BPA Music
Music is both a cultural legacy and a contemporary language that connects people across borders. The BPA Music program at WUD provides a comprehensive education that nurtures students as performers, composers, and creators, while equipping them with the skills to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving music industry.
Students build a strong foundation in classical, folk, and contemporary music, while engaging in composition, arranging, performance, and stagecraft. The program integrates theory, cultural studies, pedagogy, music therapy, arts administration, and digital production, enabling students to see music not just as performance, but as a multifaceted practice with global relevance.
Hands-on learning takes place in well-equipped studios and rehearsal spaces, where students work closely with accomplished musicians, composers, and faculty mentors. With exposure to cross-cultural music practices, interdisciplinary collaborations, and digital technologies for music production and distribution, students develop both creative confidence and professional readiness.

Career outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as performers, composers, arrangers, music producers, educators, therapists, researchers, critics, or arts administrators. They are also well-positioned for opportunities in film, OTT, gaming, advertising, wellness industries, and independent music ventures, ensuring diverse and sustainable career pathways.

Curriculum

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Core
Basic Performance Techniques: Hindustani and Western Classical Music -I Basic Performance Techniques: Hindustani and Western Classical Music –II Raga, Rhythm & World Music Studies -I Raga, Rhythm & World Music Studies –II Raga, Rhythm & World Music Studies -III Raga, Rhythm & World Music Studies –IV Stage performance and Viva-Voce Stage performance and Viva-Voce
Creative Synergies Study of musical acoustics and its implications in Music. Contemporary Percussion- I Contemporary Percussion- II Music Composing and Arranging- I Music Composing and Arranging- II Stage performance and Viva-Voce Stage performance and Viva-Voce
Solo Percussion-I Solo Percussion-II Music Therapy- I Music Therapy- II Orchestra and Band Percussion-I Orchestra and Band Percussion -II Personal Portfolio Development Professional Portfolio (Working with Professional Artist as a Intern)
Non - Core
Introduction to Indian Performing Arts Selected Folk Music Traditions Music as an accompaniment to other arts Miscellaneous contextual presence of the Ragas New Media and Performance Practice I New Media and Performance Practice II    
               
Essentials
Theory I- Fundamental Study of Hindustani Music Theory II -Study of History of Music and Global Perspective Theory III- Study of Important Texts for Indian and International Music Notation, Research and Documentation-I Music in Education-I Music in Education- II Project Work  
Music, Sustainability and the Environment I Music, Sustainability and the Environment II Reading and Writing Music Notation, Research and Documentation-II Arts Administration I Arts Administration II Project Work  
               
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