Guitar Courses in London, undergraduate Degrees and Masters

Take your guitar playing to the next level at our music college

ICMP has been developing and delivering contemporary music education for over 30 years – longer than any other music college in the UK. In fact, we’ve been committed to providing a guitar-specialist education for our students from the time we launched in 1986, when ICMP was known as the Guitar Institute.

We pride ourselves on our personalised approach to student engagement, regular one-on-one support, small class sizes, high number of teaching hours per week, and innovative use of technology in the classroom – initiatives you just won’t find to the same extent at any other music college.

Our personalised learning approach means we really get to know you as a guitar player. We’ll provide a studying experience that’s unique to you, and will work side by side to cultivate your natural talent, explore your future career goals, and provide ongoing opportunities for live performances, recording, auditioning, touring and career development. And you’ll significantly improve your guitar playing skills and performance expertise while you’re at it.

We understand that each student will have distinct career ambitions, and your vision of ‘success’ will be yours and yours alone, so we encourage you to follow your own unique path. At ICMP, your future is in your hands, and you’ll graduate feeling inspired and emboldened, with the tools, contacts, confidence and drive you need to push your career as a guitar player forward.

Studying a Guitar course at ICMP makes financial sense too, with the fees for ICMP music degrees in London significantly less than those at many traditional universities, and, also much lower than other UK contemporary music education providers - making studying music at ICMP great value as well as great fun.

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

Guitar Lessons in London

Those wishing to study a three-year guitar degree course can choose from a BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance or a BA (Hons) Creative Musicianship guitar course.

There’s also a choice of one-year courses, including the Cert HE Popular Music Performance (Guitar) and the Cert HE Creative Musicianship. 

Postgraduate students can take the one-year Masters (MMus) in Popular Music Performance guitar course to develop their guitar playing, musicianship skills and music education to the highest level.