Advanced Professional Practice

Entry requirements

Entry to the Postgraduate Diploma Advanced Professional Practice course is by audition for instrumentalists, vocalists and conductors, and by interview for composers. Minimum entry requirements usually include a Masters Degree in music performance, opera, composition or conducting from a Conservatoire.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Postgraduate Diploma Advanced Professional Practice course is an individually tailored, specialist programme for students who are seek a final, additional period of specialist training before entering their chosen area of the profession.

Key Features

• Advanced principal study tuition from professional musicians
• Mentored individually-tailored programme of study
• Focus on strategy for developing a sustainable professional career
• International masterclass series
• Fully integrated performance programme by international artists
• Wide range of performance opportunities in world-class facilities
• Access to a significant range of work-based training opportunities
• Focus on employability and transferable skills
• Opportunities to study abroad at a partner conservatoire via the ERASMUS Exchange Programme