Have you seen our excellent facilities?
We have some of the best facilities for music students including:
The music industry is constantly changing and developing. If you are passionate about music and have a good understanding of the industry, there are excellent career opportunities. So let’s get this gig started!
You need to be passionate about music, enthusiastic to learn more, able to adapt to changes in the industry and able to work super hard in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. It’s who you know so networking is essential!
You'll study this subject full-time at Bede Campus and will have access to our £11 million Arts Academy with a 200-seat commercial theatre, sound and lighting studio, recording studio, music practice rooms and instruments.
We work with the following employers to help you get career ready and gain real work skills: Sunderland Culture, Sunderland Empire, renowned musicians such as Elliot Randall, Adam Volsen, Dave Stewart.
of our music students progressed to employment or further study.*
*Destination data, academic year 2016/17 (FT FE 16-18 students)
Our music teaching team won a Silver Teaching Award for Team of the Year*
*Pearson Teaching Excellence 2019
We have some of the best facilities for music students including:
£11 million Arts Academy with a200-seat commercial theatre.
Sound and lighting studio.
Recording studio, music practice rooms and instruments.
What are the career prospects like? There will be 2,357 jobs in Music Performance & Production in the region in 2027 (NE).
Careers could include: Musican, Producer, Audio Engineer, Promotion Manager or Music Therapist.
There are 501 Musicians employed in our local region and they earn £37,482 a year.
Sunderland College students are hosting a special evening of live tunes to raise money for a local singer-songwriter’s life-saving cancer treatment
December 5, 2022
Sunderland College’s Arts Academy theatre is to be renamed as part of an ambitious rebrand and launch of a new production company.
October 27, 2022
Sunderland College has appointed a new Faculty Director to lead its Digital and Creative provision into an exciting and ambitious future.
August 23, 2021