Orchestral Conducting - PgDip

Postgraduate

In Birmingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    1 Year

As a Principal Study Orchestral Conductor, you'll be offered individual tuition from our staff conductors, and also from the many distinguished guest conductors who work with our ensembles and orchestras on an occasional basis throughout the year.

You'll work across the whole spectrum of the Conservatoire’s music making, from core contemporary repertoire and student composition projects, through the central romantic and classic masterpieces back to period performance techniques.

It's normal for conducting students to be proactive in presenting performances of projects that they've generated themselves. You'll receive support and professional advice in pursuing such projects, which should be viewed as an essential element of your studies. Both PgDip and MMus courses provide excellent opportunities to develop other skills relevant to a future career in the music profession.

You'll have full access to our superb £57 million facilities, including our Concert Hall, 150-seat Recital Hall, our black box performance space known as The Lab, and more than 70 practice rooms, ensemble rooms and workshops; all acoustically designed to provide a music-making environment that is world class.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Designed for recent graduates and suitably qualified mature students, our taught Master of Music (MMus) and Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) Orchestral Conducting courses provide the technical training, collaborative opportunities and podium time necessary to help you prepare for a career as a professional conductor. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is currently the most exciting destination for orchestral conductors, with an active concert schedule.

OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.

UK students should normally hold an honours degree, ideally but not necessarily in Music.

Non-UK students should hold a Bachelor's degree or a similar degree-equivalent diploma, ideally but not necessarily in Music.

All applicants for this course will be auditioned.
Home student auditions will be scheduled live in Birmingham.

At Royal Birmingham Conservatoire we provide a friendly and supportive environment in which you can pursue your postgraduate studies. This is a time when you need to think particularly carefully and strategically about the direction of your developing career as a musician. We therefore encourage you to be ambitious in pursuing your aspirations, and endeavour to provide you with the flexibility to mould your course to your individual needs, both within your Principal Study area and in complementary modules.

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Subjects

  • Successfully
  • Student
  • Principal
  • Orchestral
  • Conducting
  • Indicative
  • Complete
  • Guaranteed
  • Published
  • Credits

Course programme

PG Dip

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete the following CORE module (totalling 60 credits):
  • Principal Study 1: Orchestral Conducting
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 20 credits):
  • Career Development
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
  • Optional modules
Core modules are guaranteed to run. Optional modules will vary from year to year and the published list is indicative only.

Additional information

PgDip - Full Time, Part Time

UK students 
Award: PgDip Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Part Time
Duration - 2 years
Fees - £4,400 per year

International students
Award: PgDip Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 1 year
Fees - £23,600 per year

Orchestral Conducting - PgDip

Price on request