Leeds Conservatoire

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Identifier

Leeds Conservatoire

Authorized form of name

Leeds Conservatoire

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      Type

      • Educational

      Contact area

      Helen Symington Primary contact

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      United Kingdom

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      07311382246

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      Description area

      History

      Leeds Conservatoire is a specialist conservatoire in the UK, delivering expert music and performing arts education. Our broad offering spans undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, along with Leeds Junior Conservatoire for young musicians and performers.

      Geographical and cultural context

      Situated in the heart of Leeds’ cultural quarter, Leeds Conservatoire is artistically ambitious, quality-driven and industry-focused, placing strong emphasis on developing career-ready musicians, performers, producers and entrepreneurs.

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      The Library offers access to extensive online and physical music resources, a varied study environment and a range of tailored support to help in the conservatoire's mission in developing industry-relevant, creative and ambitious musicians, performers and entrepreneurs.

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      Opening times

      We will be operating term time opening hours until Friday 12th December 2025. From Saturday 13th to Friday 19th December 2025 we will be operating vacation time opening hours. From Saturday 20th December 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026 we will be closed.

      Please note the library will be closed from 12 noon to 5pm on Friday 5th December 2025 and from 1 pm on Tuesday 16th December 2025.

      Term time:

      Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 7.00pm*

      • Monday to Thursday 7.00pm - 10.00pm , Friday 5.00pm - 10.00pm, study space and book returns only.
        Saturday and Sunday: 11.00am to 4.00pm.
        Vacation time:

      Monday to Friday: 10:00pm to 4:00pm;
      Closed at weekends and bank holidays.
      Please note that there will be no study space available for individual external members during examination weeks as follows:

      Limited admittance dates:

      5th - 25th January 2026.
      4th May - 14th June 2026.

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      Services area

      Research services

      PCs *
      Catalogue tablets
      Turntables and CD players

      • Some services are only available to current staff and students.

      Reproduction services

      Copying and scanning *

      • Some services are only available to current staff and students.

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      Study areas
      Group study pods
      Stationery shop and binding service *

      • Some services are only available to current staff and students.

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      LC-OpenFifth

      Institution identifier

      Leeds Conservatoire

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          • Education (Thematic area)
          • Leeds (Geographic subregion)