Courses for Artists

On the BA (Hons) Music Marketing degree, you’ll develop your dynamic music business and marketing skills across all facets of the music industry. You’ll master the ability to devise, plan and execute high-impact music marketing strategies to reach global audiences and really stand out from the crowd.

As a writer–performer studying on ICMP’s BA (Hons) Songwriting and Artist Development degree, you’ll take your technical, collaborative and creative skills to the next level. Gain in-depth knowledge of how the music industry works while creating an impressive portfolio of songs for your artist project.

Explore the exhilarating world of live electronic performance technologies and embark on a transformative journey across this BA (Hons) Electronic Music Production degree. Develop your knowledge of performance tools, synthesisers and signal processors, while elevating your skills in sampling, sound design, mixing, and mastering.

The BA (Hons) Creative Music Production degree is ICMP's all-round recording and production degree. As a creative artist or producer, you'll become proficient at using top industry-standard hardware and software to a professional level.

Explore the composition, production and creative techniques used in music for film, TV and games in this highly practical programme, and ready yourself for a successful career as a composer, sound designer or producer.

The BA (Hons) Songwriting course is ICMP’s most comprehensive, all-round songwriting degree. It’s a practically focused, industry-aligned course designed for anyone looking to build a portfolio career as a professional songwriter.

Take your artist career to the next level, as you learn to create, release and monetise your music. With guidance from music industry managers and professionals, you’ll discover how to grow your fan base, enhance your network and music business knowledge, and craft impactful campaigns to promote your music releases.

Discover the exhilarating world of live electronic music production across this one-year course. Develop your skills in DAWs, synthesis, sampling and mixing while building a strong understanding of creative production approaches and the music industry.

Elevate your technical, collaborative and creative skills as a writer–performer across this exciting one-year course. Take your songwriting and performance abilities to the next level, explore how the music industry works and build an impressive portfolio of songs to launch your future career.

This exciting one-year course provides ambitious writer–producers with an introduction to songcraft development, creative collaboration and technical music production. You’ll build strong industry connections as you expand your portfolio of songs and take the first steps towards being a professional songwriter, producer and/or beatmaker.

Highly creative, research-based and tailored to your personal interests, ICMP's MA Songwriting supports you to develop a substantial creative songwriting project of your choosing – typically a debut album. Covering all aspects of songwriting practice, you’ll follow your individual creative path while launching a bespoke portfolio career in songwriting.

This creative exploration programme explores composition, performance and production in a collaborative environment. It will develop your artistic identity and help establish yourself as music professional.

Take your artist career to the next level, as you learn to create, release and monetise your music. With guidance from music industry managers and professionals, you’ll discover how to grow your fan base, enhance your network and music business knowledge, and craft impactful campaigns to promote your music releases.

ICMP’s highly practical one-year CertHE Songwriting course prepares emerging songwriters for today’s music industry. Build your portfolio and develop your creative identity while gaining a strong foundation in songcraft.

Develop your artistry and management skills, gain deeper insight into the workings of the music industry, and build a professional portfolio on our comprehensive five-day Artist Development Summer School programme.

With ICMP’s one-year CertHE Creative Musicianship course, you’ll begin to explore your artistic identity in the context of the modern music industry, and will develop a solid, practical and creative foundation in performance, composition and the music business.