University of Westminster, London · Full-time
Music Business Management
The Music Business Management MA is an exciting and challenging course reflecting the dynamism, creativity, and inventiveness of the global popular music sector. This course aims to develop the next generation of creative, and critically agile music profession…
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School of Arts · Business and management
The Music Business Management MA is an exciting and challenging course reflecting the dynamism, creativity, and inventiveness of the global popular music sector. This course aims to develop the next generation of creative, and critically agile music professionals. Music is at the heart of everything we do, and we use it as the lens through which we critique and enhance the potential of the creative industries to produce a rich, sustainable, inclusive, and diverse environment from which all can flourish. All teaching staff on the course have comprehensive professional experience or are currently active in the music industries. The course is designed to reflect the interdisciplinary collaborative and entrepreneurial nature of music sector working practices. We examine the music environment using a transdisciplinary approach that includes business, cultural, economic, and sociological theories that cover the creative and cultural industries. Additionally, we will provide you with the flexibility to choose between the informal pathways specialising in artist management, business management and live music management. The music industries are known to be highly networked, hyper-competitive and fast-paced. Since the impact of the global pandemic, Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, there has been a renewed interest across the music industries in equality, diversity, inclusivity, and mental health. The Music Business Management MA is at the forefront of research initiatives, investigating all aspects of music. Our research groups which include the Black Music Research Unit, Centre of Research in Arts and Media and Communication and Media Research Unit contribute to our rich and diverse profile of high-quality research. You’ll be encouraged to become leaders in various fields, ranging from music entrepreneurship and ethical management to social justice and sustainability in the music ecosphere.
Getting in
As the university states it
A minimum of an upper second class honours degree (2:1) or a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a relevant degree. Applicants should be able to demonstrate some experience of working in the music industry, an aptitude for music business management and an enthusiasm for learning more about music and related industries. We will consider non-graduates if they have extensive industry experience. All applicants should be able to demonstrate some experience of working in the music industry, an aptitude for music business management and an enthusiasm for learning more about music and related industries. Applicants must have an English Language level of IELTS 6 with at least 5.5 in speaking and writing, when they apply. The Personal statement must reflect your understanding of the course and your interest in the music business. At the start of the course, if your first language is not English you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing and no element below 5.5.
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