A discount of 10% is available to students who have completed an undergraduate degree at Leeds Conservatoire and who subsequently proceed onto an MA course.
In addition, 15 scholarships of an additional 10% are available to alumni from underrepresented groups via the Leeds Conservatoire Postgraduate Progression Scholarship. This is an additional 10% discount to the alumni discount, which means they will receive a total of 20% discount on the full price of their course.
15 scholarships are available to alumni who have an offer of a place on a MA course at Leeds Conservatoire and belong to one or more of our underrepresented groups, will be automatically awarded a 10% discount on tuition fees. This is an additional 10% discount to your alumni discount, which means you will receive a total of 20% discount on the full price of your course.
See more details about the Leeds Conservatoire Postgraduate Progression Scholarship.
Awards between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to MA Music and Musical Direction applicants in financial need to help with cost of the course and living costs
Help Musicians has supported the costs of music education since 1921 to help performers achieve their potential by removing some of the financial burden. Help Musicians strongly encourages applications from students from underrepresented backgrounds, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds; D/deaf and disabled people; and those from lower socio-economic groups.
Shortlisted applicants are usually invited to audition in April.
Applications close on Friday 24 January
Open to instrumentalists and singers (who are looking to undertake performance-based classical or jazz music postgraduate study) as well as to composers wishing to undertake postgraduate study. Awards are made according to both merit and need. This academic year, the trust will offer awards of £4000. In recent years, the Trustees have offered amounts of between £2,000 and £4,000 and around 75 awards are made each year.
Applications are now also welcomed from exceptional jazz students about to enter their final year of undergraduate study. For more information see the Munster Trust website.
You can apply before you have an offer of a place on a course, but please read all the criteria and FAQs first.
Applications for this fund open on 1st January 2025 and close on 10th February 2025. Auditions start on 24th April 2025.
Female postgraduate students who are eligible to pay Home fees can apply for an award directly to this local charity to help with study costs.
Applications are assessed in September, March and June. Completed forms must be received by the first day of the relevant month.
The grant awarded is normally between £200 and £400. Grants support course fees only. Grants are paid direct to institutions on behalf of applicants. No payments are made to individuals.
Find out more on the YCLE Awards Website
MA Musical Theatre Company, MA Musical Direction applicants and final year Undergraduate Musical Theatre students in financial need can apply directly to Help Musicians for financial support towards study and living costs.
Applicants can apply for financial support of up to £5,000. Applicants are assessed according to financial need, musical potential and ambition to create a sustainable career within the industry and must be living in the UK and have the right to live and work in the UK.
One scholarship of £1,500 per year is awarded to support a gifted student on the conservatoire’s MA Music (Classical) programme.
The award is open to all instruments, however selection may be partially on the basis of instruments in short supply so we especially welcome applications from instruments such as (but not exclusively): Trombone, tuba, bassoon, French horn, oboe, double bass, Violin and Viola, although this may vary each year.
Alan Hawkshaw was a successful composer of television and film scores. The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation has been established to put investment back into the industry by supporting gifted musicians and provide young musicians with opportunities they would otherwise not have access to.
Candidates will be selected based on musical, academic ability and potential identified at audition stage and interview. The award is open to all instruments, however selection may be partially on the basis of instruments in short supply so we especially welcome applications from instruments such as (but not exclusively): trombone, tuba, bassoon, French horn, oboe, double bass, violin and viola, although this may vary each year. Awards are subject to the provision and conditions of funding from the Alan Hawkshaw Foundation and may change.
The Snowdon Masters Scholarships is for national and international disabled students applying for a full master's programme at any UK institution.
Up to a maximum of £30,000 of funding per successful student is available - with up to £15,000 available towards master's fees and a £15,000 p.a. allowance while studying.
The scholarship has been designed to identify, accelerate and support talented disabled individuals to achieve their higher education goals.
Find out more information and apply on the Snowdon Trust website.
The following websites have links and search directories for other sources of funding according to your specific criteria. Note that most charities and grant making trusts expect you to apply very early and in many cases to audition. Applications for most awards are usually very competitive and you are advised to apply early.
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/funding_postgraduate_study.htm
https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/
http://www.munstertrust.org.uk/
http://www.emimusicsoundfoundation.com/index.php/site/resources/
https://www.postgrad.com/fees_and_funding/postgrad_solutions_study_bursaries/
Blackbullion is an easy to use resource filled with videos, graphics and quizzes designed to help you to:
As a Leeds Conservatoire student this service is free to you! Applicants can also register with your personal email address and you can change this at a later date to your Leeds Conservatoire email address. You can create an account, or login here.
When you have signed up view a range of different pathways and topics from banking, budgeting, tax and national insurance to student finance from undergraduate through to postgraduate on Blackbullion:
If you wish to speak to a member of our team with your financial questions or a query about using Blackbullion, please email studentfunding@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk.
To get in touch with the Student Funding team you can:
Email: studentfunding@leedsconservatoire.ac.uk
Telephone: 0113 222 3508 / 0113 222 3419
Find out what it's like to study at Leeds Conservatoire by coming along to one of our Open Days.
As well as talks and tours specific to the courses you're interested in, you can also chat to our staff and students.
Plus, get immediate access to our On-Demand Open Day.
Open DaysFind out what it's like to study at Leeds Conservatoire by coming along to one of our Open Days.
As well as talks and tours specific to the courses you're interested in, you can also chat to our staff and students.
Plus, get immediate access to our On-Demand Open Day.
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