Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo"
Higher education centre in Seville, Spain
The Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo" de Sevilla is an official higher music education centre run by the Department of Education of the Junta de Andalucía. The conservatory of Seville became a state centre on 26 August 1933. Since 2001-02 it has been based at Calle Baños 48, in a former Carmelite convent whose construction began in the 15th century; its library holds more than 25,000 catalogued items.
The conservatory teaches higher music studies (enseñanzas artísticas superiores de música) within the European Higher Education Area, ending with a final degree project (Trabajo Fin de Grado). Entrance exams are held, among others, for:
- Instruments such as horn, clarinet, guitar and organ
- Early music: harpsichord, recorder and viola da gamba
- Jazz
- Choral conducting
- Musicology
Students and teachers form ensembles such as the Orquesta Sinfónica Conjunta, run with the cultural initiatives centre of the Universidad de Sevilla, a baroque orchestra, a symphonic band, choirs and chamber groups. Admission is through a specific entrance exam: registration is in May and the exams in June, with an extraordinary call in September for remaining places; the procedure includes an academic maturity test. Every year the conservatory exchanges students with other European higher education institutions through Erasmus.
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Admission
Admission follows the Andalusian rules for higher arts education (Orden de 9 de febrero de 2022) and requires a specific entrance exam for the chosen speciality; the conservatory publishes an indicative list of works for performance and example exams.
- Ordinary call: registration in May, exams around the third week of June
- Extraordinary call: registration and exams in September, for places not filled in June
- Academic maturity test (prueba de madurez académica) with Spanish history, Spanish language and literature, and a foreign language
Registration is through the Secretaría Virtual. Places are allocated in phases, and a place won in the first allocation can be reserved while waiting for a better one.