Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
| Motto | Achieve the Extraordinary |
|---|---|
| Type | School of Music and Acting |
| Established | 1886 (as Birmingham School of Music) 1989 (as Birmingham Conservatoire) 2017 (as Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) |
Parent institution | Birmingham City University |
| President | Sir Simon Rattle |
| Vice-president | Peter Donohoe |
| Principal | Stephen Maddock OBE |
Administrative staff | 100 |
| Students | 1200 |
| Address | Jennens Road , , B4 7XR , 52°29′02″N 1°53′11″W / 52.48397°N 1.88637°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Conservatoires UK European Association of Conservatoires Federation of Drama Schools |
| Website | www |
Building details | |
Interactive map of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire area | |
| General information | |
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft) AOD |
| Construction started | August 2015 |
| Completed | August 2017 |
| Opened | September 2017 |
| Cost | £57 million |
| Height | |
| Height | 26.4 metres (87 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Pale Buff Brick |
| Floor count | 1 (UG) 5(OG) |
| Floor area | 10,350 m2 (111,406 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Feilden Clegg Bradley |
| Services engineer | Hoare Lea |
| Main contractor | Galliford Try |
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a music school, drama school and concert venue in Birmingham, England. It provides education in music, acting, and related disciplines up to postgraduate level. It is a centre for scholarly research and doctorate-level study in areas such as performance practice, composition, musicology and music history. It is the only one of the nine conservatoires in the United Kingdom that is also part of a faculty of a university, in this case Arts, Design and Media at Birmingham City University. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools, and a founder member of Conservatoires UK.
The conservatoire houses a 500-seat concert hall and other performance spaces including a recital hall, organ studio, and a dedicated jazz club. It was founded in 1886 as the Birmingham School of Music, the first music school to be established in England outside London.