Master of Arts - Popular Music and Culture

Students will join peers with backgrounds in cultural studies, sociology, music and the creative arts to explore today's local live music scene and its connection to the wider industry. From researching gigs and events to composing scores for film and television, you will discover how a variety of communities fuse together to create this vibrant and expanding scene.

Whether developing their songwriting and music editing techniques in studios or organizing events and liaising with artists at Leeds Festival, students will gain the hands-on experience employers are looking for while gathering evidence to carry through into their major research project.

With its combination of research and practice, their course will provide the perfect springboard to discover the interconnectivity of popular music and culture and engage with the vibrant and varied music scene in Leeds.

This course is scheduled to start in Autumn / Winter 2020 in the new Leeds School of Arts building based at City Campus. Should there be any delays or changes to this schedule, the delivery of some, or all modules for this course, may take place in existing facilities at our Headingly and City Campuses.