Music Performance - Joint Principal Study - BMus (Hons)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Our BMus (Hons) Joint Principal Study (JPS) programme balances strong practical experience in two disciplines with professional development, preparing aspiring performers for a career as a working musician.It is strongly practical and vocational in purpose, with most of your study time devoted to activities in the two principal study areas, but this is substantially complemented by a core curriculum in professional skills development, research skills, and development of critical and reflective thinking.The programme’s structure and content are designed to allow you to develop the full range of your creative and technical abilities and to equip you with the professional skills and knowledge that will enable you to pursue your musical interests and aspirations to the highest level. The programme offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a creative and supportive environment dedicated to the study and practice of music in a multidisciplinary setting that includes dance, drama, film and production programmes alongside music. Our aim for our graduates is to prepare you for both postgraduate study and professional employment as performers, teachers, and in other careers as part of the portfolio career common within the contemporary music profession.JPS is a demanding programme and students taking this study additional credits (140 credits per year instead of the usual 120). To continue each year on the JPS pathway, students must normally achieve a specified minimum grade for each Principal Study module failure to achieve this level in both Principal Studies will normally result in the student being required to pursue the better Principal Study as a ‘single study’ (i.e. transfer to the Performance/ Composition/ Jazz route).When applying, all applicants must submit a separate Acceptd account for each instrument they are applying for. **Overseas Applicants**\For applicants applying to the classical pathway, we will be holding auditions at venues across the world, but audition requirements **AND** application deadline dates will change depending on your principal study and where you are auditioning live. We will be operating a pre-screening process for some instrumental departments. Full information on our locations, dates and requirements can be found on our website. Please check this prior to applying.We are unable to audition applicants for the Jazz, Traditional Music, Composition or Timpani and Percussion pathways at our overseas locations. If you are applying for these pathways you will need to audition live in Glasgow, or submit a recording. Please check the individual departments for audition requirements.Our overseas auditions will consist of one panel member and will also be recorded for review by the relevant department.\• Please note for live overseas auditions, we cannot guarantee that a member of our teaching staff for your specific discipline will be on the panel.\• All applicants will need to provide their own instruments (except piano).\• All applicants will need to provide their own accompanist for overseas auditions.

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