Your music is a mixture of hip hop, gamelan and singer/songwriter. Your dream is to become a top musician... We welcome you to our music performance degree B.Mus. Popular Music, the talent factory for musicians of all genres!
All Facts at a glance
Degree:
Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.)
Start:
1 April; 1 October
Model:
full time
Language:
English
ECTS:
210
Info:
accredited
Duration:
7 semesters/3.5 years
Location:
Berlin
Costs:
from €790 per month
Learn songwriting, singing, performing
Promoting your musical abilities and your artistic identity is the priority in the Popular Music study programme. A mix of individual major and minor lessons, ensemble lessons, repertoire and accompaniment coaching will form your musical basis throughout the entire course of studies. You will hone your musical craft, test yourself in interaction with others and sharpen your artistic profile. You will learn all the basics, tools and the necessary routine in courses such as composition, songwriting, performance training, artist development, pedagogy and recording techniques.
The study programme offers weekly workshops on various practical music topics such as songwriting and sound engineering as well as live panels with experts from the music industry. In addition, a variety of practical projects each semester offer plenty of opportunities to try out your skills in front of an audience and expand your network. Lecturers from all areas of the live and recording industry provide support on your career path.
Become a Professional Musician, Pop Star, & more
As a popular musician you make sure that the music of tomorrow remains exciting. You are a recording artist, songwriter and working musician at the same time, creating musical experiences for an audience in changing environments.
A B.Mus. in Popular Music will prepare you for a number of different freelance careers:
- author/composer, adapter/arranger/orchestrator, performer/musician
- sound engineer/sound technician for concerts, events, theatre, radio, TV, recordings
You could also collaborate with:
- songwriters/composers, lyricists, speakers, bands/music groups, orchestras
- producers, sound studios, clients from the industry and private sector
Or employment with:
- production companies, ensembles, concert organisers, educational establishments such as music schools
- phono industry, labels, publishers, distributors, TV and radio stations, PR and marketing agencies
Discover your future in music with us
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Live to Love - Claudia Emmanuela Santoso
Our student and "Voice of Germany 2019" winner Claudia Emmanuela Santoso and her self-written song "Live to Love".
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Your modules
Create, perform, inspire: launch your career in popular music
The Bachelor's programme in Popular Music includes hands-on training in music production, composition, performance and music education. You will develop your musical skills and acquire pedagogical competences that are crucial for teaching music. In addition to theoretical knowledge in music theory and history, you will learn how to write songs, arrange them and perform them on stage. The programme is complemented by modules on music law and marketing, which will make it easier for you to enter the music industry.
We will be happy to send you further information material, including the complete curriculum.
Our CORE principle
Apply your skills in real life
Today, soft and social skills are crucial in addition to hard skills and expertise. That's why SRH University's innovative, successful, and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly to projects and your future career—for a clear competitive advantage.
Your instrument
Instruments or vocals
Playing a musical instrument or singing is a prerequisite for admission to the study programme B.Mus. Popular Music and B.A. Music Production. The following are possible: Vocals, piano, guitar, electric bass, double bass, drums, violin, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, flute. You need to present the chosen main instrument during the entrance examination. If your computer is your instrument, check out the B.A. Audio Design programme!
Your contact
Prof Dr Eva Beneke
External lecturer for pedagogy
E-mail: [email protected]
Tilmann Dehnhard
External lecturer for flute and film music
E-mail: [email protected]
Nicolas Haumann
External lecturer for artist development
E-mail: [email protected]
Ralf Kuendgen
External lecturer for Feldenkrais
E-mail: [email protected]
Lukas Meinardus
External lecturer for game audio
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel Schmuck
External lecturer for music transmission
E-mail: [email protected]
Marcel Weishäupl
External lecturer for music business
E-mail: [email protected]
Björn Werra
External lecturer for bass and ensemble
E-mail: [email protected]
René Rennefeld
External lecturer for music business and production management
E-mail: [email protected]
Simon Anke
External lecturer
E-mail: [email protected]
Lisa Bassenge
External lecturer
E-mail: [email protected]
Sarah Kaiser
External lecturer for singing and choir
E-mail: [email protected]
Sascha Janko Dragićević
External lecturer for composition, arrangement and orchestration
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof Carlos Albrecht
External lecturer for music production
e-mail: [email protected]
Emidio Mazzilli
External lecturer for active listening, electric bass, ensembles, music notation software (MuseScore & Finale)
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Hoare
External lecturer for songwriting and English in music media
Consultation hours: Appointments on request
E-mail: [email protected]
Sebastian Bertram
External lecturer for piano and ensemble
E-mail: [email protected]
Magdalena Ganter
External lecturer for performance training and performance practice
E-mail: [email protected]
Dirk Peter Erchinger
External lecturer for percussion
E-mail: [email protected]
Ulli Bartel
External lecturer for violin
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthias Hass
External lecturer for songwriting
E-mail: [email protected]
Andreas Henze
External lecturer for Alexander Technique
E-mail: [email protected]
Wolf Kampmann
External lecturer for music history
E-mail: [email protected]
Natascha Roth-Schollfield
External lecturer for singing
E-mail: [email protected]
Christoph Schlimbach
External lecturer for music transmission
E-mail: [email protected]
Jocelyn B. Smith
External lecturer for singing
E-mail: [email protected]
Tillmann Zock
External lecturer for music transmission
E-mail: [email protected]
Paul Kleber
External lecturer for bass and ensemble
E-mail: [email protected]
Kai Koschig
External lecturer for guitar and ensemble
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthias Mayr
External lecturer for music transmission
E-mail: [email protected]
Donata Kramarz
External lecturer for songwriting
E-mail: [email protected]
Florian Unruh
External lecturer
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthias Knoche
External lecturer
E-mail: [email protected]
Our music programmes for your ears
SRH on Spotify
In our playlist we present current and former students from the B.Mus. Popular Music, B.A Music Production, B.A. Audio Design. All songs were either (co-)composed, interpreted, arranged and/or produced by our students!