Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire. Prior to 1989, it was known as the Birmingham School of Music. It is one of the faculties of Birmingham City University and the only one out of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is a university faculty. Birmingham Conservatoire is also a major concert venue, its main platform being the Adrian Boult Hall.
Situated in Paradise Place, in the centre of Birmingham between Cen...
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Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire. Prior to 1989, it was known as the Birmingham School of Music. It is one of the faculties of Birmingham City University and the only one out of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is a university faculty. Birmingham Conservatoire is also a major concert venue, its main platform being the Adrian Boult Hall.
Situated in Paradise Place, in the centre of Birmingham between Centenary Square and Chamberlain Square, the 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...
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