APPLY
If you decide to apply, an interview and audition will be arranged and, if successful, you will join the BSMA and be enrolled as a trainee.
Apply for a teacher training course
Deadline 16 June 2026
For Brass, Cello, Flute, Piano, Recorder, Viola and Violin
- An up-to-date CV to send with the application form
- The names and contact details of two referees; one of whom must be a
musician - Your audition repertoire prepared (you will email the YouTube links later)
- £30 to be paid by PayPal for the audition
Bursaries
Deadline for applying for both new and returning students is 16 June 2026 at 5pm
A limited number of means-tested bursaries are available from the BSMA and LSG for teachers enrolled on a BSMA training course. The amount of the award is variable, but generally where a bursary is made, it is between 10%-20% of the course fee.
Please fill in the PDF below and send it via email to the Office at [email protected]. This will then be passed to the Trustees for consideration in bulk after the closing date.
Bursary Application 2026-27
Video Performance Audition Repertoire
Violin
1st & 2nd movements of either Handel Sonata in A major Op. 1 No. 3 HWV 361 or D major Op. 1 No. 13 HWV 371, plus one piece of your own choice*
Viola
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata 1st movement, plus one piece of your own choice*
Cello
Any unaccompanied Bach piece, plus one piece of your own choice*
Piano
One movement from any Mozart Sonata, plus one piece of your own choice*
Recorder
Two contrasting movements of a Handel Sonata, plus one piece of your own choice*
Flute
Mozart Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313 or Mozart Flute Concerto in D Major, K.314, plus one piece of your own choice *
Brass
Please see the extended information here.
*The own choice piece should be of at least Grade 8 standard and not from the Suzuki repertoire.
