10 Facts About Leeds Conservatoire

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Leeds Conservatoire is a higher education music conservatoire based in the Quarry Hill district of Leeds, England.

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Leeds Conservatoire became a wholly owned subsidiary of Leeds City College in August 2011, and is a member of the Luminate Education Group.

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Leeds Conservatoire is partnered with Berklee College of Music as part of the Berklee International Network.

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Leeds Conservatoire is a member of Conservatoires UK and partner of the European Association of Conservatoires.

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5.

Leeds Conservatoire was dissolved as a Higher Education institution in 2009 after merging with Leeds City College.

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Undergraduate courses at Leeds Conservatoire are known as pathways; genres and styles of music that students choose to major in.

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Leeds Conservatoire was the first music institution in Europe to offer a bachelor's degree in the study of Jazz music, and the first conservatoire in the UK to offer a degree in Popular music.

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Leeds Conservatoire was established in 1965 as the Leeds Music Centre, delivering extra-curricular music classes at the Leeds Institute building near Millennium Square, which now houses Leeds City Museum.

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In September 2017, Leeds Conservatoire unveiled the Leeds Music Library, a new location for their previously internal library space.

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10.

Leeds Conservatoire has exported a variety of notable alumni in different musical disciplines.

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