Presumably you are looking for a postgraduate course (I believe in
America this is called a graduate course - i.e. something you do after
you have taken your bachelor's degree).

Much depends on whether you expect to be doing anything other than
music as part of your formal studies, and on whether performing is
your major.

London has 4 major music schools, the Royal College of Music, the
Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and
Trinity College of Music. They all have websites indicating their
postgraduate courses.

London also has many colleges of the University of London. In practice
each of them is a largely independent university in its own right. The
largest and most prestigious are Kings College London, University
College London, London School of Economics and Imperial College
London. Again, they all have websites and you should look them up to
see what courses might interest you. Also you should look up
Goldsmiths College London (which is actually situated a little outside
London.

You should also look outside London. For instance there is the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow and the Royal Northern
College of Music in Manchester. Both cities are major music centres,
with opera and symphony orchestras and a wide range of other music
going on. There are music schools in other locations, and universities
with music departments in just about every city in the country. All
are very keen to receive overseas students.

One of the things you should definitely be doing if you come over to
England is sample the culture - go to as many concerts, shows, plays
and other artistic activities as you can - don't limit yourself to
just your music studies. Many shows offer discounted or even free
tickets to students, and many of the major museums are free to enter.
If you can broaden your education in these extra-curricular ways, then
it matters less if you are in a music school, especially as some of
the music colleges are very close to others - for instance the Royal
College of Music is next door to (and in fact surrounded on 3 sides
by) Imperial College. So you'll have plenty of chance to mix with
students of other subjects.

Regards
Jonathan West
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