Artist Diploma
Course details
Introduction
The Artist Diploma is an ideal bridge from your postgraduate study to the music profession. Through one-to-one and small group tuition, you will refine your artistic voice and underpin all you do with technical excellence. You will also create a professional portfolio, develop your entrepreneurial skills, and have the opportunity to undertake a placement with a professional mentor.
This training enables you to confidently enter the music world with a highly evolved professional profile.
Key Features
The aim of this programme is to develop your independent learning strategies. You’ll do this through a blend of formal tuition, experiential learning and personal study. Your Principal Study is central to this programme, which you’ll develop through one-to-one and group tuition, rehearsals, workshops, seminars, and masterclasses. You’ll also have the opportunity to perform in a range of solo, small group, chamber, and large ensemble performance projects.
Collaboration is a key part of studying at Trinity Laban and at the heart of professional artistic life. Throughout the programme you will work with other students from different programmes and disciplines, whether that’s working side by side or by taking a leadership role.
Key Facts
- UCAS
- 602F (full time) / 602P (part time)
- Location
- King Charles Court
- Duration
- 1 year (full time) / 2 years (part time)
- Start Date
- September
Fees
Audition fees
Please note that there is an audition fee for this course of £95 (for 2025 entry). You will also need to pay the UCAS Conservatoires administration fee of £28.50 for the 2025 entry cycle.
2025-26
- Audition fee: All programmes except BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance and BA Music Performance and Industry
- £95 (for 2025 entry)
- Info 25/26
- Fees represent 2025/26 year only, programmes with more than one year are subject to fee increases after the first year
- Artist Diploma (Full-time)
- Home £12,670 International £24,770
- Artist Diploma (Part-time)
- Home £8,100 International £15,960
2024-25
- Info 24/25
- Fees represent 2024/25 year only, programmes with more than one year are subject to fee increases after the first year
- Artist Diploma (Full-time)
- Home £12,300 International £24,050
- Artist Diploma (Part-time)
- Home £7,790 International £15,350
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Key Dates
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Welcome Week
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Open Day
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Autumn Term
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Activities Week
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Spring Term
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Activities Week
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Summer Term
Detailed Information
This programme comprises of three core modules:
Principal Study
Forming a core part of the programme, your Principal Study develops the technical and musicianship skills needed to cultivate your distinct and individual artistic voice. You will be taught through a mixture of one-to-one and small group lessons, masterclasses, technical and professional development seminars, workshops, and large group learning. Throughout the programme you will also be exposed to varied opportunities that musicians in the wider music profession experience.
Professional Project
This module gives you the experience of what working life as a musician will be like. It will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to communicate your artistic activities and aspirations in a sophisticated way.
Different opportunities throughout the programme will give you a wider awareness of the current issues and debates in the music profession. You’ll develop your audition and ensemble skills, learn how to market yourself and develop extra-musical skills, such as public speaking.
During the programme you will have the opportunity to undertake a placement and work alongside a professional mentor where you will be able to interact with professional musicians, see them work in a variety of contexts and be able to discuss your career plans with them as you prepare for the professional world.
CoLab
This is our festival of collaborative learning where students, staff, and external mentors from across the Faculties of Music and Dance take a break from their regular timetables to work together on new and experimental projects. This is a two-week intensive project that values artistic risk taking and processes and will help you to develop a reflective approach to your individual development.
Entry Requirements
When you apply, we’ll be looking for your ability to make sophisticated and stylistic and interpretive evaluations of musical texts, which we’ll assess through your application, audition and interview.
Before applying, you will need:
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A good pass in a relevant performance or composition focused postgraduate music degree.
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IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all four areas or Trinity College London’s Integrated Skills in English III (ISEII) if English is not your first language.
Staff
Teaching staff
Professor Sophie Fuller
Programme Leader
Dr Uchenna Ngwe
Academic Lecturer
