Jazz - BMus (Hons)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Our Jazz department is vibrant and energetic and continues to produce successful musicians and new voices within the UK jazz scene. The BMus programme explores jazz in the broadest possible terms and provides the opportunity to play, perform, compose and record in many different jazz styles and settings. It is the first and the only full-time degree-level jazz course in Scotland and offers many creative and artistic opportunities to you as a performer across a wide-ranging curriculum.You’ll receive tuition from some of the finest jazz musicians and educators in the UK and benefit from the highest amount of contact time offered anywhere in the UK, with weekly individual lessons focusing on your principal study instrument. The opportunity to study a second instrument is also made available across all four years of study.The programme is delivered to a small, focused cohort of students in each year group that form a unique ensemble and grow together throughout the BMus jazz pathway. As a student, you are also encouraged to interact with other year groups and students from other disciplines across the RCS in the spirit of our cross-disciplinary curriculum.Through class teaching in our dedicated jazz studios, you’ll study the essentials of chord-scale harmony, improvisation, classic repertoire, composition, history, music business and arranging. Our vision of jazz is comprehensive and inclusive, and you’ll be introduced to the full range of contexts from solo and ensemble work to big band settings.Studying Jazz at the Conservatoire provides numerous opportunities to perform both in and out of the institution. On campus are our RCS Jazz Orchestra, Jazz at the Chimp, and Blue Monday concerts, featuring students and tutors, often performing alongside special guest performers. There are also opportunities to perform, tour and to sit in on rehearsals with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and their international guests, plus audition for a side-by-side experience with the SNJO.**Auditions**\Applicants to this programme will go through a two stage process. First round, is a recorded submission, including specified repertoire, via the accetpd platform. Second round is a live audition either in Glasgow or online. Please see our website for more information on what to prepare.**Please note, all application and pre-screening recordings must be submitted by the 1st October 2026 deadline date, regardless of where you are applying from in the world.**

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