BM in Music Performance (Hons)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire — Birmingham, West Midlands
About this program
The BMus (Hons) Music Performance at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) is a four-year, full-time professional performance degree — the Principal Study: Performance pathway within the broader BMus program. Students specialize as instrumental or vocal performers and graduate with a named degree reflecting their instrument or voice (e.g., BMus (Hons) Music — Violin Performance). Students receive 30 hours of individual specialist tuition per year in Years 1–3, rising to 35 in Year 4 — far exceeding what most UK academic music departments offer. RBC is housed in a purpose-built £57 million building with a 440-seat Bradshaw Concert Hall, Recital Hall, The Lab (black-box), Eastside Jazz Club, seven recording studios, and 40+ practice rooms. The program includes a performance health stream (performance coaching, physiotherapy, movement workshops, Alexander Technique). Departments include Brass; Historical Performance; Keyboard; Music Technology; Percussion; Strings; Voice; Woodwind. Applications via UCAS with live audition.
Audition & application overview
- Requires a live or recorded audition
- Requires a dance audition
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