UCE Birmingham Conservatoire

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Birmingham Conservatoire

UCE Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire. It is one of the faculties of UCE Birmingham and the only one out of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is a university faculty. UCE Birmingham Conservatoire is also a major concert venue, its main platform being the Adrian Boult Hall.

1 The Conservatoire
2 Alumni
3 References
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] The Conservatoire

Situated in Paradise Place, at the cultural heart of Birmingham; it is only a few minutes' walk away from Symphony Hall, five minutes' walk from New Street station and 10 minutes' from Snow Hill.

The conservatoire was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music, which had been a department of, and stands on the original site of, the Birmingham and Midland Institute, since around 1859. The title 'Birmingham Conservatoire' was adopted in 1989.

Facilities include the 518 seat Adrian Boult Hall, Recital Hall, three recording studios and a specialised music library with around 95,000 individual scores and parts and 10,000 sound recordings. Most tutors are active professional musicians and with nearly 200 visiting specialist tutors, there's approximatly one member of staff for every two students. It is currently undergoing a complete refurbishment.

Around 500 students are currently enrolled in the conservatoire's undergraduate and postgraduate degree's. Teaching exists in a wide range of options including solo performance, composition, chamber music, orchestral playing and jazz. Students on the four-year BMus(Hons) are encouraged to spend time studying in Europe or the USA.

An active Junior Department also takes place on Saturdays.

[edit] Alumni

Steven Lloyd - Conductor, Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Czerwinski - Organist; Conductor/Artistic Director, Polish Baroque Orchestra
Mark Gasser - Concert Pianist, Thallein Ensemble, CBSO
Richard van Allan - Opera Singer
Jean Rigby - Opera Singer
Brian Ferneyhough - Composer
Fred T Baker - Guitarist; Bassist
Sara Colman - Jazz Singer
Joe Broughton - Folk Fiddler
Alan Thomas - Trumpeter, CBSO
Rosa Campos-Fernandez - Clarinettist, Hallé