Music Business & Events - BA (Hons)

Leeds Conservatoire

The fact that I am constantly surrounded by young people who have a strong passion for music. It’s very inspiring walking down the corridors and hearing everyone practising and creating. We also have access to amazing facilities and equipment. It could be improved by there being more ways for people from different course and pathways to meet each other and collaborate on work.

The environment and general vibe of the Conservatoire is super relaxed, and makes you feel at ease. The lessons are generally really interesting and allow for a great foundation for you to build off of. You get plenty of time for assignments, and the mental health team are all super helpful and down to earth. The location is fairly close to the centre of town, and all the community spaces are very nice, with decently priced coffee and snacks in the Cafe Bar, and a great library with good individual study spaces.

Overall, my university experience has been tainted by COVID, which obviously couldn't be helped, but I have still enjoyed my time for the most part. The location is great as it's close to the city centre, across the road from the bus station and only a 10-15 minute walk from the station! Being next to the BBC and across from The Wardrobe is also a plus. Student support is an interesting one, as I haven't had any need to use the Health & Wellbeing team until this year, however have heard very negative feedback from the majority of students I've spoken to. I believe they do try their best to support the students, however sometimes it may not be the correct help that the students need. Support from lecturers can vary depending on the course however I feel like I have had great support throughout my academic years. The Students' Union and student life could be improved at Leeds Conservatoire. Being a part of the Students' Union myself, I have an understanding of the inner workings, and it majorly needs revamping and needs people at the helm that are passionate about their job, and are willing to put in the hours. Student life is good at Leeds Conservatoire when looking at the community and facilities like the cafe bar, and the fifth floor. These are great places to hang out and meet people. Also the events that are put on in the city centre (either run by LC or marketed on behalf of someone else) are usually great.

The fact it's a small institute is the worst thing about the Conservatoire, as a lot of people want to go to big universities, but it's also the best thing! There is a real sense of community as literally everyone is a musician, and as a producer I will happily approach anyone on the campus if I see they have an instrument I want to record!

My overall experience for this year has been quite good, only downside is having to be online and myself not really having the facilities to do that, I think the course is great but having to pay 9k to be online isn’t very good, I’d rather be doing face to face as I find that soo much easier.