Music Performance, Production & Business

The MA Music Performance, Production & Business course at WaterBear is a revolutionary new master’s programme designed for artists, bands, session musicians and producers.

You’ll create, record and release your own music, working in professional studios with professional music producers and mix engineers. You’ll be able to gain your master’s in just one year.

This practical taught master’s is all about the creation of high-quality music, with an emphasis on learning by doing. Alongside making records, you will devise and apply release strategies to get your music heard. At the same time, you will develop expertise in audio production, digital marketing, branding, content creation and A&R.

Whatever your reasons for wanting to study, gaining the MA can also give you more professional choices, more potential income streams and those all-important letters after your name.

This course is for musicians, artists and producers who want to take their musical output to the next level and boost the commercial and entrepreneurial side of their music activity. You’ll work on the creation of high-quality music and upskill in other areas like digital marketing, social media, branding and A&R.

The course will take you on a journey of high-level skills development, critical reflection and the development of professional practice, culminating in the completion of a major commercial project. Areas of focus include music creation and audio production, music marketing and branding, A&R, the development of personal skills and the realisation of ideas through submission of a major project.

You will develop autonomy whilst learning to apply critical thinking and research skills to your work. You'll gain academic proficiency and professional credibility. You'll also develop your entrepreneurialism to maximise areas of potential revenue and enterprise.

It’s awarded by one of the UK’s leading specialist universities for the creative industries, Falmouth University.