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University of Glasgow: Music Industries
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Culture & Creative Arts |
| Web | www.glasgow.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
This programme provides an opportunity to explore the music industries - with a focus on popular music - from the perspectives of history, research methods and theory, contemporary debates, and work-based learning. Making the most of the city of Glasgow and its vibrant popular music ecosystem including a rich network of venues, festivals, and small to medium music businesses, this degree is distinctive for its emphasis on this work-based learning with opportunities for arranged projects with existing music companies and artists on the one hand, or supervised music entrepreneurship projects on the other.
Our approach is multidisciplinary: we employ a variety of academic approaches and draw upon the University's expertise in a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, musicology and politics.
You will be studying in the City of Glasgow with its vibrant and exciting music scene – the UK’s first UNESCO city of music.
Our approach is multidisciplinary: we employ a variety of academic approaches and draw upon the University's expertise in a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, musicology and politics. You will be studying in the City of Glasgow with its vibrant and exciting music scene – the UK’s first UNESCO city of music. * You will benefit from access to our facilities including seminar and practice rooms, a small library, an audio lab, studios, and the University’s concert hall. * You will have the opportunity to contribute to Glasgow Music City, a website created and maintained by students and staff from the Music Industries programme. It is a forum for new ideas, research and debates about working in music, as well as the relationship between cities and their music more broadly. * Read a testimonial from one of the graduates of the programme.
The programme combines a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, musicology and politics.
The Music Industries Project, which runs over semesters one and two, provides the opportunity to undertake a work-based project in a music industries environment.
Semester 1
In semester one you will take a compulsory core course, and choose one credit compulsory core course, and one elective option.
Core courses
- POPULAR MUSIC RESEARCH
- WORKING IN MUSIC SINCE 1900 (or an approved elective option)
- MUSIC INDUSTRIES PROJECT (part 1) - The first half of a 40 credits full year course with entrepreneurship and arranged project pathways within the music industries.
Semester 2
In semester two you will take one credit compulsory core course, one compulsory core course, and one elective option.
Core courses
- THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC INDUSTRIES
- POPULAR MUSIC POLITICS (or an approved elective option)
- MUSIC INDUSTRIES PROJECT (part 2) - The second half of a 40 credits full year course with entrepreneurship and arranged project pathways within the music industries.
Summer
- MUSIC INDUSTRIES DISSERTATION
At the end of semester two, you will undertake an in-depth research dissertation of 12,000 words, to be submitted in August.
The programme opens opportunities to enter and develop your career or business in the music (or related media and creative) industries. The programme will provide you with:
- experience working in the music industries via either project or entrepreneurship pathways
- critical methods of evaluating music industries research produced by different stakeholders (e.g. academics, lobbying groups, and policymakers)
- knowledge of the key theoretical, historical, and methodological debates in music industries and popular music research
Recent graduates work as Head of Publisher Services at PRS/ ICE Services, label services manager at Ferocious Management, Royalties Administrator at BBC Studios and as International Partner Manager at PRS for Music.
Others are lecturers in Commercial Music and Cultural Policy Research. Some work for Glasgow based organisations and companies (for example, the Scottish Music Industry Association and The Riverside Festival) while some are self-employed or freelance artists, educators and music entrepreneurs.
MSc
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s most prestigious seats of learning, and the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world. Established in 1451 and recognised for its world-changing research and teaching, the University has inspired thinkers from eminent scientist Lord Kelvin and the father of economics Adam Smith, to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Rankings
The University:
is ranked 81st in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2023
- is in the top 100 in the world: Times Higher World University Rankings 2023
- 95.9% of students in employment or further study 6 months after graduation …
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