Choral Conducting
Enhance your musicianship, technique and professional skills on our two-year postgraduate course.
Our distinctive degree is the UK’s longest-established specialist course in conducting for choirs, overseen by Fernside Chair of Choral Conducting, Nicholas Chalmers.
It covers a wide range of sacred music for both concert and liturgical events, as well as selected secular repertoire.
With expertise in conducting, rehearsal technique, choral repertoire, vocal technique and aural skills, our professors will ensure that you graduate with the tools you’ll need for an active and diverse career.
The Academy’s location in the centre of London, at the heart of the British choral tradition, provides an enviable learning environment and enables us to collaborate closely with leading professional, amateur, youth and collegiate choirs.
We offer choral conducting as a principal study at postgraduate level only, with classes routinely taking place Monday to Wednesday. At undergraduate level, it is offered as an optional choir-training class.
With 2.8 million people in the UK engaging with choral music each week, choral conductors are much sought-after. My role is to support and guide our students as they move into the profession and equip them for the delights and challenges they will face in their careers.
Introduction to Choral Conducting with Nicholas Chalmers
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