MA Musical Direction

Leeds Conservatoire

Ignite your professional career as a musical director with our industry-focused MA. Designed for experienced and ambitious musicians, this programme offers personalised one-to-one coaching, intensive skills development, and direct engagement with leading practitioners, companies, and creatives across the region.On top of working with the full suite of MA courses, you’ll gain invaluable hands-on experience by observing and working directly with our BA Musical Theatre students in their acting-through-song classes, singing technique sessions, and practical performance projects. This integrated learning environment gives you a unique lens into performer training and the collaborative processes at the heart of contemporary musical theatre.Throughout the course, you’ll explore and challenge the evolving role of the musical director, shaping your own artistic identity through continuous collaboration and the creation of new work. You’ll develop the practical, creative, and leadership skills essential for today’s theatre landscape.With collaboration and individual artistry embedded in every aspect of our Theatre MAs, you’ll graduate confident, adaptable, and ready to make your mark-equipped not only to thrive in a changing industry, but to help shape its future.

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