Conducting Electives

If you’re not a Principal Study conducting student, the RNCM has an unrivalled range of opportunities to develop your skills in this area: every year more than 100 students take a conducting module.

Postgraduate

We offer a 30-credit conducting option to all postgraduates from other disciplines. There is also the opportunity to observe classes of the principal study conducting programmes.

Undergraduate

In keeping with all UK conservatoires and universities, we don’t offer conducting as a Principal Study option within our undergraduate programmes. However, the Bachelor of Music with Honours degrees contain an unrivalled range of conducting options with a structured pathway from beginning to end.

• In Year 2 there is a 10-credit option where basic technical foundations are taught.
• In Years 3 and 4 there are a range of 20-credit electives in Instrumental Conducting, Choral Conducting, and Vocal Leadership.
• Those with a serious interest, perhaps with a view to postgraduate conducting study, can elect to take a pathway option in year 4 which replaces a proportion of principal study credits with advanced conducting study.

Should a student select all available options across Years 3 and 4, 100 credits out of 240 could be in conducting subjects.

Observation

Being at the RNCM means there is always something to do with conducting happening. As a student at the College, you’re welcome to observe any classes, masterclasses and rehearsals.