What's covered in the course?
  • Specialist individual tuition.
  • One or two dedicated CBSO mentors.
  • Regular opportunities to rehearse within the CBSO.
  • Access to a range of departmental activities and to masterclasses with distinguished visiting guest artists within the Conservatoire.Ê
  • Frequent chances to perform within the Conservatoire, including solo, chamber and orchestral opportunities.Ê
  • A core career development module designed to get your thinking about your future professional plans.Ê
  • The flexibility to choose from a broad menu of Professional Development modules designed to help you work towards achieving your personal career aspirations.Ê
  • In MMus, a core module designed to develop your skills as a researchers or informed practitioner.Ê
  • The possibility of transferring from PgDip to MMus once you have begun your studies (but before completion of the PgDip).Ê

Why Choose Us?

The opportunity to learn while playing alongside professional players in one of the UKÕs leading orchestras is clearly an extremely valuable one. Furthermore, 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.Orchestral Performance (Strings) - MMus / PgDip is provided byÊBirmingham City University.