Music Business

Ignite your passion for music, live events, and festivals into an exhilarating career in a thriving part of the UK and global creative economy.

Are you a musician looking to complement your creativity with business skills? An entrepreneur aspiring to start up in the music and entertainment world? Or maybe, you just love music?

From promoting new releases to running events or managing the people or legal sides of music; BA (Hons) Music Business will help you find your place in the industry.

As part of this course, you’ll:


• Delve into the different areas of the modern music business, from marketing and developing online content, to managing artists, live events, copyright, and HR



• Become competent in music industries planning, development, and delivery, gaining skills needed for a range of live event and media roles



• Consider the development and defining characteristics of the music industry from a variety of international and cultural perspectives



• Explore current issues in the ever-evolving global music industry, with a particular focus on technological advancements



• Develop hands-on skills with practical sessions and work experience opportunities



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Industry links
At Leeds Beckett, you’ll benefit from our extensive links with the music industry. Throughout your course, you’ll have countless networking opportunities at guest lectures and music events around the city and beyond.

Music Academic Partnership
We’re part of the Music Academic Partnership, a collaboration between education institutions and UK Music, aiming to prepare students for successful careers in the music business. You’ll gain access to careers advice and work experience opportunities with organisations like Live Nation, the Association of Independent Music (AIM), and PRS for Music.

Collaborative working
By studying at Leeds School of Arts, you’ll have opportunities to collaborate with other students who share your passion for music. You might work with musicians from our BA (Hons) Music Performance & Production course, helping them find creative ways to get their music out there and hone their brand. Equally, you could run your own live events with students from other courses in the wider university community.

Industry expertise
Throughout your studies, you’ll be taught by staff with considerable industry experience. They’ll combine their experience with your learning to provide essential insight. Members of the team are also involved in Music:Leeds. Working with artists, musicians, local organisations, and businesses, they aim to support, develop, grow, and promote music in the city.

Artist in Residence Programme
Our Artist in Residence programme offers you the chance to work with professional artists, giving you a taste of what it’s like to work on professional music projects. In previous years, we’ve welcomed artists including Cherry Seraph, Chris T-T, Ian Prowse, I Monster, Tom Williams, and Utah Saints.

Why study the BA Music Business course at Leeds Beckett University?


• Optional placement year - take a year of paid employment to immerse yourself in an area of the music industry you're interested in



• The Music Academic Partnership provides careers advice and work experience opportunities with organisations like Live Nation, AIM, and PRS for Music



• Be part of one of the largest university arts communities in the north



• Access to dedicated, professional-standard facilities in the Leeds School of Arts building

Curiosity needs thinkers, makers, and dreamers. It needs you!

Leeds Beckett believes that when unlike minds come together, incredible things happen. That’s why they don’t just teach; they collaborate, challenge and inspire.

Their courses are meticulously designed, combining practical experience through work placements with a vibrant location at the heart of one of the UK’s largest student communities. Boasting a top 10 UK ranking for both course quality and student life (Unicompare 2026) and a prestigious five-star QS rating, LBU sets the standard for excellence.

The university prioritises student wellbeing and stands among just seven universities nationwide to earn the University Mental Health Charter Award - proof of their unwavering commitment to advancing mental health and wellbeing.

All of this is why 98% of Leeds Beckett students and graduates would recommend studying at the university to a friend (Unicompare, 2024 reviews).