So.

Cukas applications all filled in now! Where did everyone apply to? Be nice to know a few people at colleges before I go considering I'm the only one from my school this year Cukasing.... (Is that even a word? )

I applied last year, and I'm now at Birmingham Good luck with your applications!

Is it that time again already?! I always enjoy reading about the conservatoire and university applications, and later the offers.

Very best of luck, SaxLad! I look forward to hearing how your auditions go and which conservatoire you feel you would fit in best at.


How's it going so far, OboePiano?

Can you do CUKAS and apply for Universities as well or do you have to do one or the other?

Yes you can do both.

Musicstand's applying for both: RNCM, Birmingham, Royal Welsh, Royal Scottish and Trinity Conservatoires and York, Huddersfield and Nottingham Universities.

Do you have to put them in order of preference on the form?

Which ones does he prefer and why? (We'll be filling the form in for next year, so it's interesting to hear other peoples views)

No, you don't have to put them in order of preference. He has mainly avoided the London ones because of the expense - I'll PM you with reasons for the other choices.

Thanks.

It's going really well, I'm into the second week of the actual course, and just waiting to start the elective courses next week I'm really enjoying it so far, and would definitely recommend Birmingham to anyone looking at conservatoires/music colleges

Hope everyone's applications go well!

Are you by any chance taking Kodaly as an elective? If you are, then it's a very good friend of mine who teaches it!

No I'm not, I decided against it in the end, I'm doing Folk instead to develop skills of learning by ear and playing from memory, both of which I really enjoy I might do Kodaly next year though, it depends how my electives this year go

Ah, folk is good too!

Hope you try the Kod next year

Completely off Topic, but my secondary school has been using kodaly with the year 7's recently as it has been being taught in some of the area's primary schools.

They were shocked when I knew what it was

Thanks Cyrilla


On topic I preferred the London ones most definitely, however Royal Welsh is well worth a look.

If you get a chance, SaxLad, could you please PM me and let me know which school this is? Thanks!

Son is CUKASing too - has applied to RAM, RCM, RNCM, Trinity, Guildhall and RWCMD. Big relief when all applications were in (and shock slowly subsiding over the cost!). Waiting for audition dates etc............ lots of practise going on!

Good luck to all applying

Good luck to everyone applying - I'm in my second year at Birmingham now and loving it - and I do just have to mention that Birmingham came out as the joint top conservatoire (with RAM) in the national student survey this year



Hi OboePiano, not sure I've met you yet, but slightly belated welcome to Brum Just wanted to say - great choice of elective - I did folk last year and am again this year and it's brilliant - and the only elective where you get to go on tour! Probably see you later, hope you enjoy it

I agree about the cost (and the practise). Good luck to your son

Received first audition date today - 8th November at Royal Scottish

Hope the auditions go well. It's a really mad time, I went through it with one child last year, and will probably be doing it all again next year. Hope the audition dates work out well for your son, not too much dashing about, and that he manages to enjoy some of it at least.

Thank you, that's very nice of you. At least his first one is at a very good time for trains, we will be able to travel there and back on the same day.

2 auditions through now - RCS (forgot he had applied for that one!) on the 9th Nov and RWCMD on the 16th. Hopefully these are the only two that will be so difficult (and expensive!) to arrange travel for. Had the great idea of flying to Glasgow rather than getting the train, then remembered that he plays 'cello and flying with 'cello is full of problems!

We've heard nothing from the Royal Welsh yet...

Has anyone yet received an audition from RNCM or Birmingham?

Still waiting for both of these as well.

Ive had receipt of application from rwcmd and birmingham.

RWCMD told me they have an audition date for me by this week, birmingham have said nothing.


I haven't heard a peek from trinity yet either.

Ive had a reciept of application from all of the ones ive applied to (four) and ive got auditions from two of them

Which two do you have auditions for? Are you auditioning for sax or clarinet?

Son's got auditions for Royal Scottish and Royal Welsh now, nothing from Trinity at all, either.

Auditioning on clarinet, got one for welsh and scottish, had reciepts of application from birmingham and rncm but no audition date yet.

Exactly the same as my son, then (apart from he's auditioning on saxophone). Have you applied to Trinity?

Sorry, just reread your post - I see you've applied to four. Son's applied to Trinity because he wants to do jazz as second study.

Is everyones welsh's audition on the 15th of November?! I know 3 people now not including myself who have auditions on that day

23rd November.

Any one else had a date for Birmingham?

Son has just got date through - 7th November. Going to be a busy week!

We've got Scottish on 8th and Birmingham on 11th. Does anyone know if they put the same instruments on the same day as each other?

Scottish on the 9th and Birmingham on the 7th for cello.

Son's is sax. I suppose we'll find out on the day if the place is full of sax players.

Nope, My Birmingham is on the 10th.

Although, that may be the jazz course auditioning on that day

Who knows? It could be.

To Quote a Simon Pegg Film:

"Nobody tells me nuffin..."

To Quote a Simon Pegg film:

"Yarp!"

From my experience they do tend to audition the same instrument on the same day/days depending on numbers, although something like classical and jazz saxophone will probably be on different days as they won't involve the same tutors/accompanist/student band players.

Thank you, it's nice to know

Just had email from Trinity, but audition clashes with the Royal Welsh.

Oh dear. Although Trinity did seem to be more accomodating in the email about changing days and times than other conservatoires.

Hope it all works out

Son has got dates for the Guildhall 23rd and the Royal Collage on the 30th.

Son now has dates for Trinity (21/11), Guildhall (22/11) and RAM (5/12). Just waiting now for dates for RCM and RNCM and we're done!

Hi Devil_Fiddler- I'm the 1st year oboe in folk, so it's fairly easy to pick me out amongst all the flutes and violins from my year and I'm loving it so far, really reminds me of the sort of stuff I used to do on a music program I was on throughout last year



Very good point!!!









I don't know if it's the same as last year, but we were given the opportunity to choose our audition times, so there were all sorts of instruments being auditioned at the same time good luck all of you!!