Music: Education & Community BA (Hons)

On this programme you will discover your strengths as a community musician and educator. Specialist modules and placements in a range of relevant contexts and environments will enable you to experience first-hand how you can use music to positively impact people’s lives. As a well-rounded musician, you will participate in a vibrant musical community alongside performers and composers. The International Centre for Community Music, based at York St John University, will substantially enrich your experience and opportunities during the course.

Experience first-hand how you can use music to positively impact people’s lives and discover your strengths as a community musician and educator with our Music: Education & Community degree. You will become part of a vibrant musical network and make full use of The International Centre for Community Music, based at York St John University, to enrich your experience and opportunities during the course.

Discover more about the role that music plays and the power it can have when applied in educational and community contexts. As the oldest Higher Education institution in the city, York St John has been at the forefront of teaching and education for over 175 years. The University is rooted in the principles of fairness and social justice, which apply equally to the way that we work alongside local businesses and communities. You will experience work-related learning in settings like schools, day care centres, nurseries or hospitals and you will have opportunities to use music with children, elderly people, the homeless and mental health service users. You will explore community music as a means of promoting health, wellbeing, and quality of life. Through a long-term placement with a local community music provider, you’ll be able to develop your educational and community music practice, documentation and evaluation.

Program Available At (Campus) - York campus