Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
General information
TypeSchool of Music and Acting
AddressJennens Road, Birmingham, B4, United Kingdom
Elevation122 m (400 ft) AOD
Construction startedAugust 2015
CompletedAugust 2017
OpenedSeptember 2017
Cost£57 million
OwnerBirmingham City University
Height26.4 metres (87 ft)
Technical details
MaterialPale Buff Brick
Floor count1 (UG) 5(OG)
Floor area10,350 m2 (111,406 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators3
Design and construction
Architecture firmFeilden Clegg Bradley
Services engineerHoare Lea
Main contractorGalliford Try
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Former names
Birmingham School of Music
Birmingham Conservatoire
MottoAchieve the Extraordinary
Established1886 (as Birmingham School of Music)
1989 (as Birmingham Conservatoire)
2017 (as Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
PresidentSir Simon Rattle
Vice-presidentPeter Donohoe
PrincipalStephen Maddock OBE [1]
Administrative staff
100
Students1200
CampusUrban
AffiliationsBirmingham City University
Conservatoires UK
European Association of Conservatoires
Federation of Drama Schools
Websitewww.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire

The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a music school, drama school and concert venue in Birmingham, England. It provides education in music, acting, and related disciplines up to postgraduate level.[2] It is a centre for scholarly research and doctorate-level study in areas such as performance practice, composition, musicology and music history.[3] It is the only one of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is also part of a faculty of a university, in this case Arts, Design and Media at Birmingham City University. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools,[4] and a founder member of Conservatoires UK.

The conservatoire houses a 500-seat concert hall and other performance spaces including a recital hall, organ studio, and a dedicated jazz club. It was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music, the first music school to be established in England outside London.[5]

History

The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music, grouping together into a single entity the various musical education activities of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.[5] The institute had conducted informal musical instruction from its foundation in 1854, and its predecessor organisation, the Birmingham Philosophical Institution, had held music classes since 1800; but it was in 1859 that music was established as a formal part of the institute's curriculum.[6] Singing classes began in that year and, after some initial struggles, 110 students and were performing regular concerts by 1863.[7] In 1876, a proposal was heard at the institute's council that further classes should be established on the model of the Leipzig Conservatoire, and that year the composer Alfred Gaul began teaching classes in the theory of music.[8] In 1882 instrumental classes were started, attracting 458 students on their first year, and a separate music section created within the institute.[9] This was established as the separate "School of Music" in 1886, with William Stockley as its first principal [10] The school's second principal Granville Bantock was recommended for the position by Edward Elgar

The name 'Birmingham Conservatoire' was adopted in 1989, with its undergraduate diploma and award (GBSM and ABSM) renamed from 'Graduate/Associate of the Birmingham School of Music' to 'Graduate/Associate of the Birmingham Schools of Music', to reflect the internal structure adopted of the Schools of Creative Studies, of Orchestral Studies, of Keyboard Studies, and of Vocal Studies. In 1995, the GBSM degree-equivalent diploma was redesigned to become a full Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree. In 2008, as part of the university's reorganisation of faculties, it became a part of the Faculty of Performance, Media and English (PME), which has since merged to become the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.

As part of the Paradise Circus redevelopment the former site of the Conservatoire was subject to a compulsory purchase by Birmingham City Council. The Conservatoire received £29 million in compensation in a deal agreed in December 2013; this deal included £12.4 million of council expenditure. Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios the new building on Jennens Road contains teaching and performance space including a 500-seat concert hall to replace Adrian Boult Hall. Building work started in August 2015 and was completed in August 2017. Adrian Boult Hall was demolished in June 2016. The remaining building on Paradise Circus was demolished by April 2018 as part of Phase I of the scheme.[11] In July 2015, Galliford Try were confirmed as principal contractor on a £46 million contract.[12]

In 2017 the conservatoire merged with the Birmingham School of Acting, which had been founded as a drama school in 1936, bringing music and drama teaching together into a single organisation.[13]

On 24 September 2017 the conservatoire was granted Royal status by Queen Elizabeth II.

The conservatoire

In 2003, there were around 600 students enrolled in the Conservatoire's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.[14] Subjects include solo performance, composition, chamber music, orchestral playing, music technology and jazz. Students on the four-year BMus(Hons) are encouraged to spend time studying in Europe or the USA.

In their Junior Department, training for children aged 8 to 18 years takes place weekly on Saturdays during the local school term.[15]

The museum has a notable collection of musical instruments.[16]

Departments

  • Brass
  • Chamber Music
  • Composition
  • Conducting (Choral)
  • Conducting (Orchestral)
  • Early music
  • Jazz
  • Keyboard
  • Music Technology
  • Percussion
  • Performing Ensembles
  • Strings
  • Vocal & Operatic
  • Woodwind

Performances

Conservatoire students perform regularly in the conservatoire's concert venues, and also nationally often at Symphony Hall Birmingham and Birmingham Town Hall and internationally under such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Pierre Boulez, Sakari Oramo, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Paul Spicer and Jeffrey Skidmore.

The conservatoire collaborates with other schools of music, colleges, academies and conservatoires worldwide, including participating in the Erasmus student and staff exchange programme.[17]

Courses offered

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire offers training from pre-college level (Junior Conservatoire) to PhD.

People

Principals

Staff

As of 2013, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire had around 80 full-time members of staff that included active professional musicians, performers, composers, conductors and scholars.[19] In addition, nearly 250 specialist tutors, musicians and scholars visit the conservatoire to give classes and guest lectures or to serve as visiting faculty members.

Notable current and former staff and visiting guest artists include:

Fellows

Alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Venues

The Bradshaw Hall
  • The Bradshaw Hall, formerly known as The Concert Hall,[21] 500 seats
  • Recital Hall, 150 seats
  • Organ Studio, 100 seats
  • Eastside Jazz Club, 80 seats
  • Experimental Music Lab

See also

References

  1. ^ "Royal Birmingham Conservatoire appoints new Principal".
  2. ^ "Courses". Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Research - Clusters and Specialisms". Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ^ Granger, Rachel. "Rapid Scoping Study on Leicester Drama School" (PDF). De Montfort University Leicester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b Smith 2011, p. 4.
  6. ^ Brock 1986, p. 1.
  7. ^ Brock 1986, pp. 1–2.
  8. ^ Brock 1986, p. 4.
  9. ^ Brock 1986, p. 6.
  10. ^ Brock 1986, p. 9.
  11. ^ Elkes, Neil (5 February 2015). "Planners hail handsome Birmingham Conservatoirel". Birmingham Post. Birmingham. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Galliford Try confirms £46m arts centre deall". Construction Enquirer. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  13. ^ Snow, Georgia (1 March 2017). "Birmingham School of Acting merges with Birmingham Conservatoire". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Birmingham Conservatoire". The Independent. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Junior Conservatoire: Tuition for Young Musicians". Birmingham Conservatoire. Birmingham City University. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Musical Instruments Interface for Museums and Collections". MINIM-UK. Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  17. ^ "International Exchange Schemes". Birmingham Conservatoire. Birmingham City University. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  18. ^ "Julian Lloyd Webber To Leave Royal Birmingham Conservatoire". www.theviolinchannel.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Birmingham Conservatoire Staff". Birmingham Conservatoire. UK: Birmingham City University. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  20. ^ "Birmingham Conservatoire : Birmingham Conservatoire appoints Gildas String Quartet as Junior Fellows". www.bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  21. ^ "Conservatoire renames concert hall after £1m donation". www.birminghammail.co.uk. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

Bibliography

  • Brock, David (1986). The Birmingham School of Music: its first century. Birmingham: City of Birmingham Polytechnic.
  • Smith, John D. (2011). "Celebrating 125 Years of Birmingham Conservatoire" (PDF). Birmingham Conservatoire. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  • Morley, Christopher. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 2017, Elliott & Thompson

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