Music is a rich and vibrant subject, which spans the arts, humanities, and sciences. It includes specific areas such as performance, composition, acoustics, audio technology, music theory, and analysis, and provides the opportunity to engage with much broader issues in history, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, cognitive sciences, and psychology. Our BMus programme embraces this disciplinary breadth. You will develop your creative musicianship skills. You will acquire the tools to engage critically with diverse musical repertoires and media. You will study how music is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural, and political environments in which it is produced, and you will be introduced to the psychology of music and its potential therapeutic effects. The BMus programme is flexible and welcomes students from different backgrounds and musical experiences. It is designed so that you can tailor a pathway that bests suits your musical interests and strengths. You can focus on the cultural, sociological and historical contexts of music. You can specialise in composition and performance. You can choose to focus your studies entirely on music, or you can select up to a half of your courses in each of Years 1 and 2, and a third of your courses in Years 3 and 4 from subjects outside of music. Students taking performance receive an annual bursary for instrumental tuition. The University's Reid School of Music is an exciting place to study, with numerous opportunities to make music and perform in university ensembles, which include orchestras, choirs, a big band, wind band, composers' orchestra and opera group. We host a lively concert calendar and our central Edinburgh location enables you to immerse yourself in the city's rich cultural scene.