The School of Music at LIPA is rooted in popular, commercial and contemporary music: it’s what we’re passionate about.
The School is an inspiring mix of internationally diverse and artistically eclectic musicians. It’s somewhere you can experiment, explore and collaborate to discover who you really are as a musician.
Your training - from specialist, expert tutors - is transformative. Deliberate practice and continuous feedback will drive your development as you become a highly skilled, educated musician able to take control of your career.
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Our programmes
BA (Hons) Music (Popular, Contemporary & Commercial)
This course is for musicians who want to take a broad approach to working across the music industry and to succeed as performers, session musicians, media composers and producers.
3 Years
Full-time
BA (Hons) Music (Contemporary Pop Voice & Performance)
This course combines one-to-one vocal technique classes, vocal group work, performance and movement and dance workshops. This makes it the right choice for strong vocalists who want to pursue a career as a lead singer, vocal group member, backing vocalist or session singer.
3 Years
Full-time
BA (Hons) Music (Production)
[We're not recruiting to this course in 2025/26]
This course is for students who want to use their music skills to pursue a career in production as a studio-based producer, vocal producer or desk-top producer.
3 Years
Full-time
BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting & Performance)
This course is for musicians interested in a career as singer songwriters, songwriters who front bands, or career songwriters and top-line writers.
Expert songwriting guidance develops your songwriting skills, one-to-one vocal ( or instrumental) tuition furthers your performance skills.
3 Years
Full-time
BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting & Production)
This course is ideal for musicians who see the studio as their natural creative environment. It reflects the industry’s increasing demand for producers who can collaborate and originate material with an artist, and for songwriters who can run a session or create high quality demos of their material.
3 Years
Full-time
BA (Hons) Music (Session Musicianship)
This course gives you the tools to thrive as a session musician by developing and advancing your skills as a musician while giving you a diverse range of performance opportunities to broaden your experience and repertoire.
Your training is focused on one-to-one instrumental tuition, improvisation workshops and a range of ensemble playing opportunities.
3 Years
Full-time