Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire

Colin Lawson was Director of the Royal College of Music from 2005 to 2024. He has an international profile as a period clarinettist and has published widely on performance and performance practice. Diana Salazar is Director of Programmes at the Royal College of Music. A conservatoire trained flautist and composer, her research interests combine practice research in electroacoustic composition with exploration of conservatoire pedagogies and technology-enhanced learning in higher music education. She is a founder of the Global Conservatoire consortium. Rosie Perkins is Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the Royal College of Music. She leads the RCM’s Master of Science in Performance Science programme and has published extensively on music and mental health and musicians’ well-being.

Acknowledgements
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
Foreword
Preface: conservatoire as community

PART I: Rethinking conservatoire identities and values

1 Introduction: tracing conservatoire values past, present, and future
Colin Lawson

Perspective: Chapter 1
James Gandre

2 Personal realities I: what makes an artist?
Ivan Hewett, Jonathan Cole, and Andrew Zolinsky

Perspective: Chapter 2
Sarah Connolly

3 Personal realities II: how does the conservatoire link with the profession?
Stephen Johns and Janis Kelly

Perspective: Chapter 3
James Williams

4 Reassessing musical excellence
Miranda Francis, Vanessa Latarche, and Aaron Williamon

Perspective: Chapter 4
Afa Sadykhly Dworkin

5 Philanthropy at the Royal College of Music: shaping the future of music education
Lily Harriss and Rachel Harris

Perspective: Chapter 5
Susan Madden

6 Integrating regulation and creativity
Kevin Porter

Perspective: Chapter 6
Martin Prchal

PART II: Evolving the teaching and learning of music in a conservatoire

7 Reimagining the one-to-one studio
Christina Guillaumier, Gabrielle Lester, and Diana Salazar

Perspective: Chapter 7
Helena Gaunt

8 The musician in the digital age: technology in the conservatoire
Thom Gilbert and Diana Salazar

Perspective: Chapter 8
Peter Maniura

9 Dialogues with musical histories: learning from the past
Ingrid Pearson

Perspective: Chapter 9
Lisa Colton and Ruth K. Minton

10 Cultivating research cultures
Richard Wistreich and Rosie Perkins

Perspective: Chapter 10
Wendy Heller

11 The healthy musician
George Waddell, David Hockings, and Aaron Williamon

Perspective: Chapter 11
Emma Redding

12 Lifelong creative careers
Gary Ryan and Diana Roberts

Perspective: Chapter 12
Michelle Phillips

PART III: Conservatoires of the future

13 The physical and virtual spaces of the conservatoire
Colin Lawson and Talia Hull

Perspective: Chapter 13
Lucy Noble

14 Towards the civic conservatoire
Dave Camlin, Hayley Clements, and Rosie Perkins

Perspective: Chapter 14
Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

15 Diversifying musical practices: how to address the need for change within conservatoire training
Florence Ambrose and Wiebke Thormählen

Perspective: Chapter 15
Roger Wilson

16 The global conservatoire
Tania Lisboa and Diana Salazar

Perspective: Chapter 16
Joachim Junghanss

17 What next for conservatoires?
Rosie Perkins, Diana Salazar, and Colin Lawson

Index