Degree Subject Information

Music

You will find the following information on this page. To go directly to an information section, click on the list below:

• Using your Music degree
• Other career options
• Graduate destinations from Music courses
• Organisations associated with Music
• Useful websites
• Resources in the Careers Service
• Information days, events and careers fairs
• Postgraduate study in Music
• Further training

Using your Music degree

The AGCAS booklet Cultural and Broadcast, Film and Video Sectors give an overview of the sectors relevant tomusic students, and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Copies of these are available free from the careers service or you can view them online at www.prospects.ac.uk

Signpost sheets look at individual subjects of study and identify skills gained during your course, career options related to your subject, and graduate case studies.

www.creativefutures.cadise.ac.uk is a careers portal for the creative industries and has information and advice relevant to music students and graduates

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/industry/ has advice and information on getting into the music business

www.ideasfactory.com has information, advice and opportunities in the music sector

Other career options

The Job sector information pages on this website have information on types of jobs available within sectors, where to look for jobs and placements, relevant resources in the careers service, specialist careers events and professional development and training information.

Prospects website has an explore types of jobs section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training and career development, typical employers and vacancy sources, case studies and contacts and resources.

Other relevant pages on this website are what can I do with my degree? and what should I be doing now?

Graduate destinations from Music courses

Click here to see what Bath Spa Music graduates are doing now.

Click here to see national graduate statistics by subject on the Prospects website.

Organisations associated with Music

Professional Bodies and Associations often have a careers section with job profiles, information, placements, jobs and advice for graduates.

The Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
14 Bedford Street, London WC1B 3JG
Tel: 020 7636 5400

Association of British Orchestras
8 Gerrard Street, London 1D 5PJ
Tel: 020 7287 0333

Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
10 Stratford Place, London W1N 9AE
Tel: 020 7629 4413

Musicians' Union
60-62 Clapham Road, London SW9 0JJ
Tel: 020 7582 5566

Music Publishers Association Ltd
3rd Floor, Strandgate, 18-20 York Buildings, London WC2N 6JU
Tel: 0207 839 7779

Performing Rights Society
29-33 Berners Street, London W1P 4AA
Tel: 020 7580 5544

Society for the Promotion of the New Music
Francis House, Francis Street, London SW1P 1DE
Tel: 020 7828 9696

Young Concert Artists Trust
23 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9AX
Tel: 020 7379 8477

Useful websites

www.lancaster.ac.uk/palatine/career/students.htm career advice & very useful links

www.mpaonline.org.uk music publishing

www.metamusic.org.uk music industry information

www.sounditout.co.ukdatabase of musicians & resources

www.thenortheast.com/ss/ community music development initiative

www.spnm.org.uk promotes new music

www.youthmusic.org.uk music making opportunites

www.mcps.co.uk Mechanical Copyright Protection Society

www.britisharts.co.uk has good web resources

Corps of Army Music Careers and Bursary within the Corps of Army Music

Resources in the careers service

These are available at Newton Park and Somerset Place. The books and directories are on reference only

• Music Week
• BANES Arts Development newsletter in hard copy in careers or available online
• News - quarterly bulletin from the Arts Council South West , available in the careers service
• South West Screen produces an e bulletin available in the careers service or subscribe online
• check the Talent Circle weekly e bulletin online or in the careers service
• British Music Yearbook
• Music Education Yearbook
• ISM Music Careers
• BPI Guide to Contemporary Music
• Getting into Music
• The Big Noise - working in the music industry
• How to Make it in the Music Business
• Inside the Music Business
• Multimedia Employers Directory
• Handbook of Performing Arts

Occupational files in the careers service most relevant to music would be

• Music Y4/5
• Performing Arts Y6
• Music Technology Y

Information days, events and careers fairs

Look at the What's On section of this website for events and careers fairs.

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location.

Postgraduate study in Music

For more general information, refer to the postgraduate and further study section of this website.

For information on postgraduate courses at Bath Spa
click here.

Prospects website has a searchable database of all UK postgraduate courses and a list of work related courses including Film, visual & sound media

Course Discover is a searchable database of postgraduate and FE courses available in the Careers Service.

Further Training

Most professional bodies run courses and seminars for continuing professional development. Check the list above.