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Professional Performance - AdvPgDip (post-Masters level 8)

Professional Performance - AdvPgDip (post-Masters level 8)

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Full time | Birmingham Conservatoire | 12 months | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

SEP

Key information
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Qualification type

Advanced PG Diploma

Subject areas

Music Performance / Playing

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Overview

Our Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (APD) is at 'post-masters level' and is ideal for you if you are an advanced postgraduate performer who already has a Masters degree and are beginning to accept professional engagements. The course will help you to raise your performance standards to the next level, with highly specialised one-to-one tuition in the department most relevant to your years).

Balance your study with professional experience

The Professional Performance APD allows you to take on performance engagements both within and outside Royal Birmingham Conservatoire as part of your course. Assessment focuses on your work in professional contexts, via a Professional Performance Portfolio module and a choice of External Engagement and Professional Project modules. We also provide a Career Management and Self-Promotion module designed to help you deal with those niggling, but vital, non-performance aspects of your professional career.

If you're a home or EU student you have the option to study part-time, which allows you to take the course alongside your already-developing career. Assessment focuses on your work in professional contexts, both within the Conservatoire and externally, and we also provide a Career Management and Self-Promotion module designed to help you deal with those niggling, but vital, non-performance aspects of your professional career.

What's covered in the course?

  • Develops your already advanced skills with high-quality tuition and professional performance opportunities.
  • Leads to a practical and performance-focused post-masters level qualification (Level 8).
  • Helps support and advance your career as a professional musician or performer.
  • Gives you access to specialist, experienced tutors.
  • Provides numerous performance opportunities at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, including ensembles, coaching workshops and masterclasses.

Modules

Musicians who have already achieved a high standard of performance and who are preparing for life in the profession require time, expert guidance and high-profile performance opportunities to further develop and refine their skills and knowledge, and to broaden their experience of the concert platform. Zhe Professional Performance Portfolio module is designed to do exactly this. The two performance assessments within the Portfolio are effectively (unpaid) professional engagements which mimic the real-life situation, for example giving a public recital, preparing and delivering an orchestral audition or (for conductors and repetiteurs) leading a rehearsal or coaching session in a professional setting. The two performances within the portfolio are distinguished from each other according to content, and this is defined by the rubrics set out in the ?Syllabus? (see separate document) relating to each ?specialism?. (Specialisms include, for example, Instrumental Performance; Vocal Performance; Collaborative Piano; Organ Performance; Chamber Music; Choral Conducting; Opera Repetiteur).

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£24,950

Entry requirements

A postgraduate qualification (preferably Masters level), normally (but not necessarily) specialising in performance and/or substantial, verifiable public performance experience at a professional level. You will need to demonstrate that you're able to perform at a professional level and should submit a biography and list of performances at the time of application. You will need to demonstrate an awareness of what is required of the performer wishing to forge a successful professional career in the 21st century, and an open mind about developing your own portfolio of relevant skills and experiences, making clear your rationale for further study.