Learning and Participation
Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire has a long history of reaching out and connecting with diverse communities across the UK. Our extensive聽Learning and Participation programme聽engages over 6500 young musicians each year through a range聽of innovative projects and partnerships.
The L&P programme is fully integrated into the RBC student experience. Students apply聽their skills in supportive environments through projects聽with schools, music education partners and community settings.
Opportunities for RBC students
We ensure all our students have the opportunity to explore a wide range of activities which could feature in a successful future portfolio career. Many students who engage with the L&P programme go on to have successful teaching, community and social work as part of their musical careers.
Learn more about the opportunitiesPathways for young musicians
We聽believe all young people should have access to high quality music provision and to be able to progress in their musical journeys if they wish to. To that end, we run a number of programmes designed to provide opportunities for young musicians.
Find out more about our pathwaysEducation partnerships
Our education partnerships aim to support the music education sector in a variety of ways as well as providing opportunities for our students. As well as training music educators of the future, RBC works with education partners to provide continuing professional development opportunities for their staff.
Explore our partnershipsSocial and charity initiatives
We are聽committed to delivering聽social and community initiatives with local and national partners. As an RBC student you will have access to quality training in music for social purpose and community engagement. Students are encouraged to think more broadly about their music and how it might impact on others around them, making them some of the most valuable graduate employees.
Discover our social and charity initiativesProjects
RBC Primary School of Music
St Benedict鈥檚 Primary School in Small Heath, 探花直播, is聽our first RBC Primary School of Music. The school works closely with RBC to provide a range of high-quality music opportunities for teachers聽and pupils, delivered by RBC staff and students.
Find out moreOpera Outreach
Thousands of children and young people have been聽introduced to opera聽over the past 3 years through our innovative Opera Outreach programme. This includes RBC Young Singers, a diverse group聽of young people aged 11-18 who receive professional training with RBC staff.
Find out moreSoundLab
SoundLab is RBC's聽music for social change programme for 11-18 year olds. Participants improve self-confidence, build resilience, connect with others and develop their self-expression and musical identity. SoundLab supports young people with real and perceived barriers to engagement.
Find out moreRBC LEAP Ensemble
RBC鈥檚 Learning and Participation (LEAP) Ensemble delivers high quality, engaging and accessible performances and workshops for young people and community audiences.
Find out moreBCU Beats and Voices
BCU Beats and BCU Voices are two free, open access, health and wellbeing music聽sessions for all staff and students from across the University. Funded by the Vice Chancellor, they provide聽a fun and friendly environment聽for you to de-stress at the end of the day and improve your health and wellbeing.
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