BMus (Hons) Music with Integrated Foundation Year 60 months Undergraduate Programme By Trinity Laban |TopUniversities

BMus (Hons) Music with Integrated Foundation Year

Programme Duration

60 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

26,060 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

03 Oct, 2025Application Deadline

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Introduction The music industry is an ever-evolving landscape. How will you shape it? Our undergraduate degrees in Composition, Performance, and Jazz with Integrated Foundation Year provide you with an additional, preliminary year of conservatoire training, preparing you for successful study on the BMus degree.  
The course is designed to give you the tools you need to define your artistic voice and use it to lead the arts beyond convention. 
Key Features During the Integrated Foundation Year, your training will be rooted in studio and practice-based activity, developing foundational skills required by the contemporary profession with a focus on Western Art Music. By the end of the year, you will be able to perform and / or create music as an instrumentalist, vocalist or composer at a level appropriate for entry to the conservatoire BMus course. Your individual artistic voice and personality will be consolidated as appropriate to a range of performance settings. The course will provide you with a broad skill set suited to diverse further training routes in music. You will maintain a personal development portfolio of key documents in your progress and will have termly tutorials to review and discuss these documents. Enhancing your instrument / vocal performance will also be a priority, with 1-1 lessons, departmental classes, performance workshops, audition classes, and more. You will participate in CoLab and your academic study will be refined through a critical thinking seminar and the Music, History, Society module.  
During the undergraduate degree in Composition, Performance, and Jazz, your training will be centred around practical learning with a curriculum designed to develop your curiosity, professional skill set, and understanding of the contemporary world and music’s place within it.  
At Trinity Laban, you will advance your technique and musicianship through individual and group tuition, and many diverse performance opportunities. Alongside recitals and building your experience in small and large ensemble contexts, you will have the opportunity to collaborate in multi-artform projects and present your work to a range of audiences. 
You will be immersed in an inspirational community of global arts creators, from fellow students and staff, to visiting artists, ensemble directors and lecturers, creating the space for you to explore and challenge your artistry, and grow your professional network.  
The demands of the profession are diverse, which is why your training here goes beyond traditional music education. You will develop entrepreneurial and business skills, learn how to look after your health and wellbeing as a musician, and establish robust learning techniques which will see you through your career. 

Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Introduction The music industry is an ever-evolving landscape. How will you shape it? Our undergraduate degrees in Composition, Performance, and Jazz with Integrated Foundation Year provide you with an additional, preliminary year of conservatoire training, preparing you for successful study on the BMus degree.  
The course is designed to give you the tools you need to define your artistic voice and use it to lead the arts beyond convention. 
Key Features During the Integrated Foundation Year, your training will be rooted in studio and practice-based activity, developing foundational skills required by the contemporary profession with a focus on Western Art Music. By the end of the year, you will be able to perform and / or create music as an instrumentalist, vocalist or composer at a level appropriate for entry to the conservatoire BMus course. Your individual artistic voice and personality will be consolidated as appropriate to a range of performance settings. The course will provide you with a broad skill set suited to diverse further training routes in music. You will maintain a personal development portfolio of key documents in your progress and will have termly tutorials to review and discuss these documents. Enhancing your instrument / vocal performance will also be a priority, with 1-1 lessons, departmental classes, performance workshops, audition classes, and more. You will participate in CoLab and your academic study will be refined through a critical thinking seminar and the Music, History, Society module.  
During the undergraduate degree in Composition, Performance, and Jazz, your training will be centred around practical learning with a curriculum designed to develop your curiosity, professional skill set, and understanding of the contemporary world and music’s place within it.  
At Trinity Laban, you will advance your technique and musicianship through individual and group tuition, and many diverse performance opportunities. Alongside recitals and building your experience in small and large ensemble contexts, you will have the opportunity to collaborate in multi-artform projects and present your work to a range of audiences. 
You will be immersed in an inspirational community of global arts creators, from fellow students and staff, to visiting artists, ensemble directors and lecturers, creating the space for you to explore and challenge your artistry, and grow your professional network.  
The demands of the profession are diverse, which is why your training here goes beyond traditional music education. You will develop entrepreneurial and business skills, learn how to look after your health and wellbeing as a musician, and establish robust learning techniques which will see you through your career. 

Admission Requirements

60+
Applications for the course are made online through UCAS Conservatoires. 
Audition requirements:
  • Two contrasting pieces, written for your principal study instrument or voice, no longer than 15 minutes in total.
  • You may be required to take a short sight-reading and / or playing-by-ear test, but you are not expected to have prior experience of improvisation.
  • Applicants unable to attend the audition in person may be considered for entry to the course by submitting a recorded audition via the Embark.
Composition
  • A portfolio of between three and six compositions, submitted in advance.
  • Any styles are accepted and unfinished works may be included.
  • The portfolio must illustrate your ability to produce notated scores and recordings should be submitted where possible. It will normally be assessed by the Head of Composition and an additional relevant member of staff, who will then conduct an interview which will take the form of a discussion about your compositions, interest, and ambitions.
  • You will also be asked to perform a prepared piece of your choice, lasting 2-3 minutes, in any style and on any instrument (including voice) and you may also be asked to improvise. 
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following through the application, audition, and interview: 
  • a level of technical competence and fluency appropriate to foundation level performance study.
  • a nascent but clear artistic identity as appropriate for ongoing conservatoire study.
  • the motivation for in-depth detailed development of performance skills.
  • the capacity for independent, critical and reflective judgment.
  • the ability to organise and communicate ideas effectively.

The Foundation Year 0 has an English language entrance requirement of CEFR B2 (ISE II – Integrated Skills in English or IELTS Level 5.5 in all 4 areas). For Student Visa purposes, the IELTs will need to be the specific IELTs for UKVI test. 

03 Oct 2025
5 Years
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
9,535 GBP
International
26,060 GBP

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