We believe that specialist higher education is best delivered:in small groups with students supported by one to one tutorials where possible by top industry professionals who are also great teachers rather than academics in a friendly, creative environment with access to professional level facilities and resources to high academic standards with students focusing on how to collaborate and communicate effectively with high level graduate skills embedded to ensure work-readiness for all sectors with the alacrity and agility to adapt, improve and modernise continually. We believe that specialist higher education is best delivered: in small groups with students supported by one to one tutorials where possible by top industry professionals who are also great teachers rather than academics in a friendly, creative environment with access to professional level facilities and resources to high academic standards with students focusing on how to collaborate and communicate effectively with high level graduate skills embedded to ensure work-readiness for all sectors with the alacrity and agility to adapt, improve and modernise continually.
The LCCM story first began in 2002, when Darius Khwaja resolved to found a new college for contemporary popular music in the centre of London. The aim was to create a new approach to teaching music that mixed the best of the good universities and conservatoires with an art school environment. The course that emerged embedded production with performance, establishing LCCM as the first music college where all students had to master both performance and production; a development that was increasingly evident in the music industry.
Undergraduate | |
BMus (Hons) Music Performance & Production | The music industry has changed. Today’s successful musicians are multi-instrumentalists who can produce their own music. They can manage their own projects and capitalise on their online channels. On our music degree in performance and production you will create the music you want to make. We’ll help you establish the career you want to lead. |
BA (Hons) Music Industry Management | Do you want to establish a career in the music industry as a business-astute artist or executive? Designed and delivered by Industry professionals, our music business degree course will help you understand who, why, when and what you might get paid from making and releasing music; the social media tricks and tools you need to build your audience from scratch and the most in demand skills or the modern music business – harnessing data and sharing insights from the new gold rush of music streaming. |
Graduate | |
MA Creative Entrepreneurship | On this practical, project-focused MA creative entrepreneur programme, you will build prototypes and business plans in a creative and academically rigorous university environment that offers excellent networking opportunities with potential collaborators, mentors and investors. Our small and collaborative classes are designed to bring you up to speed with everything you’ll need in order to develop, manage and thrive as a creative entrepreneur, even if you don’t have any previous business experience. |
This master’s programme has a convenient teaching schedule that provides you with the flexibility to keep your regular job or to dedicate yourselves to building your business full-time. This is an ideal opportunity to turn your love of music or creative hobby into a career while pursuing a postgraduate degree. | |
MMus in Music Performance | This MMus in Music Performance programme is designed to develop your skills as a performer, musical director, composer and arranger to a music industry-leading standard. Over the course of this 12-month master’s programme, students will lead in a variety of creative, collaborative and professional settings that will develop your specialist performance skills and creative practice, while producing a significant body of original work that reflects a distinctive artistic voice. |
MMus in Music Production | This is a professionally-focused practice-based master’s degree in music production for aspirant career producers within contemporary music. The 12-month programme aims to develop a specialist understanding of advanced music production tools, techniques and processes through the creation of a significant body of original work that demonstrates a distinctive artistic personality. |
Other Courses | |
Making Music Summer Course | Our youth music summer school brings together young musicians, singers, songwriters and producers to write, perform and record new music for a week. You can take this course as a singer, songwriter, bass player, guitarist, producer, drummer, programmer or keyboard player. The aim of the course is to give you the guidance, environment and artistic freedom to make new music collaboratively and record it. |
Music Development Programme | The Musician Development Programme allows you to progress as a performer, producer or manager through study on our specialist modules, without the time or financial commitment required for a full certificate or degree programme. With expert tuition from industry practitioners in state of the art facilities at our new “Music Box” campus, you can choose to take one or more modules to help realise your individual creative, professional or management goals, studying alongside our degree students. You can choose whether to just take classes or also undergo formal assessment and achieve Open University credits. Students will have the opportunity to transfer into a full certificate or degree programme at a later date as they progress, bringing any relevant credits with them. Modules are available at various levels; to make sure this is right for you, one of our tutors will meet with you to determine your current skills, knowledge and preparation, relevant to your intended study choice(s). |
Principal Instrument | Offered at levels 4, 5 or 6, the Principal Instrument modules provide a structured approach to develop your advanced instrumental skills as a performer and creator of contemporary music. Expert tuition, including one to one, is available for guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, horns or voice, leading up to a public performance for level 6 students. |
Songwriting | This pathway will not take away creativity from the Songwriter, but will add extra dimensions to your own style. At levels 4 and 5 students are encouraged to write outside of their comfort zone, with a real focus on the individual Songwriter’s own personal style at level 6. |
Music Programming | Offered at level 4 this is a concise module that involves remixing and creating original material. Students will also learn all the practical short cuts that make mixing and recording with logic much easier. |
Advanced Music Programming | Offered at level 5 (Advanced Music Programming) this is a concise module that involves remixing and creating original material. Students will also learn all the practical short cuts that make mixing and recording with logic much easier. |
Studio Alchemy | This module is a continuation of the level 4 module studio recording, so candidates wishing to take this as a stand alone module would need a reasonable level of experience. At level 5 this module really goes into the finite detail of instrumental placement within a mix, with the student at level 6 being offered a creative choice in terms of what to record. |
Studio Recording | This module is aimed at candidates with some experience. It starts with the fundamentals of mixing and mic placement through to recording an original composition using a full range digital and acoustic sources. |
Harmony & Rhythm | This module offered at level 6 is very practical and rather than sit endless harmony exams, students are asked to produce and present two arrangements. This is done in a 1-1 interview, with each arrangement being based around a specific rhythmic or harmonic element. |
Jazz Reharmonisation | This is an advanced module offered at level 6 only, which takes students right to the edge of western harmony. Yet like all LCCM modules it is still practical and an arrangement has to be produced. |
Musical Directing and Arranging | This level 6 module covers every possible musical scenario, with all your arrangements being played by live musicians. Whether conducting and arranging a string quartet, working with a big band or arranging for a rock band, this module teaches students both arranging and practical people skills. |
Composition, Arranging and Analysis | Offered at levels 5 and 6 in this pathway students gain the facility to write for all instrumental line ups. So whether arranging for horns, strings or bands students get to hear their arrangements played in real time by live musicians. |
Scoring to Picture | Offered at levels 4, 5 or 6 this inspiring pathway overs all sections of this market, from title sequences, songwriting to full films. Expert tuition in small groups from industry professionals will help students build their own identity in this ever growing sector. |
Music Industry Landscape | A Level 4 beginners guide to the music industry: its key organisations, legal framework, administrative functions and current trends. |
Music Publishing | A Level 5 detailed study of copyright law and contracts, the business of music publishing, royalty collection societies and analysis of high profile legal disputes that have impacted this sector |
Working with Music Artists | A Level 6 detailed study into the discipline of working with creative music talent as an A&R or Artist Manager |
All About the Band | All About the Band is an innovative project specially made for aspiring young musicians from the Borough of Southwark. It’s a weekly course taught by music industry experts and hosted by LCCM. |