Professional Studies

Professional Development and Skills

The majority of your programme is focused on developing your skills in your Principal Study, applying them to professional skills and contextualising academic studies.

Professional Development and Skills run throughout our BMus(Hons) course. As part of your work-related learning in Years 3 and 4, you will undertake at least one placement, choosing from a range of exciting education and community outreach projects, arts administration opportunities, and our professional experience schemes, which give you the opportunity to audition to work with one of our partner orchestras or ensembles, which include the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,
Manchester Camerata and Black Dyke Band. Composers can receive credit for external commissions and benefit from extensive outreach work. The key principle underlying your professional development will be to draw upon every aspect of the curriculum, and to enhance this with the entrepreneurial skills, business skills and the professional experience you will need to enable your vision for your future to become reality.

For further information, please contact Kate Buchanan, Director of Professional Studies,
T 0161 907 5420 or E This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it