Practical reference

Candidate’s surname Personal ID

Candidate’s first name(s)

Main specialism/discipline

Course applied for

(Tick box) BC LCM RAM RCM RNCM RCS RWCMD TLCMD

This form must be completed in English Please refer to notes for guidance

Referee’s name Referee’s signature

Position held

Address

Telephone number Fax number

Email Date
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NOTES FOR GUIDANCE
We would value your opinion on the above candidate’s practical and personal qualities with reference to his/her
application for the course applied for. It would be helpful if your reference could include information on the following
aspects:

- Performing or composition ability, experience and potential.

- General academic ability in music, drama, dance or musical theatre.
- Practical skills.
- Attitude to work and reliability.
- Professional commitment.
- Communicative ability.

Please return this reference to the conservatoires indicated by the candidate by email or in a sealed envelope. If you are
posting this reference, the candidate has been asked to supply you with a stamped addressed envelope for each
conservatoire applied to.
For music courses, if the applicant is applying before 1 October, you should aim to have your reference with each
conservatoire by the end of October. If they are applying after the October deadline you should aim to have your reference
with each conservatoire as soon as possible.
For drama, dance, and musical theatre courses you should aim to have your reference with each conservatoire as soon as
possible and certainly no later than the published deadline date for the course.
BC Admissions, Birmingham Conservatoire www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk
Paradise Place, Birmingham, B3 3HG
Tel: 0121 331 5901
Email: conservatoire.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Leeds College of Music
LCM www.lcm.ac.uk
3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PD

Undergraduate Admissions (BA, FD, Foundation Cert)

Tel: 0113 222 3488, email: headmissions@lcm.ac.uk
Postgraduate Admissions (MA, MMus)
Tel: 0113 222 3513, email: maadmissions@lcm.ac.uk
RAM Admissions Office, Royal Academy of Music www.ram.ac.uk
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT
Tel: 020 7873 7357
Email: admissions@ram.ac.uk

RCM Admissions, Royal College of Music www.rcm.ac.uk

Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS
Tel: 020 7591 4362
Email: admissions@rcm.ac.uk

RNCM Admissions, Royal Northern College of Music www.rncm.ac.uk

124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD
Tel: 0161 907 5260
Email: admissions@rncm.ac.uk

RCS Admissions Office, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland www.rcs.ac.uk

100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB
Tel: 0141 332 4101
Email: references@rcs.ac.uk

RWCMD Admissions, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER
Tel: 029 2039 1361
Email: admissions@rwcmd.ac.uk

TLCMD Music admissions, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance www.trinitylaban.ac.uk
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JF
Tel: 020 8305 4444
Email: admissions@trinitylaban.ac.uk
Dance admissions, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Creekside, London, SE8 3DZ
Tel: 020 8305 9400
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Email: admissions@trinitylaban.ac.uk