond. A degree in popular music takes the music and the musicians who make it seriously, developing your technical musicianship alongside a critical understanding of the contexts in which popular music is created, circulated and consumed. It prepares you for a music industry that rewards adaptability, creativity and the ability to work with others as much as pure technical accomplishment. At Leeds Conservatoire this four-year full-time degree with Foundation Year begins with a year designed to build your musical and academic foundations before you enter the main programme. The foundation year develops your performance through one-to-one tuition, work

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 65% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 45% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →

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