School of Music

About the School

Our approach to teaching is based on a firm conviction that student experience is enhanced by research intensity, and our provision has been praised consistently for its range and quality. Study is supported by firstclass resources and we are committed to traditional face-to-face teaching contact as well as using up-to-date technologies in teaching. Every student will have the opportunity for one-to-one supervision and advice for instance through a formal personal tutoring scheme, and most significantly for many of our graduates through the final year dissertation. This major piece of work promotes undergraduate engagement with active research in the discipline, and allows individual projects and concerns to be pursued with the close support of expert academic staff.

Leeds is a research-intensive Russell Group University and it aims to develop outstanding graduates who will make a major impact upon global society. In Music we have an outstanding reputation for research, and the School brings together internationally recognised scholars and composers. Students have access to a large staff body, and a dynamic academic community which includes one of the largest postgraduate research contingents in the country as well as welcoming many visiting performers and musicologists (for instance through substantial concert and research seminar series).

The School has a very active performance life, including but not limited to the free lunchtime concert series. The distinctive Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall is just one of the venues where international artists from many genres and styles perform. The School and University collaborate with a range of prestigious arts organisations: we host BBC Radio 3 concerts and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition as well as enjoying a formal partnership with Opera North.

The School is located near the heart of the campus, in very close proximity to the University's two major academic libraries and only a few minutes walk from the city libraries, galleries and concert venues. There are many student residences on or close to campus and Leeds University Union is very near, in the centre of the campus.