Goldsmiths - University of London

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Music at Goldsmiths

At Goldsmiths you can play, create and invent as much as you want.

  • Work with fellow students, professional performers, music directors and visiting ensembles.
  • Join our ensembles and take part in the PureGold festival - formal assessment and public showcase.
  • Use our excellent rehearsal and performance facilities, including the Council Chamber (with its brand new Steinway Model D), two suites of practice rooms, the nearby nearby professional space The Music Rooms, central London’s Foundling Museum Picture Gallery and the Albany Theatre.

    • Music is an evolving, outward-looking subject.

  • So we encourage open-minded debate and a commitment to music of our own time and new ideas about past music – classical, popular and around the world.
  • Staff research is wide ranging and closely connects with teaching: learning with us is to think originally, as a researcher - whatever the level of your degree.
  • Our studios and labs keep up with leading technologies for music creation, analysis and experimentation.
  • We offer a BMus/BSc with Computing, courses with Psychology and Theatre, and MA Pathways in CCE and Arts Administration.

    • Music is both a vocation and a profession.

  • We offer innovation and excellence in teaching: creativity and performance intermesh with rigorous theoretical, historical and contextual studies.
  • Our courses prepare you for music professions across education, the arts sector and creative industries - but not just in music...
  • Employers look for initiative-driven graduates who think critically about their actions, work with others well and adapt quickly to new ideas. Our degrees help you achieve all that, sometimes without you noticing!

    • We have international reach.

  • We have a global track record for research (commended as world-leading in the 2008 RAE) that interfaces with historical studies, computing, audiovisual media, poetry and design. 
  • Our unique profile includes the Centre for Russian Music and Afghanistan Music Unit.

    • London is a cultural nexus.

  • Living here you can enjoy and participate in the city’s international, thriving arts scene.
  • Students benefit from our associations with local organisations such as the South Bank Centre, and the Horniman Museum
  • The University of London offers access to the resources of companion organisations, such as the Institute of Musical Research.