Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Monday 17 September

***Tea event on Sunday to be held in the Conservatoire main foyer

Bradshaw Hall Recital Hall Lower Foyer WS 4 WS 5 Reception Desk Tours
10:00 All students
Assembly &
10:30 Welcome - JLW/
ST/SS
11:00
BMus1 Meeting
PG Welcome to the Conservatoire
Director of UG
11:30 with ST, LS, CM, SD, CC
Studies BMus Jazz
Year 1 Course
12:00 Set up time for Meeting
Freshers' Fair 12:00 Exchange/PSP JP/AB/JOG
UG (AV equip Strings and MA
Director UG Studies required) Musicology
Guided Tour
12:30

13:00 All New Students

- Room Booking
Talk
13:30 Students ' Union
Intro [1]
Tours will meet in the Conservatoire Café area
Returning PG Meeting with prior to the tour commencing
14:00 LS, CM, SD
Strings & MA Musicology: 12pm – 1pm - Meet
14:30 International FCEAP/ with Angela Qiao and Grace Duthie
Welcome Meeting 2 for all NEW PSP Meeting
postgraduate students: M Pilcher
Principal Study (MMus, PgDip, Conservatoire
PgCert) with LS, CM, SD Freshers' Fair

15:00 15:00 - 15:45

Welcome Meeting 3 for all NEW
postgraduate students:
15:30 Professional Development
Options (MMus, PgDip) Optional
for PgCert with LS, CM, SD
16:00
International BMus
Meeting
Beetung Goo and
16:30
SSA Presentation Set up for Welcome Event Sian Derry

17:00
All New Students
17:30 Welcome Event (JLW/ST/SS)
Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Tuesday 18 September
Bradshaw Hall Recital Hall WS1 WS2 WS3 WS5 Organ Studio Eastside Jazz Club The Lab Reception Desk Tours
9:00
(09.30-10.00am) PG Option
Soundbites 1: Historical
Performance Practice;
Critical Editing; Historical BMus Diagnostic
Keyboard BMus Diagnostic Test Test Individual
Individual examination examination
9:30 times will be provided times will be
(10.00-10.40am) PG Option provided
Soundbites 2: Research
Project; Musis & Ideas;
Advanced Music Critism;
Lecture-Recital

10:00
(10.40-11.00am) PG Option
Soundbites 3: Issues in
Contemp Comp &
Performance; Orchestration 10:10 - 11:10
CEBE USING HALL FOR 10:10 - 11:10 BMus BMus Diagnostic
INDUCTION 10:00 - 10:45
10:30 Diagnostic Test Individual Test Individual
Library Talk
examination times will be examination
BMus Jazz
provided times will be
provided

11:00

11:15 11:15 Composition Brass, Voice and

Strings Meeting - New Woodwind Meeting - New Meeting - New Keyboard
11:30 Students Students Students Guided Tours
New PG MMus (Music Tech)
Session
12:00

Brass Meeting MA Musicology Woodwind and MA

Voice Meeting - New Piano Meeting - New Organ Meeting -
All UG & PG New & Meeting - New Conductors Tours will meet in the Conservatoire Café area prior to the
Students Students New Students
Continuing Students Guided Tours
tour commencing
12:30

Brass & Voice: 11am – 12pm - Meet with Grace Duthie

13:00 Keyboard: 11am – 12pm - Meet with Angela Qiao
Performance Health
Matters, a Guide to Woodwind, & MA Conductors (Orchestral and Choral):
Wellbeing for 12pm – 1pm - Meet with Grace Duthie and Angela Qiao
13:30 Musicians
Dr Jonathan White New UG BMus (Music Tech)
14:00 session
14:00-14:30 BMus 1
Intro to Performance
Traditions 14:15-15:00
Jamie Savan New PG Jazz
Meeting
14:30 New Orchestral Players
Meeting

15:00 15:15 - 15:45

PG Option Soundbites
4 Teaching Matters;
Music, Community &
Wellbeing
15:30
BMus Introduction to
Kodály Musicianship
Surnames A-J

16:00 15:50 - 16:30 BSc Music Tech Induction (Big

PG Options Soundbites 15:15 room)
5 Ppits, IMPT, MT BMus Jazz Jam
Contexts, Writing Music Session
for Media
16:30
16:30 - 16:45
New PG Making Music
Technology connections

BMus Introduction to
Kodály Musicianship
 BMus Introduction to
17:00 Kodály Musicianship
Surnames K-Z
PG & PhD
Welcome to the
17:30 Conservatoire 3 with RS
and LS

Postgrads in the Pub 1

for all NEW and
RETURNING
postgraduates -
Conservatoire Bar
Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Wednesday 19 September

***VC talks taking place on this day - timings to be confirmed

Bradshaw Hall Recital Hall WS2 WS5 CBC355 Percussion StudioL2 Meeting Room MP2.99 3.56 3.53 3.59 & 3.60 3.10 & 3.12 Reception Desk Control Room 3 Tours
9:00
Set-Up Time

9:30

10:00

Assembly Jazz, Music Tech

Continuing BMus and Composition
and PG Students Guided Tours
10:30

11:00 PhD Presentations: All

PhD and MA
Musicology Students
11:30 (All others welcome) 11:30 - 12:15
How to get a
Screening and New APD Meeting
Assessment for Erasmus Talk with LS and CM Orchestral PG Music Tech Tours will meet in the Conservatoire Café area prior to the tour
Auditions commencing
12:00 Specific Learning BMus 2/Bmus Jazz 2 &
12:15 - 13:00 Studio Induction
Needs, eg. Non-final year PG Orchestral Bowed Strings MM
Continuing APD Orchestral Orchestral
Dyslexia, Orchestral Auditions Individual times, Jazz: 10am – 11am - Meet with Angela Qiao
Meeting with LS, CM Auditions Auditions Bowed
Dyspraxia, ADHD Audition Woodwind dates and Music Tech & Composition: 10am – 11am - Meet with Grace Duthie
and SD Woodwind Strings (Warm Up)
Percussion (Warm Up) auditionee
12:30 numbers will be
sent via email.

13:00
Voice Meeting
13:30 Continuing Students

14:00
14:15 - 15:00 PG Former UK
New Students University Students
14:30
SiSo Induction Talk PG Self Defined Meeting with LS
Project - Dragons Den International
Student / PhD Private Viva's - L2
15:00 with CM and ST
Exchange meeting room MP
students
15:30
Tutorials (Drop
16:00 ins) with
Beetung Goo
16:30 All New Students (Room CBC3.55)
CHORUS
17:00 REHEARSAL with
DF [2]
17:30

Notes:Welcome Fair - all day event - City Centre Campus

Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Thursday 20 September

Tours Eastside Jazz

Bradshaw Hall Recital Hall WS1 WS2 WS4 WS5 WS6 The Lab CBC355 3.56 3.53 3.59 & 3.60 3.10 & 3.12 Control Room 3
Club
9:00

9:30 BMus Electives All New PG: Intro

Meeting D Fielden to Prof BMus
10:00 Development with Year 3 Meeting
CM
10:30 All New Students PhD Student
CHORUS Welcome
11:00 REHEARSAL with International
DF BMus Student /
PhD & MA
11:30 PG Library Year 2 Meeting Musicology Exchange
Library students PG Music Tech
Tours with
Induction Tutorials Studio Induction
12:00 Academic (Drop ins) MM
Mentors
with Beetung
12:30 Goo (Room
CBC3.55)
13:00 Orchestral
Meet your BSc Music Auditions
BMus Student Technology Orchestral Bowed Strings
13:30 Year 4 Meeting Success Orchestral Orchestral
Library Talks Auditions Individual times,
Adviser - Auditions Auditions Bowed
Woodwind dates and
'Acting' Drop in Woodwind Strings (Warm Up)
14:00 (Warm Up) auditionee
session PhD Student
Piano Meeting numbers will be
Induction
All Continuing sent via email.
14:30 Jazz Department
Students
BMus/ BMus Jazz Masterclass;
and PG Julian Arguelles
15:00 J Price
Meet your
CICT Skills Student 15:10 - 17:00 15:10 - 17:00
Training Success 15:10 - 17:00 15:10 - 17:00 15:10 - 17:00
New PG Group New PG Group
by Surname: Adviser - 'Music' New PG Group New PG Group New PG Group
Tutorials with Tutorials with
14.30pm – Drop in session Tutorials with Tutorials with Tutorials with
15:30 [TBC] - BG - schedule
15.00pm: A – F CC - schedule SD - schedule CM - schedule
schedule published
15.00pm – published published published
published Monday of
15.30pm: G – K Monday of Monday of Monday of
Monday of Welcome
15.30pm – Welcome Week Welcome Week Welcome Week
Welcome Week Week
16:00 16.00pm: L – Q
16:30 16.00pm –
17:00 16.45pm: R – Z

17:30
Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Friday 21 September

Bradshaw Hall WS1 WS2 WS3 WS4 WS6 Eastside Jazz Club Percussion Studio 3.59 & 3.60 3.10 & 3.12 Control Room 1
9:00

9:30
BMus Introduction to
10:00 Improvisation for NEW postgraduate
Classical Musicians Continuing students group tutorials with
Surnames A - J BMus/MMus (Music Tech) personal tutors: see
10:30 session New UG separate schedule
International (LS)
11:00 Student Meeting -
Catch up with BG BMus Jazz
BMus Introduction to Year 2 Course Meeting
11:30 Improvisation for New PG
International JP/AB/JOG PG Music Tech
Classical Musicians
Surnames K - Z Student Meeting - Studio Induction
12:00 Intro to Mentoring MM
BMus Jazz
Scheme with BG Year 3 Course Meeting
12:30
JP/AB/JOG
12:30 - 13:15
13:00 All BMus 1 and new PG Orchestral Auditions
All PG Conductors
Students Meeting with BMus Jazz Bowed Strings Orchestral Auditions
DR, BN, PS, LS
Centre of Academic Year 4 Course Individual times, dates Bowed Strings (Warm
Sucess Meeting and auditionee numbers Up)
13:30 JP/AB/JOG will be sent via email.

14:00
Out-going Exchange
Opportunities Meeting
with RW and CK - All
14:30 All New Students continuing year 2
CHORUS REHEARSAL 3 students and interested Percussion Meeting
PG Students All UG and PG
students
15:00

15:30
CHORUS PERFORMANCE
16:00

16.30
Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018 Sunday 23rd September
New UG / New PG / Personal Study / Exchange
The Spotted Dog Pub
(Student discount on
drinks)
16:30
Welcome Reception
17:00
17:30
18:00 Student Performances
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
Freshers' / Enrolment Week 2018

KEY TO TIMETABLE

All New Students Continuing BMus

New BMus Continuing Postgraduates

New BMus Jazz All Postgraduates New & Continuing

Birmingham University Students
New Postgraduates
Meeting

Orchestral Players Personal Study & Exchange

New BSc Students All Students / Staff

First Study Sessions

PG Research

International Students
[1] ID114928:
Confirmed 140813

[2] ID114928:
Confirmed by DF