MMus PG Dip Choral Conducting

Designed for recent graduates and suitably qualified mature students, our taught Master of Music (MMus) and Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) Choral Conducting courses provide the technical training, collaborative opportunities and podium time necessary to help you prepare for a career as a professional conductor. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is currently the most exciting destination for choral conductors, with an active recording and concert schedule.

Our established Choral Conducting specialism allows you to work with a dedicated chamber choir, rehearsing and performing a variety of works throughout your training. You’ll be offered tailored individual tuition from our principal conducting tutor Paul Spicer (Finzi Singers), and will also come into contact with Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra) through the Conservatoire’s Chamber Choir.

What’s covered in this course?

• Regular individual specialist tuition.
• Vocal lessons.
• Opportunities to join orchestral conducting classes.
• A dedicated chamber choir, ‘Camerata’, managed and nurtured by students on the course.
• Involvement in rehearsals of the Conservatoire’s highly acclaimed Chamber Choir, which has a regular and highly successful recording programme.
• Many other choral singing opportunities within the Conservatoire.
• Bespoke support classes in musicianship and repertoire.
• A core career development module designed to get you thinking about your future professional plans.
• The flexibility to choose from a broad menu of Professional Development Option modules designed to help you work towards achieving your personal career aspirations.
• In MMus, a core module designed to develop your skills as a researcher or informed practitioner.
• The possibility of transferring from PgDip to MMus once you have begun your studies (but before completion of the PgDip course).