Conservatoire Plus English?

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Conservatoire Plus English?, Is it possible to combine a conservatoire eductation with other academ

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Satsuma	Mar 20 2006, 10:35 AM Post #1
Unregistered	I assume that a conservatoire education would not be the best option for a student wishing to combine a study of musical performance with study in another subject, such as English - or is it possible to do such a thing?

hannah	Mar 20 2006, 02:24 PM Post #2
Unregistered	No. Conservatoires are mainly for practical-focused music degrees and do not offer any other subjects (e,g, English). If you wanted to do a combined degree in these subjects you would need to find a university that offers this course.

hornplayer	Mar 20 2006, 04:33 PM Post #3
Unregistered	If you really want to study english and music, have you considered doing a university degree? I'm currently studying music at the University of Birmingham, and there are lots of people doing joint honours music with a large variety of other subjects - French, Spanish, Maths, Classical Civilization, Philosophy, Theology.... the list goes on! Look for university courses that offer a lot of performance modules, then you can get the best of both worlds! (Birmingham offers up to 18% of your degree on performance if you choose the right modules). I have biased, but look on ucas and on the internet. Hope that helps hornplayer

sarah-flute	Mar 20 2006, 05:12 PM Post #4
Unregistered	I think it's possible sometimes to do a degree at a university that has some sort of subsid done by a music college - I have a feeling one of the London unis does that? But I don't think it's very common.

bohemian	Mar 20 2006, 05:31 PM Post #5
Unregistered	Someone in my orchestra is going to Imperial next year, and gets free lessons at the Royal College/Academy (can't remember) on a scholarship from Imperial. Sounds pretty good to me.

Daisy Duck	Mar 20 2006, 07:23 PM Post #6
Unregistered	Imperial have a BSc in Physics and Music that is offered jointly with the RCM. If you go to the RAM, they are part of the University of London and you can take courses at Kings College London. You'd still be mainly studying music though... courses at KCL are more about enriching the curriculum. I would recommend doing a joint honours degree at university (one with a really good music department obviously) and then you can always do postgrad study at a conservatoire.

Firebird	Mar 20 2006, 07:26 PM Post #7
Unregistered	QUOTE(Daisy Duck @ Mar 20 2006, 07:23 PM) If you go to the RAM, they are part of the University of London and you can take courses at Kings College London. You'd still be mainly studying music though... courses at KCL are more about enriching the curriculum. I think the courses at Kings College via RAM are mostly humanities as well, which would work well for me but not so well if you wanted to study English!

bohemian	Mar 21 2006, 06:30 PM Post #8
Unregistered	I have a feeling that RNCM and Manchester do something similar?

hannah	Mar 22 2006, 03:32 PM Post #9
Unregistered	QUOTE(bohemian @ Mar 21 2006, 06:30 PM) I have a feeling that RNCM and Manchester do something similar? Yes, although the combined degree would be in Music only (BA and BMus). Entry to the Joint course is also extremely competitive.

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