Working better together
Our relationships help us provide the highest quality education and facilities to students and members of the public.
Opera North
The partnership between Leeds Conservatoire and Opera North began in 2019 in a bid to formalise how the region’s leading opera company could support the next generation of performers in training at Leeds Conservatoire, enhancing the conservatoire’s student experience and contributing to the city’s collaborative cultural activity.
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Leeds Playhouse
Leeds Conservatoire and Leeds Playhouse work in partnership to create and deliver collaborative activity of academic and artistic value regionally and nationally. The partnership strengthens the status of Leeds as a centre for artistic excellence, contributes to the training and retention of a diverse talent pool and boosts the resilience of the cultural and higher education sectors in the region.
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MediaTracks
Already working with students and alumni from the conservatoire through the MT Apprentice scheme, MediaTracks and Leeds Conservatoire share the aim of supporting talent development in this sector and highlighting Library Music as a potential career path for student composers and artists.
Core to this partnership, Leeds Conservatoire are creating an online music library platform for student and alumni music. Utilising MediaTracks’ expertise and experience to support its development, the platform will provide an opportunity for the conservatoire’s composers to gain direct insight into music publishing industry and, for successful submissions, the chance to gain income through commercial release of their music.
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Orchestras Live
Orchestras Live believes orchestras are for everyone. They are a national producer and create projects where music and creativity can thrive. The partnership between Leeds Conservatoire and Orchestras Live sets out the shared commitment to promote and support professional orchestral skills development programmes for Leeds Conservatoire students.
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Black Lives in Music
Leeds Conservatoire is a founding member of Black Lives in Music. Black Lives in Music is made up of a number of partners who are all working towards the same goal: to dismantle structural racism in our industry. Together we aim to support the industry in providing better professional opportunities. We also want to achieve equality for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse professionals at all levels and in all areas of the UK Jazz and Classical industry.
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Leeds Minster
Leeds Conservatoire is a key supporter of the Diocese of Leeds Music programmes. The partnership allows the Conservatoire to fulfil part of its commitment to widening participation in a way that is consistent with its mission for excellence in music education.
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Yorkshire Young Musicians
This innovative scheme provides training for gifted and talented children in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Leeds Conservatoire Principal, Joe Wilson, is Chair of the Board of Trustees at Yorkshire Young Musicians.
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Steinway & Sons
In September 2011, Leeds Conservatoire became an All-Steinway School, internationally joining the likes of Yale University's School of Music and the Juilliard School, New York. As the first English conservatoire to hold the coveted All-Steinway School status – meaning 90% of its pianos are from the Steinway family – Leeds Conservatoire demonstrates a commitment to excellence by providing its students with the best equipment possible for the study of music.
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Made With Music
Many families Made With Music work with in Leeds have asked for a place they can make music together and find their needs aren’t met in other music groups. In 2023, Leeds Conservatoire and Made With Music were delighted to launch OPEN, a new inclusive ensemble in Leeds for anyone who might need extra support to make music with family and friends.
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British Youth Music Theatre
Leeds Conservatoire welcomed the opportunity to work on a new musical theatre storytelling project in development by British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT). The protagonist of the show, titled The Steadfast Tin Soldier, is a d/Deaf performer and this will eventually be performed with a company of fully integrated disabled and non-disabled young people.
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Leeds International Piano Competition
The Leeds International Piano Competition is one of the world’s foremost music competitions. They seek not only to discover the finest young pianists, but to nurture and equip them for the swiftly changing world we are living in.
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Leeds Heritage Theatres
In August of 2022, Leeds Heritage Theatre welcomed students from Leeds Conservatoire's Summer School programme who were considering their options for higher education. The students, some from Leeds, others from as far afield as Washington DC and Thailand, explored Leeds Grand Theatre and the set of Jersey Boys, then took part in a Performance Skills and Creative Careers workshop.
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Jazz North
Since its introduction to the UK by Jazz North in 2019, Jazz Camp for Girls has continued to grow, reaching more places across the North of England and helping to address the gender imbalance in jazz. This year, 22 female and nonbinary musicians, aged between 8 and 15, were welcomed to Leeds Conservatoire on 2 March to experience jazz music and improvisation in a supportive environment. Thanks to support from Arts Council England and Leeds Music Education Partnership, the conservatoire was able to offer free places to individuals studying or living in Leeds.
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Cue Tube
The Cue Tube's library of un-scored clips, and associated audio assets such as separate dialogue and effects tracks, is an invaluable resource for aspiring composers and sound designers and is fully accessible to Leeds Conservatoire students.
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Leeds Lieder
Leeds Lieder regularly fill the Leeds Conservatoire campus with song when holding their festival seasons.
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Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir
The choir annually sponsors the ‘Margaret Markland Choral Bursary’ made possible by the specific funding from the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation. Each year the opportunity is offered to music students at Leeds Conservatoire to apply for one of the three bursary places on offer to sing with YPC.
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