Leeds Conservatoire: Access All Areas is an application support programme designed to make conservatoire education accessible and achievable to learners who come from underrepresented backgrounds.
The programme will allow you to discover your options for study in your chosen field, meet industry professionals, develop your skills in preparing for applications and auditions and provide you with some industry-focused careers information and advice.
Consisting of 6 online sessions across the end of your first year at Sixth Form or College and the first part of your final year, the programme is designed to support you at key points along your journey to higher education.
There are two pathways available, Music or Performing Arts. An outline of these are below. Exact dates for the 2021/22 programme to be confirmed.
Music
Session 1 |
Session 2 |
Session 3 |
|
First Year |
Studying Music at degree level – What are my options? Tuesday 30 March 2021, |
Industry Professional Encounter 1 May 2021 |
Application Support July 2021 |
Second Year |
Music Industry Careers Session September 2021 |
Audition Support November 2021 |
Industry Professional Encounter 2 January 2022 |
First Year |
|
Session 1 |
Studying Music at degree level – What are my options? Tuesday 30 March 2021, |
Session 2 |
Industry Professional Encounter 1 May 2021 |
Session 3 |
Application Support July 2021 |
Second Year |
|
Session 1 |
Music Industry Careers Session September 2021 |
Session 2 |
Audition Support November 2021 |
Session 3 |
Industry Professional Encounter 2
|
Performing Arts
Session 1 |
Session 2 |
Session 3 |
|
First Year |
Studying Performing Arts at degree level – What are my options? Wednesday 31 March 2021, |
Industry Professional Encounter 1 May 2021 |
Performing Arts Industry Careers Session July 2021 |
Second Year |
Application Support September 2021 |
Audition Preparation November 2021 |
Industry Professional Encounter 2 January 2022 |
First Year |
|
Session 1 |
Studying Performing Arts at degree level – What are my options? Wednesday 31 March 2021, |
Session 2 |
Industry Professional Encounter 1 May 2021 |
Session 3 |
Performing Arts Industry Careers Session July 2021 |
Second Year |
|
Session 1 |
Application Support September 2021 |
Session 2 |
Audition Preparation November 2021 |
Session 3 |
Industry Professional Encounter 2
|
To take part in Access All Areas you must be a Year 12 / Level 3 Year 1 student, studying either Music or Drama in Yorkshire and have an interest in continuing your studies in this subject to degree level.
You must also meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Have a home postcode which is classified as Quintile 1 or Quintile 2 in the POLAR4 data - check your postcode
- Have a home postcode which is classified as Decile 1-4 in the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) - check your postcode
- Be Black, Asian or ethnically diverse
- Be in care, a recent care leaver or estranged from your family
- Have a disability
- Be living in a household with a gross annual income of below £33,000 or which receives means tested state benefits and/or in receipt of Free School Meals or a 16-19 bursary.
You can make an application by completing the form found at the link below.
Applications close Friday 12 March at 6pm.
Application Form
