Overview
The launch of our Eastside Jazz Club has helped consolidate the integral role that Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has to play in a major UK city that enjoys a thriving jazz scene. While Birmingham’s jazz scene has been established over many years, our bespoke venue promises an exciting future for Jazz in the city.
Our Jazz Department is based around the Club, where student musicians share a platform and get invaluable side-by-side performance experience with the best on the scene, whom we welcome to our stage on a regular basis.
This course meets with the needs of the modern jazz performer – it places emphasis on practical work, with the majority of time dedicated to one-to-one lessons, small group coaching and private practice. You'll study modules that have been specifically and skilfully designed for jazz musicians, and as part of your learning we encourage you to explore in depth the relationship between improvisation and composition, which is central to developing your individual voice. You will graduate as a versatile, professional musician who is knowledgeable about the entrepreneurial opportunities available to you, and aware of the commercial realities for musicians joining today’s UK jazz scene as a portfolio musician.
Delivered by performers, band leaders and composers who enhance their teaching with professional experience, insights and connections, the course hones both your performance and professional awareness.
With individual specialist tuition throughout all four years of the course you will get the individual attention you need to prepare for a successful career in the music profession.
As well as having our own club that has taken its place on Birmingham’s vibrant jazz scene, our students enjoy professional experience opportunities with external gigs that familiarise them with the industry – for example through our partnership with Cheltenham Jazz Festival – one of many ways we prepare you for the future.
What's covered in this course?
The BMus (Hons) Jazz course is a specialist course for performers in jazz. Its main aim is to prepare students for a career in the music profession in the field of jazz. At the heart of our course's philosophy is the ideal of the informed musician someone who is able to combine both advanced skills and musical knowledge in the advancement of their musical career. The BMus (Hons) Jazz course therefore aims to develop the specialist skills, the theoretical, historical and practice-based knowledge and to encourage the individual creativity required for you to become an independent learner, a critical thinker and a reflective practitioner.
Employment Opportunities
One of the central aims of the course is to launch jazz performers into the music profession. You will have a chance to document your work as a jazz musician through a studio project in the third year. You will also design a major project in the fourth year around an area of professional practice of your choice.
As further professional development, you will look at contemporary role models in jazz performance, undertaking in-depth case studies of their careers. There are also classes providing advice on how to manage a freelance portfolio career in music, covering topics such as personal finance and tax, publicity and events promotion, applications to funding bodies, and bidding for commissions.
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Eylül 2027
Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B4 7XR, Central England, United Kingdom
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Eylül 2026
Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B4 7XR, Central England, United Kingdom
32 UCAS Tariff points, this course does not require evidence of GCSE qualifications. A Level: 32 UCAS Tariff points / EE (or equivalent), AS Level: Must be in a different subject to A Levels and a maximum of three subjects will be considered. Pearson BTEC (Diploma / Extended Diploma/ Extended Certificate) - 32 UCAS Tariff points, Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications, Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications. T Level - Pass overall (E or above on the core) and all subjects accepted, Access to HE Diploma - Pass with 60 credits, 45 credits at level 3, accepted subjects: Arts, Media and Publishing subjects preferred but other subjects also considered. OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications - 32 UCAS Tariff points, NCFE CACHE Level 3 qualifications- 32 UCAS Tariff points, WJEC Level 3 qualifications - 32 UCAS Tariff points, considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualification(s). Irish Leaving Certificate (Highers) - minimum of 32 UCAS Tariff points, achieved in five Higher level subjects, Scottish Higher / Advanced Higher - 32 UCAS Tariff points from three Advanced Highers (DDD) or two Advanced Highers (DD) plus two Highers (DD), Welsh Baccalaureate - 32 UCAS Tariff points. Considered with three A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications, UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma - Pass overall, Foundation Studies (Art and Design, and Art, Design and Media) - Pass overall. International Baccalaureate Diploma obtain a minimum of 24 points overall, IELTS 5.5 or equivalent is required in all four skills areas for international and EU students, TOEFL total/overall 72 with reading 18, listening 17, speaking 20, and writing 17.
Seçtiğiniz bölüme bağlı olarak farklı IELTS koşulları olabilir.
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