Music
Turn your love of music into a pathway for creativity and career success
If you’re driven to produce compelling music, craft immersive audio experiences, and turn your passion into a career, our University Centre in Bury St Edmunds is the place to be. Whether you’re aiming to break into the industry as a producer, engineer, composer, or simply laying the foundation for creative success, we offer the expertise, facilities, and support to help you flourish.
Our courses blend hands-on, studio-based training with industry knowledge, ensuring you’re ready to navigate the modern music landscape. With access to professional-grade studios, collaborative projects, and creative guidance, you’ll graduate with a solid portfolio and the confidence to succeed.
Music pathways
BA (Hons) Commercial Music Production
Dreaming of making your mark in the music industry? Whether you aspire to be a producer, artist, studio engineer or composer, our BA (Hons) Commercial Music Production degree offers everything you need.
Throughout this course, you’ll dive deep into the core elements of studio production, learning to use professional equipment effectively while leading creative sessions with bands and artists. Music producers are invaluable within the music industry, whether that is through supporting artists and musicians to achieve their artistic potential or producing and releasing music independently.
Access to Higher Education Creative Industries
This course is designed for adults who aspire to study music or related creative disciplines at university. It provides a strong foundation in music theory, composition, performance, and the wider creative industries, while also developing essential academic and study skills for higher education. Through practical projects and critical exploration of music in context, learners gain the confidence, knowledge, and experience needed to progress to degree-level study and careers in the music and creative sectors.
For the full range of humanities pathways available across the Eastern Education Group – and to see the careers they can lead to – explore our Music Progression Map.
Why choose our university?
Small class sizes with experienced tutors guiding your learning
State-of-the-art recording studios, editing suites, and industry-standard software
Strong links with local employers and those in the music industry
Careers in music
Real students, real outcomes
Graduates from our Commercial Music Production programmes emerge with polished portfolios, practical industry experience, and the creative confidence to step into the professional world. Through collaborative projects and studio practice, you’ll build a network and body of work that sets you apart.
Hear from our graduates:
Sarah Meyer
Joseph Winter
