The Bachelor of Music (BMus) is a specialist degree that will suit you if you have musical skill and ambition or just a sheer love of music. Choose an Academic or Performance based programme and learn different styles and techniques that build your skill-base in the areas of music that interest you.

Combining theory with practical tuition, you’ll have access to our specialist teaching facilities, including the acclaimed Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber in the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts.

The three BMus streams are:

Academic Programme

• Composition
• Digital Music
• Māori Musical Instruments in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts
• Māori Song and Dance in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts
• Western Music History

Performance Programme

• Chamber Music
• Performance
• Performance Techniques
• Western Music History

Composition Programme

• Composition
• Harmony and lyric development
• Performance Techniques
• Digital Music
• Western Music History

• Advertising Executive
• Arts Administration
• Broadcaster
• Composer
• Film Music Producer
• Journalist
• Music Blogger
• Music Retailer
• Performer
• Recording Artist
• Teacher