BEd (Music) with Honours

Students on the BEd (Music) Programme benefit from the expertise of the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. Students have the opportunity to mix with other education students at the University of Glasgow and indeed, the wider university community. Students are fully matriculated at both institutions and will benefit from the facilities of both institutions, including the superb Library and the sports facilities at the Stevenson building and at Garscube.

  

Students have access to some of the best purpose-built facilities in Europe, including six performance venues. Our practice rooms, rehearsal spaces, dance studios, digital production facilities, editing suites, dressing rooms, production workshops and numerous teaching spaces enable our students to take full advantage of our unique environment.

 

The Royal Conservatoire is housed in two specially-designed buildings (at Renfrew Street and Garscube Road) within a five minute walk of each other. The main auditoria in the Renfrew Street building were designed for public performances of all kinds and are acoustically tuned to the highest standards. They are used frequently bythe BBC for recordings. New Athenaeum Theatre Newly refurbished in 2009, and seating 343, this is the principal auditorium for plays and opera. The stage is the same size as that of the London Palladium, the orchestra pit holds up to 50 players and there is automated state-of-the-art flying equipment from Stage Technologies.

 

The prestigious concert hall contains a magnificent organ, and seats 355. When not in use by our own orchestras and ensembles a full schedule of performances is arranged as part of our performance season. Alexander Gibson Opera School Opened in 1998, this is the UK’s only purpose-built opera school. It houses rehearsal and coaching rooms, and a stunning flexible performance space.

 

This flexible space has around 100 seats and is used for small scale, intimate or

experimental theatre work. Guinness Room . A striking open design with sycamore panelling and a minstrels’  gallery, this recital hall can seat up to 108 and is the venue for many of our workshops and masterclasses.

 

All students have access to top-of-the-range facilities relevant to their programme

including rehearsal rooms, piano suites, timpani studios, Avid edit suites, lighting and sound desks, scenic workshops and more.

 

Fully equipped for the training needs of our students, the dance studios have Harlequin sprung floors, ballet barres and mirrored walls.

 

The Whittaker Library contains one of the UK’s most comprehensive collections of performance materials for music, drama and dance. Students can access DVDs and recordings as well as printed material and space is available for group and individual study. We use Moodle as our Virtual Learning Environment allowing students to access their programme materials online. There are excellent desktop and WiFi facilities throughout the building.