Sian Edwards coaching on the Glover-Edwards Conducting Programme

Further opportunities

While we can only offer a limited number of places on our Women Conductors courses, we want to be as helpful to as many conductors as we can, and are pleased to signpost other opportunities.

We aim to keep this list as up-to-date and useful as possible. Should you come across any opportunities or funds for conductors based in the UK that are not listed on this page, please do get in touch with us and we'll be happy to add them. Each of the UK music colleges / conservatoires offer formal courses and qualifications in conducting, and you should look at their websites for more information about those.

Development opportunities

    • Association of British Choral Directors - Vacancies
      A webpage detailing choral conducting vacancies in the UK.
    • Crouch End Festival Chorus - Young Conductors Mentoring Scheme
      An opportunity for conductors to receive mentoring and to work with the choir, furthering their experience of choral conducting.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conducting Fellowship
      An opportunity for two early-career conductors to gain artistic and professional development experience.
    • Making Music - Vacancies
      A webpage detailing conducting vacancies for leisure-time music groups in the UK.
    • Royal Academy of Music - Glover-Edwards Conducting Programme
      A programme for women who are considering applying for a Master's in orchestral conducting.
    • Royal Opera House - Jette Parker Artists Programme
      Offers training opportunities for women and marginalised gender conductors.

    Funding opportunities

    • Arts Council England - Developing Your Creative Practice
      Supporting the development of independent creative practitioners, offering grants of £2,000 to £10,000 to take a dedicated period of time to focus on their own creative development.
    • Arts Council England - National Lottery Project Grants
      Offering funds to creative practitioners and freelancers, as well as independent organisations.
    • Creative Scotland - Open Funding
      Grants of £1,000 to £150,000 open to individual artists, creative practitioners, and groups in Scotland, supporting a wide range of musical activity.
    • The Finzi Trust - Grant Giving
      Offers a range of assistance to musicians for 'music performance, music publication, books on music, music festivals, and furthering musical education (excluding full time courses)'.
    • Help Musicians UK - Skills and Professional Development
      Offering grants of up to £1,500 to help you enhance your skills or artistic practice.
    • The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust
      Providing support to young musicians at the start of their careers.