Welcome to Conservatoires UK

We represent the collective views of eleven UK conservatoires. Our role is to develop best practice for training and education in the performing arts and to promote the sector’s excellence nationally and globally.

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Feature02 Sep 2024

A quality music education should not be the preserve of the rich

Professor Linda Merrick, Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music and Chair of Conservatoires UK has written an article for Wonkhe in which she discusses how recent government policy and rhetoric has affected conservatoires, and wonders whether Labour reforms can fix the issues.
News17 Jul 2023

Why the performing arts has a place in the school curriculum

Access to a high quality performing arts training for young people throughout the UK is a force for public good, developing individuals who will power our world-leading creative industries for the future, fueling the economy, and enriching and transforming lives.
News12 May 2023

Conservatoires UK Leadership Programme

Following a successful pilot programme the CUK Leadership Programme will continue next academic year.
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