UCE Birmingham Conservatoire
Birmingham Conservatoire’s £57 million teaching and performance facility is the first of its kind in the digital age.
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Former names
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Birmingham School of Music |
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| Motto | Inspiring Musicians since 1886 |
| Type | Public, School of Music |
| Established | 1886 (as Birmingham School of Music) 1989 (as Birmingham Conservatoire) |
| President | Sir Simon Rattle |
| Vice-president | Peter Donohoe |
| Principal | Julian Lloyd Webber |
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Administrative staff
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50 |
| Students | 600 |
| Location |
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 52°28′45″N 1°54′20″W / 52.47917°N 1.90556°WCoordinates: 52°28′45″N 1°54′20″W / 52.47917°N 1.90556°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations |
Birmingham City University Conservatoires UK, CUKAS, The European Association of Conservatoires |
| Website | www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire |
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| Status | Complete |
| Type | Conservatoire |
| Location | Eastside |
| Address | Jennens Road, Birmingham |
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft) AOD |
| Construction started | August 2015 |
| Completed | August 2017 |
| Opened | September 2017 |
| Cost | £57 million |
| Owner | BCU |
| Height | 26.4 metres (87 ft) |
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| Material | Pale Buff Brick |
| Floor count | 1 (UG) 5(OG) |
| Floor area | 10,750 m2 (115,712 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Feilden Clegg Bradley |
| Services engineer | Hoare Lea |
| Main contractor | Galliford Try |
Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire and a major concert venue in Birmingham, England. Its main performance space was the Adrian Boult Hall, and in addition it housed a 150-seat Recital Hall and a 100-seat Arena Foyer. Adrian Boult Hall was demolished in June 2016, and the Conservatoire is in the process of moving to a new site. It is the only one of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is also a faculty of a university, in this case Birmingham City University. 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 merged to become the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media. It was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music.
In addition to the Conservatoire, Birmingham is also home to two concert venues – Town Hall and Symphony Hall. As a result, Birmingham Conservatoire experiences a constant stream of distinguished visiting soloists and tutors. A conservatoire education is heavily weighted towards practical learning and performance, and provides the opportunity for each student to use the specialist professional training on offer to develop a career in music. Students are able to take part in collaborations made available by links with the major concert venues in the city, including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO).
Situated in Paradise Place, in the centre of Birmingham between Centenary Square and Chamberlain Square, Birmingham Conservatoire was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music, which had been a department of, and stands on the original site of, the Birmingham and Midland Institute, since around 1859. The title '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 and revalidated to become a full Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree.
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