Music

Course summary

This course offers the opportunity to develop musical skills and understanding. Through performing, composing and analysing music, knowledge and appreciation of the subject will deepen. We will study instrumental music (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven); popular song (blues, jazz, swing and big band); instrumental jazz from 1910 to the present day; religious music of the Baroque period; programme music (1820-1910); and innovations in music from 1900 to the present day. Students who choose this course are usually serious about their music-making, as either performers or composers. The course complements a variety of other academic subjects and gives further insight into the history and development of a number of genres, alongside promoting good listening, analytical and creative skills to an advanced level. University and conservatoire music courses are available for those who wish to study the subject as a gateway into professional music as a performer, composer, teacher, arranger or musicologist.