Music courses at Bath Spa University are ranked 10th out of 71 which are offered nationally for overall satisfaction, and BA (Hons) Music has scored 97% for overall student satisfaction in NSS 2015.

The details are as mentioned below:

Music
Award: BA (Hons)
UCAS codes: Institution Code: B20
Course Code: W300
Campus Code: A
School: School of Music and Performing Arts
UK/EU Fees: Tuition fees are £9,000 per year.
Course length: 3 years full-time
Campus: Newton Park

BA (Hons) Music is a highly practical course. Every week a day is devoted to ensemble performance and related activities for students in all years - these include choirs, orchestras, wind band, big bands and gamelan. There are also several other ensembles including brass, wind and string groups and an experimental ensemble called Material.

The Course Modules are as given below:

Modules
Year 1:
Performance 1 (including first study instrumental/vocal lessons, optional second study, aural awareness, conducting, ensemble skills)
Creative Forum 1 (composition skills, harmony, music technology)
Music in the West (musical styles, set works, research skills, critical musicology)
Global Music (musical styles, ethnomusicology, field work)

Year 2:
Professional Musician (including a work placement, introduction to teaching, marketing and the music industry)
Performance 2 (in Classical and Jazz streams)
Creative Forum 2 (including collaborative composition with dance or film, as well as orchestration and arrangement)
Musical Theatre Practice (taught in collaboration with Drama)
Opera Project
Musicology 2
Music Analysis

Year 3:
Performance 3 (includes a public recital)
Composition (a composition portfolio)
Independent Study (dissertation or lecture recital)
Musicology 3 (popular music and music for screen)
Music in Action (Community Music)
Musical Theatre Project
Opera Project
Music Psychology

Facilities available are:

Based at the Michael Tippett Centre, we have excellent facilities including:

A purpose-built concert hall with superb acoustics
17 practice rooms, three with electronically variable acoustic
A wide range of medieval, renaissance and baroque instruments, and a large collection of percussion and orchestral instruments
A Javanese Gamelan
A high spec music technology laboratory
Five recording studios
Two band rehearsal rooms
Large well-stocked Music Library and a wide range of online musical resources

Contact Details:

Bath Spa University,
Newton St Loe,
Bath, BA2 9BN.
+44 (0)1225 875875
enquiries@bathspa.ac.uk

Bath Spa University Office,
Southdown Infant and Junior Schools,
Mount Road,
Bath, BA2 1LG