Our staff are experts in their field, and are active musicians, authors and researchers.
Meet our tutorsChristmas Closure Notice
We will be closed for the festive period from 4:30 pm on Friday, 20 December 2024, and will reopen on Monday, 6 January 2025.
During this time, all teams, including Enquiries and Admissions, will be unavailable, and phone lines will be closed.
Enquiries submitted via email or our contact form will be reviewed upon our return on 6 January. Please note that there may be delays as we work through all messages.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Our main switchboard number is 0113 222 3400. Many teams are hybrid working, so we may not be able to put your call through to the relevant team straight away. If you would like to make an initial enquiry by email, please use the directory below and we will get back to you.
If you are unsure who to contact, please email hello@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk.
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Course Enquiries & Pre-Application Enquiries
If you have a question about studying at Leeds Conservatoire, or how to make an application, please contact us using our Course Enquiry form below. If for any reason you are unable to use the form you can email us at hello@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk.
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Book an Open Day
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Book a Campus Tour
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Book a Consultation Lesson
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Student Fees & Funding
Undergraduate Fees and Funding
International Fees and Funding
Email: studentfunding@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk
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Scholarships & Bursaries
Please follow the link to see our full list of available scholarships and bursaries.
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Information for Teachers, Schools & Colleges
Find out more about our work with schools and colleges on our website or contact our team via the details on our 'Contact Us' page.
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Short Courses
Please note that we do not offer individual tuition as part of our short course programme. The Short Courses team are unable to answer enquiries regarding this.
Visit our Short Courses Website
Email: shortcourses@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk
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Private Instrument Tuition
Please note that we do not offer individual tuition as part of our short course programme. The Short Courses team are unable to answer enquiries regarding this.
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Leeds Junior Conservatoire (formerly Saturday Music School)
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Alumni Association
Visit our Alumni Website Pages
Email: alumni@lcm.ac.uk
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Request Certificate or Transcript
Email: exams@lcm.ac.uk
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Student Term Dates & Opening Times
View the Leeds Conservatoire Annual Academic Calendar.
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Student Administration
Email: HEAdmin@lcm.ac.uk
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Assessments and Exams
Email: exams@lcm.ac.uk
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Student Health and Wellbeing
Visit Student Wellbeing on our website
Email: healthandwellbeing@lcm.ac.uk
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Disability Support
Visit Disability Support on our website
Email: disability@lcm.ac.uk
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Accommodation
Visit Accommodation on our website
Email: accommodation@lcm.ac.uk
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Fees and Funding
Visit Student Funding on our website
Email: studentfunding@lcm.ac.uk
Hire a Space in the Conservatoire
For all room hire enquiries from meetings and conferences, to rehearsal and performance spaces, please contact James Wilson.
Our Hire Website contains photos and information about our available spaces and our event offering.
Email: hire@lcm.ac.uk
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Hire a Student Musician or Band
Our Musicians’ Booking Agency can accommodate a variety of engagements, providing professional standard musicians of all kinds from our pool of selected Leeds Conservatoire students and graduates.
Email: agency@lcm.ac.uk
2024/25
St Peter's Square normal term time opening hours:
- Monday to Friday 7:30AM to midnight
- Saturday 8:30AM to 5:00PM
- Sunday 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Playhouse Square and Mabgate normal term time opening hours:
- Monday to Friday 8:00AM to 9:00PM
Staff and students can view additional information on opening hours on this SPACE page.
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Box Office
Our Box Office is open from 10:00AM to 5:00PM Monday to Friday.
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Compliments & Comments
Email: help@lcm.ac.uk
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Complaints
If you would like to make a complaint please email us with full details.
Email: complaints@lcm.ac.uk
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Leeds Conservatoire Job Vacancies
All vacancies will be listed on the jobs page of our website - Please note that we will only accept applications through these vacancy listings and do not accept general letters of introduction.
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I have an opportunity for Leeds Conservatoire students
If you have an opportunity which you would like to advertise to our students, please get in touch using the details below.
Email: hello@lcm.ac.uk
How to Find Us
Leeds has excellent transport links to the rest of the UK. An hourly train service reaches London in two hours. The city has an international airport 8 miles from the centre. Leeds Conservatoire is opposite the city's central bus station, with an extensive local bus network and coach links throughout the country. Leeds also has fantastic road links to the rest of the UK via the M1, A1 and M62.
Due to our city centre location and lack of on-campus parking, we strongly recommend you travel to the conservatoire by public transport.
Our postal address is:
Leeds Conservatoire
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD
See 'Travelling By Car' below for post codes to use for journey planning.
Please note: Open Day registration for all subject areas takes place at the main St Peter's Square building. Please do not go directly to either the Playhouse Square building or The Library on Open Days.
Leeds Conservatoire is a 15 - 20 minute walk (0.8 miles) from Leeds Train Station.
You can check routes, prices and book online at National Rail.
Approximate Journey Times
- London to Leeds - 2 hours 15 minutes
- Cardiff to Leeds – 4 hours
- Birmingham to Leeds – 2 hours
- Bristol to Leeds – 3 hours 30 minutes
- Edinburgh to Leeds – 3 hours
- Manchester to Leeds – 50 minutes
- Newcastle to Leeds – 1 hour 30 minutes
- Plymouth to Leeds – 5 hours 40 minutes
Leeds Conservatoire is two minutes’ walk from Leeds Central Bus & Coach Station.
You can plan a journey on public transport within West Yorkshire using the Metro Journey Planner.
National Express and Megabus both run coach services to Leeds from locations across the UK.
Approximate Journey Times
- London to Leeds - 4 hours 20 minutes
- Cardiff to Leeds – 5 hours 30 minutes
- Birmingham to Leeds – 2 hours 30 minutes
- Bristol to Leeds – 5 hours
- Edinburgh to Leeds – 6 hours
- Manchester to Leeds – 1 hour 10 minutes
- Newcastle to Leeds – 2 hours 40 minutes
- Plymouth to Leeds – 9 hours
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA)
Leeds Bradford International Airport is roughly eight miles from Leeds city centre.
The airport bus 757 stops at Leeds Central Bus Station, which is a 2-minute walk from Leeds Conservatoire.
You can plan your journey using public transport from Leeds Bradford Airport using the Metro Journey Planner.
Approximate Flight Times to Leeds Bradford Airport
- Amsterdam – 1 hour 15 minutes
- Barcelona – 2 hours 25 minutes
- Dublin – 1 hour
- Dusseldorf – 1 hour 30 minutes
- Paris – 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rome – 2 hours 50 minutes
Manchester Airport (MAN)
Manchester International Airport is roughly 50 miles from Leeds city centre.
A direct train service links Manchester Airport to Leeds Train Station and takes 1 hour 20 minutes. You can check routes, prices and book online at National Rail.
Approximate Flight Times to Manchester Airport
- Beijing – 12 hours
- Copenhagen – 1 hour 55 minutes
- Dubai – 7 hours 50 minutes
- Hong Kong – 13-15 hours
- New York – 8 hours
- Oslo – 2 hours 10 minutes
Other Nearby Airports
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) - approx 45 miles away
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) - approx 75 miles away
Due to our city centre location and lack of on-campus parking, we strongly recommend you travel to the conservatoire by public transport.
We have no on-campus car parking at all (there is also no disabled parking on site).
You can park in the nearby NCP 'The Markets' Multi-Storey Car Park on New York Street, near Leeds Kirkgate Market (Post Codes below).
Open Day attendees can pick up discount vouchers for the NCP 'The Markets Multi-Storey Car Park near Leeds Kirkgate Market* on the day from our Reception Team. We have agreed a reduced rate of £7.30 for the day especially for these events.
*Please note the reduced rate only applies to the NCP 'The Markets' Multi-Storey Car Park on New York Street, near Leeds Kirkgate Market not at any other car parks.
Post Codes for Journey Planning
- For taxi drop off at the door to Reception at St Peter's Square (no parking), input Post Code LS2 7PD.
- For parking at NCP 'The Markets' Multi-Storey Car Park on New York Street, near Leeds Kirkgate Market, input LS2 7EA
Please note: Open Day registration for all subject areas takes place at the main St Peter's Square building. Please do not go directly to the Playhouse Square building or The Library on Open Days.
We have no on-campus car parking at all. This includes disabled parking. There is no dedicated disabled parking in the immediate vicinity of our St Peter's Square building.
Locally, there are a small number of standard on-street parking spaces on St Peter's Square itself that are free to Blue Badge Holders without time limit. These are not dedicated disabled spaces and are standard on-street spaces which are first-come first-served.
Additionally, there are on-street short-stay (4 hours) spaces for disabled badge holders and further standard meter parking spaces (without time limit) outside Leeds Minster which are approximately a 5-10 minute walk (0.2 miles).
At a similar distance (0.2 miles), there is the multi-storey NCP Multi-Storey Car Park 'The Markets' with dedicated disabled spaces. Blue Badge holders pay the same tariff as other car park users in this car park.
Disabled visitors are welcome to stop outside the building for drop-off.
Visitors with accessibility needs who have a blue badge, please get in touch with us and we will do our best to advise you on nearby blue badge parking bays.
