Full-time programme · From primary-school age
A musical education, not a weekly lesson.
Most children who learn an instrument in India get forty minutes a week and a set of exam pieces. Our conservatory students get theory, ear training, sight-reading, improvisation, analysis, history and pedagogy alongside their instrument — for years, in a structured programme, with a stage to walk onto every quarter.
Why a conservatory
The difference is not more practice. It is more music.
A child who takes a weekly piano lesson for ten years will usually end up as a competent player of the pieces they were taught. Ask them to read something new at sight, work out a tune by ear, improvise over a chord sequence, or explain why the piece they just played is shaped the way it is, and most will not be able to.
That is not a failure of the student. It is what happens when an instrument is taught in isolation from the discipline it belongs to. A conservatory education corrects it by teaching the whole subject at once — the instrument as one strand among seven, studied continuously, over years.
The result is a musician who is genuinely independent: someone who can pick up an unfamiliar score and make sense of it, sit in with other players, teach what they know, and keep learning without a teacher standing over them.
A conservatory student mid-lesson — close on hands and score, not posed
Photography to come
Three tracks
Choose what you are training to become.
Every student follows one of three tracks. The choice determines the balance between performance and pedagogy, and can be revisited as a student's intentions become clearer.
Pedagogical
For the student who will one day teach.
The pedagogical track treats teaching as a discipline in its own right. Alongside their own playing, students study how music is learned — how a concept is broken down, sequenced, demonstrated and corrected. Pedagogy is taken as a formal subject rather than picked up by imitation.
Outcome — Graduates leave equipped to teach, not merely to play.
Pedagogical / Artistic
For the student who will do both.
The combined track carries the full performance workload and the pedagogical subjects together. It is the route most working musicians in India actually follow — a performing career supported by teaching, each feeding the other — and it is the track we most often recommend.
Outcome — Graduates leave able to perform and to teach at a professional standard.
Artistic
For the student aiming at the platform.
The artistic track concentrates on performance. Repertoire is heavier, technical demands are higher, and the recital and competition calendar is the spine of the year. Pedagogy becomes optional rather than required.
Outcome — Graduates leave with a recital-ready repertoire and platform experience.
Structure
How the programme is built.
The conservatory is organised in semesters, on the model of the international conservatory tradition. Progression is by demonstrated competence — a student moves up when the work is there.
- 018 semesters
Undergraduate level
The main body of the programme. Over four years a student moves from foundational technique to a substantial solo repertoire, alongside the full complement of academic subjects.
Assessed by — Continuous assessment, semester examinations and recitals
- 024 semesters
Postgraduate level
Two further years of specialisation on a chosen track, with a markedly heavier performance load and independent work.
Assessed by — Semester examinations, a research or pedagogy component, and recitals
- 034 concert examinations
Concert level
The highest level offered. Assessment is by public performance rather than by coursework: four full concert examinations before an audience and a panel.
Assessed by — Four public concert examinations
A note on nomenclature
These levels are modelled on the structure of an international conservatory education and are named accordingly in our internal documentation. They are not accredited university degrees, and we do not present them as such. Students seeking a recognised qualification alongside the programme work towards the graded and diploma examinations of Trinity College London, ABRSM, LCM or MTB, which are internationally recognised.
What students get to do
Every student performs. It is a requirement, not a reward.
Playing in front of people is a skill, and like any other it is learned by doing it repeatedly and badly before doing it well. We build that into the calendar rather than saving the stage for the strongest few.
Training for examinations
Preparation for Trinity College London, ABRSM, London College of Music and MTB, from initial grades through to diploma level.
Concerts & recitals
A quarterly performance calendar plus an annual recital. Every student performs — platform experience is a requirement of the programme, not a reward for the best.
Competitions
The All Star competition twice yearly, an inter-school talent hunt, and Battle of the Bands. Students are prepared for external competitions as well.
Performance calendar
- Quarterly performance31 October 2026
- All Star competitionDecember 2026
- Quarterly performance31 January 2027
- Inter-school talent huntFebruary 2027
- Battle of the BandsApril 2027
- Quarterly performance25 April 2027
- All Star competitionprovisionalJune 2027
- Quarterly performance31 July 2027
An annual recital is also held each year. Dates for it are being confirmed.
Every conservatory place begins with a conversation.
Admission is not a form. We meet the child, we talk properly with the parents, and we are honest about whether a full-time musical education is the right choice for your family.