BMus Music at Birmingham City University

[00:00:01] Speaker 1 When you start your time here at RBC (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), you'll be surrounded by people who have similar aspirations to you and or want to just make great music together. So this leads to really great friendships that will last a lifetime, but can also lead to the forming of chamber ensembles with your mates and networking opportunities that you can call upon all throughout your career.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Design and Media  |  Department: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  |  Duration: 4 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In addition to benefiting from individual tuition in your specialist area, you will enjoy a range of activities designed to develop your artistry, musical fluency, and personal and professional awareness. You will find yourself immersed in regular masterclasses and performance or composition workshops. Individual ensemble coaching and playing and teaching techniques complete the picture, helping you to become a well-rounded musician. Modules include Principal Study: Performance 1, Principal Study: Percussion 1, Principal Study: Composition 1, Principal Study: Music Technology 1, Language of Music 1, Contextual studies: Performance Traditions 1, Professional Portfolio 1: Community Engagement, Principal Study: Performance 2.

Career pathways

All of the UK's Conservatoires aim to do the same thing: to train students for the music profession with the emphasis firmly on your principal study, whether that is in performance, composition or music technology. As a vocational programme, it is easy to see how all your principal-study work adds to your professional development.

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