Music and sound recording

Music and sound have the power to delight and inspire. By studying them, you’ll develop the technical skills, cultural knowledge and creative flair to express yourself in a range of careers.

Our Department has an outstanding reputation for technological advancement ranking 5th in the UK for music in the Guardian University Guide 2023 and is home to excellent performance, recording and learning facilities.

We also offer excellent graduate prospects, with 97 per cent of our undergraduate and 100 per cent of our postgraduate graduates in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA).

You’ll be surrounded by inspiring and creative individuals and join an influential source of internationally respected alumni and academics.

Creative Music Technology BMus (Hons)

Music BMus (Hons)

Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) BSc (Hons) / BMus (Hons)

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Clearing 2023

One to Watch – Conor Manning

Graduate Conor Manning shares his successes and proudest moments on the BSc Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister®) course at Surrey, and how it helped him prepare for a career in music engineering.

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Department of Music and Media

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Dr Kathleen McGuire

Music (Conducting)

Kathleen, who graduated with a Masters in Music in 1995, has enjoyed more than three decades of music-making in six countries, working with orchestras, choirs, ballet, opera and musical theatre, including performances at the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She was awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Achievement Award for 2016.