Performance - MMus / PgCert / PgDip

Program Overview

Performance - MMus / PgCert / PgDip

Overview

The principal aim of our Master of Music (MMus) course is to provide you with knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed in your chosen branch(es) of the music profession, giving you a head-start in addressing the challenges involved in becoming a professional musician.

Entry Requirements

• 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.
• Applicants for most Principal Study areas will be auditioned live, but some will require you to submit a portfolio in addition to or instead of a live audition/interview.

Fees & How to Apply

UK students

• Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study.
• The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament.

International students

• Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study.
• The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament.

Course in Depth

PG Cert

• In order to complete this course you must successfully complete one of the following CORE modules (totalling 60 credits):
  • Principal Study 1: Instrumental and Vocal Performance 60 credits
  • Principal Study 1: Percussion 60 credits
  • Principal Study 1: Global Traditional Music Performance 60 credits
  • Principal Study 1: Orchestral Performance 60 credits
  • Principal Study 1: Jazz Performance 60 credits
  • Principal Study 1: Jazz Instigator 60 credits

PG Dip

• In order to complete this course you must successfully complete TWO CORE modules (totalling 80 credits):
  • The Career Development module (20 credits), and
  • Principal Study 1 module (60 credits, chosen according to the specialism – see below).
• In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.

MMus

• In order to complete this course you must successfully complete THREE CORE modules (totalling 140 credits):
  • The Career Development module (20 credits), and
  • Both Principal Study 1 and 2 modules (each 60 credits, chosen according to the specialism – see below).
• In order to complete this course, a student must successfully complete at least 100 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.

Employability

• 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 with your Principal Study area and in complementary modules.

Facilities & Staff

• Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s £57 million music building opened in September 2017, and is located on Birmingham City University’s City Centre Campus in the Eastside ‘learning quarter’ of the city.
• This state-of-the-art music facility includes five public performance venues – a 440-seat Concert Hall, 150-seat Recital Hall, Organ Studio, Eastside Jazz Club and the experimental black box performance venue known as The Lab.
• As well as these stunning performance venues, we have nearly 100 practice spaces, including 70 small practice rooms and larger ensemble rooms and workshops.

Our staff

• Dr Luan Shaw
• Dr Siân Derry
• Beetung Goo