Royal Academy Of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Faneand Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its Royal Charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington. Famous Academy alumni include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Elton John and Annie Lennox.
The Academy provides undergraduate and postgraduate training across instrumental performance, composition, jazz, musical theatre and opera, and recruits musicians from around the world, with a student community representing more than 50 nationalities. It is committed to lifelong learning, from Junior Academy, which trains musicians up to the age of 18, through Open Academy community music projects, to performances and educational events for all ages.
The Academy’s museum is home to one of the world’s most significant collections of musical instruments and artefacts, including stringed instruments by Stradivari, Guarneri, and members of the Amati family; manuscripts by Purcell, Handel and Vaughan Williams; and a collection of performing materials that belonged to leading performers. It is a constituent college of the University of London and a registered charity under English law.
Undergraduate
UNDERGRADUATE. ORGAN FOUNDATION
This is for gap-year students preparing for an Oxbridge organ scholarship, or for those who wish to develop organ/choral direction skills before formal university or conservatoire training.
UNDERGRADUATE GAP YEAR
This course is for you if you are about to complete your secondary school (High School) studies and either wish to spend a year at the Academy before taking up a full-time undergraduate programme of study at another institution, or if you would like to receive Academy training but do not require a full programme of study that leads to a degree.
UNDERGRADUATE BACHELOR OF MUSIC (HONOURS)
Our four-year Bachelor of Music (BMus) undergraduate degree programme attracts talented young musicians from across the world to study with today’s finest musicians and teachers.
Post Graduate
POSTGRADUATE MASTER OF ARTS (PERFORMANCE: INTENSIVE)
Performance students normally study on a two-year Master of Arts (MA) programme but, in exceptional circumstances, can take it in one year.
POSTGRADUATE MASTER OF ARTS (PERFORMANCE)The Master of Arts in Performance is the standard postgraduate programme for students who want to focus on performance and build on their professional skills.
POSTGRADUATE MASTER OF MUSIC (PERFORMANCE: INTENSIVE)
The Master of Music in Performance is similar to the Master of Arts but with the addition of a Masters Project; this can be a concert with commentary, a recording-based project, a dissertation or a mixture of these.
POSTGRADUATE MASTER OF MUSIC (PERFORMANCE)The Master of Music in Performance is similar to the Master of Arts but with the addition of a Masters Project; this can be a concert with commentary, a recording-based project, a dissertation or a mixture of these.
POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA (PERFORMANCE)This is a specialist and intensive Diploma at Level 7 within the UK Qualifications and Credit Framework (post-Masters).
POSTGRADUATE ADVANCED DIPLOMA (PERFORMANCE)The programme at RQF Level 8 attracts a cosmopolitan, strongly motivated, and very talented student body which gives participants a realistic sense of the demands required to be at the top of the profession.
POSTGRADUATE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIPLOMA
As the role of professional musicians continues to change and adapt, this programme at RQF Level 7 offers an opportunity to learn and develop skills and knowledge in the field of Creative Music Leadership.