The ICMP's 2-year Foundation Degree in Creative Musicianship is focused on developing each individual musician's unique 'creative voice', their performance skills to industry standard, and equipping them with the entrepreneurial and business skills required to capitalise on their creative abilities. It is for students of guitar, bass, drums and vocals.

This new, innovative course is available for study on both a full time (2 years) and part time (3 years) basis.

Great reasons to choose the ICMP Foundation Degree programme:

• Focuses on developing musical creativity
• Challenges musicians to develop industry standard performance skills
• Develops entrepreneurship and business skills, helping graduates exploit their creative ability
• Develops transferable skills that prepare students for the real world, including self-management, career planning and interpersonal skills
• Offers opportunities to undertake industry work experience
• Prepares students for further study, for example onto year three of the ICMP's BMus programme
• Delivered in London by the UK's leading teaching faculty, with unrivalled professional credentials

*Please note that funding grants are available for part-time study on this course, which allows students to work alongside their studies and provides additional time to develop creative ability.

For the creative musician to survive and prosper in today's fast changing music industry they need a range of personal and professional skills. They must be responsive to change and able to benefit from new opportunities. This exciting and innovative programme combines the development of both performance and musicianship skills to industry standard with the critical business and entrepreneurial skills and knowledge that will enable the successful graduate to create a rewarding career in the music industry.  

Students will be challenged to develop their skills on their instrument/voice, both generally and in a performance environment. They will be engaged in the analysis and synthesis of the major contemporary styles in the popular music genre offering them more musical material on which to draw in the creation of either their own musical work or to the brief of a client.

The modern creative musician needs to synthesize the skills of the musician with those of the entrepreneur. Students will have opportunities to engage in work experience / internships and will study promotion, marketing, social networking and finance, as well as develop personal skills, such as communication, self-management and motivation. 

Students will produce and workshop a significant personal portfolio of work over the duration of the course. Importantly, they will be challenged to interact and work in a wide range of professional scenarios, learning to interact with a range of other disciplines, such as film, media, management, recording and new media.

Further study options include progression onto the year 3 of the ICMP BMus (a top-up module may be required) or the Middlesex University BA in Professional Practice.

For course details on the full time Foundation Degree, click here

For course details on the part time Foundation Degree, click here

For more information on how you can study on this course, click here

PLEASE NOTE: There is a requirement that degree students pay an annual fee of £300, to cover materials and registration fees (often referred to as 'bench fees'). This fee is initially payable upon acceptance of your offer of a place on the course and is required to confirm your place on this course. It is refundable in certain circumstances subject to management discretion.

The full-time and part-time options of study are funded in different ways. Please contact ICMP Admissions directly to discuss in detail.

The ICMP Foundation Degree in Creative Musicianship is validated by Middlesex University.