MMus PG Dip Orchestral Performance (Strings)

• 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.

Audition requirements

• Entry level is very high and auditions will be conducted by Section Leaders from CBSO and the Head of Strings at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
• Home student auditions will be scheduled live in Birmingham, while special arrangements will be made for EU/international students unable to travel to the UK.
• You will present an extended piece such as the first movement of a concerto, play specific orchestral excerpts, and undertake some sight-reading.
• Further details about the audition will be supplied once we have received an application.
• For full details, audition requirements and audition advice, please visit the Music Auditions section of the Conservatoire website.

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more

There are various funding options, including loans, scholarships and bursaries.

You will also participate in additional performance activities within the Conservatoire’s String Department and the wider Conservatoire, including performance classes, masterclasses, orchestra and chamber music.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.

Both PgDip and MMus courses also provide excellent opportunities for you to develop other skills relevant to a future career in the music profession.

A separate postgraduate pathway is available for Instrumental Performers, which includes both solo and chamber music routes for string players (the latter for existing ensembles).

Please visit website for details.