Education Guide
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Explore your love for music with this essential guide to educational courses throughout the UK - whether you're looking to launch a new career or just want to indulge your passion.Click the points on the map to find an institution near you.
Oberlin College & Conservatory
Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in America and the only major conservatory dedicated to the education of undergraduates. Since 1920, Oberlin has also been a leader in providing unmatched opportunities to combine rigorous pre-professional music training with a thorough liberal arts education, allowing students to complete two undergraduate degrees (B.M. and B.A.) in five years or fewer.
In recent years, Oberlin ensembles have performed in important concert halls in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore. Through their work on campus and beyond, Oberlin students, faculty, and alumni play a critical role in elevating communities worldwide through music.
Oberlin graduates are leaders across the music profession and have won countless Grammy Awards, prominent fellowships, and international competitions. Many of them have attained international stature as performers, conductors, and composers, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk, Denyce Graves, Claire Chase, Robert Spano, George Walker, Christopher Rouse, and Du Yun. Oberlin alumni hold title positions in orchestras around the world. The contemporary music sphere enjoys the contributions of Oberlin-trained Eighth Blackbird and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Oberlin alumni perform in the early music ensembles of Apollo’s Fire and Rebel, as well as the Miró and Pacifica quartets.
Website: https://www.oberlin.edu/
Study Music at Newcastle University. £5k Scholarships Available
We are based at the heart of Newcastle University's city-centre campus, with purpose-built high-specification studios and rehearsal spaces. We provide students with a first-class education in music, across musicology, performance and composition. As one of the largest music departments in the country, we offer extensive performance opportunities for our students. Our vibrant community of scholars and practitioners research, compose and perform a broad musical repertoire - covering classical to contemporary, jazz to folk, and everything in between. We have strong links across the region with key venues and institutions including the SAGE Gateshead, home of the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Folkworks, the Samling Academy and Opera North.
We have four £5000 scholarships available to new undergraduates entering one of our music degrees in September 2019. Find out more about our scholarships on our website.
Tel: +44 (0)191 208 6736
Email: music@ncl.ac.uk
Website: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/music/
The Juilliard School
Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. Juilliard’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens. Located at Lincoln Center in New York City, Juilliard offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, drama (acting and playwriting), and music (classical, jazz, historical performance, and vocal arts). Currently more than 800 artists from 40 states and 38 countries are enrolled at Juilliard, where they appear in more than 700 annual performances in the school’s five theaters; at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and David Geffen halls and at Carnegie Hall; as well as other venues around New York City, the country, and the world. Beyond its New York campus, Juilliard is defining new directions in global performing arts education for a range of learners and enthusiasts through The Tianjin Juilliard School and K-12 educational curricula.
Tel: 212-799-5000, ext. 223
Website: https://www.juilliard.edu/
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Inspirational, life-affirming music-making is at the heart of who we are and what we do at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Centered in one of the world’s most innovative and dynamic countries, we believe we are uniquely placed to offer today’s world a distinct and powerful contemporary Asian voice.
Founded in 2003, YST has quickly established a reputation as the most exciting international conservatory in Asia and one of the most distinctive in the world. With a focus on nurturing identity and excellence, it is primarily an undergraduate institution, offering full financial support for all of its 220 BMus students thanks to the support of the Yong Loo Lin Trust and other donors.
YST also hosts an extensive performance calendar with around 200 concerts annually, including a range of international artists and ensembles as well as student and faculty events. The Conservatory also has a significant community engagement and professional integration programme, as well as strong support for students' international ventures. Additionally, we are also involved in a range of international networks and partnerships, which enhance the student experience and accompany our continued evolution as we give music greater resonance.
Website: https://www.ystmusic.nus.edu.sg/
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
Located in beautiful parkland grounds in Sidcup, Kent, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance runs the following music related degree programmes:
BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship
www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/actor-musicianship-ba-hons
The Actor Musicianship programme offers distinctive and practical training for actors who have musical skills. Students are guided by experienced staff, who help to develop the skills of the actor musician for use within a variety of performance contexts.
MA/MFA Actor Musicianship
www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/actor-musicianship-ma-mfa
This brand new vocational postgraduate programme builds on and extends the work developed on the BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship programme, drawing on the College’s strong links to theatre makers, directors, choreographers, writers, musical directors and performers involved in the development of this innovative area of theatre practice.
BA (Hons) Opera Studies (by online learning)
www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/opera-studies-ba-hons-by-online-distance-learning
This flexible online degree programme explores all the elements of this amazing and versatile art form, guided by expert tutors. It is an ideal complement to vocal studies and equips directors and singers alike to fully appreciate the material they work with.
BA (Hons) Music Studies (by online learning)
www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/music-studies-ba-hons
Built on the success of the BA (Hons) Opera Studies programme This is a unique and bespoke online degree offering a balanced view of the history of music.
For full course and application details, please visit www.bruford.ac.uk or email us at enquiries@bruford.ac.uk.