Music Business Courses in London

Want to change the shape of the music industry?

ICMP offers music business courses aligned to industry for entrepreneurs looking to take that next step towards developing a long-term successful career in the music industry.

ICMP has been developing and delivering contemporary music education for over 30 years – longer than any other music college in the UK, and we’re committed to providing a music business-specialist education for our students. We pride ourselves on our small class sizes, personalised approach to student engagement, regular one-to-one support, high number of teaching contact hours, and dynamic use of technology in the classroom – initiatives you just won’t find to the same extent at any other modern music school in London or the rest of the UK.

Our courses cover a broad array of music business topics, including entrepreneurship, artist management, recording, the live industry, digital marketing, publishing, artist development, label management, music law, and event management. You'll also learn the core business skills required to run your own enterprise, including business development, finance, accounts, business ratios and profit/loss. This is further enhanced by the addition of creative marketing skills such as filmmaking and creative content marketing.

Your assessments will be largely practical and DIY, where you’ll work in small groups to organise real events with real funding and run them like a business, and will create, launch and monetise your own business or product, with an opportunity to pitch to RBS’s E-Spark programme or ICMP for funding support. From the start of your second semester, you’ll be allocated your own business mentor from ICMP’s impressive teaching faculty who you’ll meet each week on a one-to-one basis and will guide you along the way.

Our industry-focused approach to our music business courses means we really get to understand you and your ambitions as an entrepreneur or future industry executive. We’ll provide you with a learning experience that’s unique to you, and will work alongside you to promote your natural talent and explore your future career goals, providing opportunities for internships, new business start-ups, networking and artist development.

We understand that each of our students will have different career motivations and your vision of ‘success’ will be individual, so we encourage you to follow your own distinct path. At ICMP, your future is in your hands, and you’ll graduate feeling inspired and encouraged, with the tools, self-confidence, networking connections and head start you need to drive your career as a music business entrepreneur or executive forward.

Taking a music business degree course at ICMP makes financial sense too, with the fees for ICMP music degrees similar to many traditional universities, and  - making studying music business at ICMP in London great value as well as great fun. Eligible UK students can also access student finance to assist with financing their st

So why not immerse yourself in the music business at ICMP London? It’s the ultimate space to learn, question and discover your place in the music industry.

ICMP London Music Business courses

Those wishing to study a three-year Music Business degree programme can choose from the BA (Hons) Music Business and Entrepreneurship degree course, the BA (Hons) Live Event Management degree, the BA (Hons) Digital Marketing with Music Management, BA (Hons) Digital Marketing and Content Creation, or simply a specialised Digital Marketing degree. For those looking for a shorter course, we also run the Music Business and Entrepreneurship programme as a one year Cert HE course. 

For students looking to progress their studies to postgraduate level we also run the MA Music Business masters course.