It's simple, just look for the 'save this course' buttons when viewing course search results, listings or details. Saving courses allow you to compare them, it also allows you to create a permanent list of 'favourites' that will always be there when you visit our site. As a student of the woodwind department, you will immediately appreciate the supportive and collaborative attitude shared by our staff and students, making for an atmosphere that is motivational rather than competitive.
We offer a wide range of experiences for our students, as soloists, in orchestras and as chamber musicians. You would be part of a very busy department! We also devote much attention to pedagogy — an essential and extremely rewarding asset for future employment. We take the greatest care to nurture and develop every student's skills, to create individuals with a wealth of knowledge, who are fully prepared for the profession. Our lively and supportive recorder department provides tuition in all aspects of style, technique and repertoire.
Our expert teaching staff are renowned as leading performers and teachers in the UK and provide exceptional tuition. Come along to an RBC performance to see our current students in action, alongside some of the biggest names in classical and contemporary music. Whilst studying at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, you will have many opportunities to play in the various ensembles and orchestras.
These include:. Students are offered the opportunity to audition to sit in the CBSO for rehearsals. This is an enormously valuable and exciting project. Before the auditions take place, players from the CBSO hold audition preparation workshops. Successful students will be invited in for a selection of orchestral rehearsals and free tickets to concerts.
An unbeatable experience! Birmingham Royal Ballet has launched a new Student-in-Residence scheme. This exciting new scheme selects a student from across the Conservatoire for the opportunity to play in rehearsals with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet, for one calendar year. Throughout this scheme the student will be mentored by members of the orchestra and Principal Conductor Paul Murphy.
