Meet Naomi

About my course

It's a super well-rounded degree that’s just really great. It combines performance, composition, musicology and music history, and you can really pick and choose what your interests are, especially in second and third year. 

I love how varied my degree has been, I've written about Chappell Roan and gender, representations in album covers and classical artwork, Eurovision, and music radio - as well as creating an entire EP for my songwriting assessment. 

If you love music and want to be able to explore the subject in a way that interests you, you should definitely look at my degree - there's so many different ways to take the degree, if you're a performer, researcher, composer, or anything else! 

Societies and clubs

I'm part of the Musical Theatre Society and also a member of Student Media. Being in these societies is great because I can be really passionate about my interests and hang out with people who enjoy the same things. With Musical Theatre, we get to put on a full production achievement year, and my role in the first-year show was something I will genuinely never forget, it was so fun! Student Media is great because I get to run my own radio show for Newcastle Student Radio, and I'm also Head of Music, so I get to help out and find brand new music for everyone at the station. 

How Newcastle helped me realise my future

I'd love to be a performer full-time, but there's lots of different paths I'm interested in. I'd love to get into radio professionally, as a presenter or playlists, and I'm also considering music education! 

There's a lot that I wouldn't have considered before coming to Newcastle - radio would never have been on my radar, I was really against the idea of doing music education professionally before I got stuck into the module here, and the performance opportunities have helped me establish myself in the North East music scene.