core programme

Applications for 2011/12 Core Programme (for instrumentalists and vocalists) are now CLOSED.  (Late applications will not be accepted).

Applications usually open in late January with a deadline in May and auditions in June.

Instrumental and Vocal students can audition to join South West Music School from age 8-16yrs and can stay on the programme until they are 18yrs old.  Successful students will spend the first year on the Feeder Scheme and then re-audition the following June to earn a place on the Core Programme.  If unsuccessful, they will be reconsidered for a place on the Feeder Scheme.

If successfully accepted on the Core Programme they will be provided with an individual tutor and a mentor as well as being involved in residential projects, workshops and master-classes

South West Music School offers a new learning experience individually tailored to the student’s specific musical needs. Students learn and develop in their own planned time therefore enabling them to continue to participate, as much as possible, in their current musical life.

Students can stay on the Core Programme until they are 18 (subject to reaching agreed targets and annual re-assessment).

If students are more focussed on composition rather than performance then they should consider applying for the Composer Programme instead. 

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