Music Performance

BA (Hons) in Music Performance
Validated by The Open University, UK

Method of program delivery: Face-to-face

Location of program delivery: Aghia Paraskevi campus

Introduction to the Major in Music Performance

Established in 1989, the Music program is focused on the academic study of music integrated with a creative approach to contemporary performance practices. Music students benefit from outstanding academic resources, music facilities and performance spaces as well as small class sizes and personalized attention from a highly qualified faculty who are dedicated to the educational mission of the program.

The Music Performance program focused on the development of students’ knowledge and critical understanding of music. Emphasis is given to European music and the study of its repertoires, performance practices, scholarly literature and historical contexts. Students also engage with the creative possibilities offered by new music technologies and develop essential musicianship skills.

In addition to subject-specific skills, the academic study of music also develops a variety of intellectual and generic skills, all of which are relevant to career paths in music as well as a variety of other fields. The program’s broad foundation in the study of music combined with the general education requirements and interdisciplinary options prepare students for postgraduate studies in a range of music disciplines.


What You Will Study

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Music Performance

Music Performance majors pursue the academic study of music, learning how to research, evaluate and discuss music, with an emphasis on the development of music performance skills. Music Performance students have previous instrumental or vocal training, and are accepted to the program by audition. (Contact the Music Department Head for information about auditions). Performance students develop valuable performance skills at the Music Forum Performance Lab where they gather each week to perform their lesson repertoire and discuss a range of performance issues.

The duration of studies is 4 academic years. The maximum period of registration for an Open University validated award is ten years.

The definition of full time study is 60 UK credits / semester. 40 UK credits / semester or less, is considered part time.


Scholarships awarded for this major

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Career/Graduate Study Opportunities

The Music Performance program at ACG combines extensive specialist performance studies, and so enables students to develop the specialist skills and experience needed for future studies or employment in the field.

A particular strength of music studies at ACG is the manner in which students can pursue their own interests and explore these in the way they combine courses across a number of different academic disciplines. In the case of the Music Performance program, this combination approach is seen at its strongest. Students also study music in a general context to a very high level, and so develop the critical and creative skills that these studies provide. This ensures that a wide range of areas remain open to them, releated to performance but also wider afield, for both graduate studies and employment.

Example career paths open to ACG graduates in the B.A. (Hons) Music Performance program are listed below. Many of these require further specialization at the graduate level, with the ACG program acting as a strong and well-recognized first step in this process.

  • Music Performance (solo and ensemble performance)
  • Conducting (via specialist further study and also via ensemble direction)
  • Music Education (teaching, tutoring, publishing, educational technology)
  • Composition (instrumental, electronic, film and media)
  • Music Publishing (commissioning, editing, development)
  • Music Therapy (therapist, group and community music therapy)
  • Arts Administration (production, management, promotion, organization for festivals, arts insitutions, municipalities, grand awarding bodies etc.)
  • Community Arts (development, management and delivery of programs for institutions, municipalities, health providers, etc.)
  • Music Recording (production, management and promotion)
  • Music Editing (in all media, from TV and radio through to film and computer games)
  • Music Technology (music and audio for online, games, interactive and immersive systems)
  • Media (development, research, presenting and administration for online media, radio, TV, etc.)
  • Writing (criticism, editorial content and reviews for all media)

Music Performance


List of Courses

Student Handbook