MA Popular Music

... United Kingdom
... University of Chester

Course Overview

In addition to professional work as performing musicians, graduates have gained employment as education professionals, lecturing in Further and Higher education as well as becoming peripatetic teachers for county music services and private schools.

The course requires students to work autonomously on large scale-projects that enable them to situate their unique roles within the industry. The department’s PULSE week of visiting industry professionals provides an excellent networking opportunity for students developing their emerging careers.

Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service that is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed, and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.

We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University, and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, and extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications, and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.

Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.

General Eligibility

Applicants will normally hold a 2:2 honors degree in a related subject. Where applicants are not progressing directly from a degree, professional experience and expertise may be taken into account.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • IELTS Academic: 6.5 (no less than 5.5 in any band)

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Music and Performance


...
Campus Name

Creative Campus, Kingsway


...
Course Level

Postgraduate


...
Duration

Full-Time, 1 year


...
Available Intake

October


...
IELTS Score

5.5


...
Tuition Fees Range

7515,

14250, (INT)


Subject Recommendations for You
Campus

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Berlin

Entry Score

0.0

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

Total fee: £10,550

M.S. Advanced Information Technology
Florida Atlantic University
Campus

Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Jupiter, Dania Beach

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

$ Up to $8,000

Campus

Canterbury, England

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

Home full-time/part-time: TBC, EU/International full-time: £18000, EU/International part-time: £9000

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version1.06sRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[17:17:37] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (19.18ms)time
  • Application (1.04s)time
  • 1 x Application (98.18%)
    1.04s
    1 x Booting (1.82%)
    19.18ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated999ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = '43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224' limit 1
      1.85msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('18')
      670μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 18
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      430μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      340μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('2')
      390μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('56') order by `category_name` asc
      380μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 56
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '2' order by RAND() limit 3
      978msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '19' limit 1
      7.97msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 19
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      3.05msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '3e507e884b4b42499b4472ac06be2163' limit 1
      970μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 3e507e884b4b42499b4472ac06be2163
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      1.69msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '95' limit 1
      2.86msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 95
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      550μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        v7SfqlEZueTgow0fOBbhOtQt4ItBl6GGdlu2GkgB
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:16 [ "cookie" => array:1 [ 0 => "_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JX5PBPE4P89BWK109YFFQMPY_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InJESjBPRkdEY1lycGNPdUs5NDFJQ3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZmZmVVBCVUxpS3d3MW8wd1lCalRGVTdoRTJUSFI2SFNCL0V4VU5XTTZuWDhsWGlCV2daQ1RrdlgyOXgyek5JTlMvamtUc01rZHQ4STBxeUtqK1ZPU1JRZmNma0dwSDFTTkFmUm9pdTNNTWxVVldOOG5LSVJ5RWJ5SStoSlc2WjYiLCJtYWMiOiJjNzFiYWZiNDk4MTliNmI4MzNkY2FmNThhNmVkNDYyYTdiZGI1NzhlMzcwYWUwZWEzZTE1YTg1YWU3Njk1YjlkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImNYbU8zTnNUbnQxbWFNRDMxZEVWZVE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoickJZODFJbjRoRlJUeGNvRUJrOVJubkxxZ3FHcFJYdUxBWnBGVFBWNUFVRFc2ekJ6bDAvaVQyRjd5N0lzcXU2SHBERWlWZXU0Y05xQ0laaldTc0dJNGloYTlWS1UwRlJJLzV4ZWV5S2M2SFY2V3M0aTlpNVh6dTVBQnZKMGJVUGIiLCJtYWMiOiI2YjA2MDBlZDdlODI2YWQ2MTBlZDQxZDQ0NzAwNWY0ZjU0YjQ4NGYwZWViZGFlMDIzODA3NDkxZWIyNzQ1ZWQwIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; _fbp=fb.1.1749316655742.71294760722032286; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1749316655560::X02mXNE8Lkw6RO8_LMvy.1.1749316656100; ttcsid=1749316655561::qTeABOZadZcHkDWnMrrB.1.1749316656100_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JX5PBPE4P89BWK109YFFQMPY_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InJESjBPRkdEY1lycGNPdUs5NDFJQ3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZmZmVVBCVUxpS3d3MW8wd1lCalRGVTdoR" ] "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        0 of 0
        array:7 [ "_tt_enable_cookie" => null "_ttp" => null "XSRF-TOKEN" => "v7SfqlEZueTgow0fOBbhOtQt4ItBl6GGdlu2GkgB" "bhe_uni_session" => "Z9xVfhZgjFnlZTKzbkrQQz3gYA0FRq7UcF1Dt7ls" "_fbp" => null "ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG" => null "ttcsid" => null ]
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Sat, 07 Jun 2025 17:17:37 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjEycXpxTXVRc3pGWHFhZGpjRzJsWFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUC8wQmxoeEtOSUJvV01uTW8xa2UzazFhWGhVM2M4WWgxRkxoWTVYaFZKRWZ6WTdrSXNqbTJrcWFWMkFsZXV6a1FNVGVITzJhTTVaOXdZOUZFdk1VMjlaSktieXhJMDM4eDk4cFl5M09zUjFkVnd4OTd0NjNOSEc0U3BlS2VHb3YiLCJtYWMiOiIxNzJlNjAwYWUxMjI2YmZmMDc2ODA5ZGQwNmQyMTBkOWI3ZmM5YmQ3MmZiNmNjYjhjNjYwZGZkYTZlMzNjNTgyIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:17:37 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjEycXpxTXVRc3pGWHFhZGpjRzJsWFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUC8wQmxoeEtOSUJvV01uTW8xa2UzazFhWGhVM2M4WWgxRkxoWTVYaFZKRWZ6WTdrSXNqbTJrcWFWMkFsZXV6a1FNVGVIT" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjIzSTMwSklITUVFbFZSTTJ3TjdiK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTUc2amlsYk9ZNTdxWmNWdUR6UDZDNEgxcUlvbTA0Ukc2MU5OSFprL2Z0NTFMUVRrb3ZXNWQxS0Z6aEVFVXNaTmZUQmxiUnFsY2hKTk5KUUdkZ0tsamFBd2pRejFHS0dLZHVqN1lqc3l0UWxBUVhMcDhnVUhIZkFZZ1UzVTI4elIiLCJtYWMiOiJiOTQxMTVjZDYwN2Q5OTY1ODA3NjcwODI0NTVkZjY4NWRjZWRhZWFlNjgwYmI4NTgxNWFlNWY5NzJkNWIyY2U2IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:17:37 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjIzSTMwSklITUVFbFZSTTJ3TjdiK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTUc2amlsYk9ZNTdxWmNWdUR6UDZDNEgxcUlvbTA0Ukc2MU5OSFprL2Z0NTFMUVRrb3ZXNWQxS0Z6aEVFVXNaTmZU" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjEycXpxTXVRc3pGWHFhZGpjRzJsWFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUC8wQmxoeEtOSUJvV01uTW8xa2UzazFhWGhVM2M4WWgxRkxoWTVYaFZKRWZ6WTdrSXNqbTJrcWFWMkFsZXV6a1FNVGVITzJhTTVaOXdZOUZFdk1VMjlaSktieXhJMDM4eDk4cFl5M09zUjFkVnd4OTd0NjNOSEc0U3BlS2VHb3YiLCJtYWMiOiIxNzJlNjAwYWUxMjI2YmZmMDc2ODA5ZGQwNmQyMTBkOWI3ZmM5YmQ3MmZiNmNjYjhjNjYwZGZkYTZlMzNjNTgyIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 08-Jun-2025 13:17:37 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjEycXpxTXVRc3pGWHFhZGpjRzJsWFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiUC8wQmxoeEtOSUJvV01uTW8xa2UzazFhWGhVM2M4WWgxRkxoWTVYaFZKRWZ6WTdrSXNqbTJrcWFWMkFsZXV6a1FNVGVIT" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjIzSTMwSklITUVFbFZSTTJ3TjdiK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTUc2amlsYk9ZNTdxWmNWdUR6UDZDNEgxcUlvbTA0Ukc2MU5OSFprL2Z0NTFMUVRrb3ZXNWQxS0Z6aEVFVXNaTmZUQmxiUnFsY2hKTk5KUUdkZ0tsamFBd2pRejFHS0dLZHVqN1lqc3l0UWxBUVhMcDhnVUhIZkFZZ1UzVTI4elIiLCJtYWMiOiJiOTQxMTVjZDYwN2Q5OTY1ODA3NjcwODI0NTVkZjY4NWRjZWRhZWFlNjgwYmI4NTgxNWFlNWY5NzJkNWIyY2U2IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 08-Jun-2025 13:17:37 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjIzSTMwSklITUVFbFZSTTJ3TjdiK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTUc2amlsYk9ZNTdxWmNWdUR6UDZDNEgxcUlvbTA0Ukc2MU5OSFprL2Z0NTFMUVRrb3ZXNWQxS0Z6aEVFVXNaTmZU" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "v7SfqlEZueTgow0fOBbhOtQt4ItBl6GGdlu2GkgB" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-06-07 17:17:37GET/course-details/43613eb51c0b4776ac34b0c6cbabb224141315