The live sector of the music industry has exploded in recent years. There are more festivals, more venues more gigs than ever before. This innovative course, developed in close consultation with the industry, has been designed to equip students with the management skills required to take on the challenges of working in this diverse and exciting employment sector. Solid business, marketing and management skills are underpinned with a detailed understanding of the unique nature of working in live music and entertainment management. The programme has been designed to give students a broad overview of a wide range of music and entertainment industry activity.

Students undertaking the programme benefit from:

• Regular lecture input from a range of live music industry professionals
• A range of formal and informal work experience opportunities
• Access to purpose-built live production facilities
• Managing the University's production company: MC9 Music Ltd
• Key education/industry partnerships with some of the most recognised live production equipment suppliers in the UK and Europe (Sennheiser, Shuttlesound, AC Lighting)
• A student friendly environment with dedicated campus and facilities
• UK and international exchange programmes and study visits
• Highly specialist staff delivering vocationally orientated programmes
• The importance of intellectual property management and a solid understanding of contractual negotiations will ensure that you will know how a real living can be made from popular music. Whether you go into self employment or work for a music company, the course ensures that you will leave the University ready to 'take your first steps in what is a competitive but also an exciting and rewarding industry.

Programme aims:

Students undertaking the programme benefit from:

• Regular lecture input from a range of live music industry professionals
• A range of formal informal work experience opportunities
• Access to purpose-built live production facilities
• Managing the University’s production company@ ‘INFXD Live’
• Key education/industry partnerships with some of the most recognised live production equipment suppliers in the UK and Europe (Sennheiser, Shuttlesound, AC Lighting0
• A student friendly environment with dedicated campus and facilities

The importance of intellectual property management and a solid understanding on contractual negotiations will ensure that you will know how a real living can be made from popular music. Whether you go into self-employment or work for a music company, the course ensures that you will leave the University ready to ‘take your first steps in what is a competitive but also an exciting and rewarding industry. 

Modules 

Year one:

• Music Cultures and Marketing Principles
• Contemporary Management Principles in Entertainment
• The Music Industry Environment
• Live Music and Events Industry 

Year two: 

• The Music and Entertainment Manager
• The Music Entrepreneur
• Event Management
• Event Theory and Production

Year three:

• Intellectual Property and Application of the Law
• Strategic Music Management
• Strategic Event Management
• Dissertation