All students registered for a BA (Music) will study with our partner Trinity Laban in the final stage of their degree. This module, Creative Music Making, gives students the chance to receive expert tuition in the creation of music from a leading conservatoire, and includes a week-long residential school culminating in a public sharing event. 

We also have partnerships with a number of UK-based orchestras and ensembles with whom we run study days open to all students registered on music modules or on the music degree. These days are a great way for students to meet their peers, share ideas, and network with others across the different stages of the degree and at post-grad level. Students are encouraged to look at other concerts from our partners, most of which will also have student-price tickets available.

Our current partners are:

• the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment (OAE), based in London;
• Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), based in Birmingham;
• the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), based in Edinburgh.

The Music department also benefits from the OU’s institutional partnership with the BBC. Recent co-productions include Wales: Music nation (OU Connect website) and The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full (OU Connect website) and  A History of Music and Technology (BBC Radio 6 Music).