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School of Music

English with Songwriting

Learn to write songs and get an English degree from a top university. An old university with new ideas, in September 2008 Bangor is starting a new degree course. You'll spend a third of your time on writing and analysing songs, and two-thirds of your time following a traditional literary course covering texts from 1066 to 2008. This is the only degree in the UK that teaches songwriting in all its aspects: the composition of words and music, the theory, the history, recording technology, business skills... Bangor has over 15 years experience in composition and creative writing. Some of our students have gone on to professional careers in both, others have taken advantage of a top-quality English degree to branch into jobs ranging from journalism to finance, health to tourism.

The course is taught by award-winning composers, lyricists, and poets. Bangor has four studios equipped to international standards for recording, research, and composition, a dedicated centre for creative and performing arts, with its own digital cinema and studio theatre, and a media centre, with editing suites and production studios.

For more information, visit the English with Songwriting page on the School of English website or contact i.gregson@bangor.ac.uk or papsion@bangor.ac.uk

Listen to Pwyll ap Sion from the School of Music and Prof Ian Gregson from the School of English talking about the new English with Songwriting course on BBC Radio Wales.