Postgraduate Diploma in Music
Course Overview
One or Two Year Programme
Your Principal Study activities will include up to 45 hours of
one-to-one lessons. Strings, brass, wind and voice students will
also have an additional allocation of time with a professional
accompanist or coach.
In addition to this, we have designed a range of classes to
support the development of your professional skills and musical
confidence, including presentation skills, solo and orchestral
repertoire sessions, ensemble coaching, operatic work and
performance practice. If you specialise in composition or creative
music technology, your options will include advanced harmony and
counterpoint, analysis and aesthetics, sound and image, recording
techniques and advanced instrumentation.
To allow you to begin planning and preparing for your careers
while studying, we also run a series of business skills seminars
covering all aspects of professional life from taxation to concert
promotion.
Principal Study Options
This programme is available in all of the main principal study
areas, and for those wishing to study creative music technology or
conducting.
Pianists may apply for the standard pathway or to specialise in
accompaniment or opera repetiteur studies.
Violinists of outstanding potential may be considered for the
Sir Charles Mackerras Orchestral Leader
Scholarship, which provides specialist training in orchestral
leadership.