MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Great facilities

You will have access to excellent facilities to support your studies, including two full-scale theatres (a Black Box and Proscenium Arch), an acting studio, and a dance studio. You will also use well-equipped teaching rooms with interactive whiteboards and networked computers to support your learning.

In addition, you will be able to make use of an extensive scenic workshop for set building, as well as fully stocked costume and props stores, giving you everything you need to bring your creative ideas to life.

Whilst our fully equipped Music Studio suite, industry-standard software and a high-quality equipment is available to all our students along with practice pods and sound boots.

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Our staff

On our Performing Arts courses you will be taught by enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff who are industry-qualified professionals, including practitioners, designers, directors, technicians, and theatre specialists. This means you benefit from real, relevant experience that supports your learning and creative work.

On our music courses you will learn from experienced, industry-qualified professionals such as composers, DJs, producers, filmmakers, and theatre, television, and live event specialists. Your lecturers stay up to date by actively working in their industries, with many also being recording artists and producers. This means you gain valuable, real-world insight throughout your course, helping you build the skills and knowledge needed for a future in the music and creative industries.

Performing Arts

• Based on the principles of a drama school, our Forge Theatre and Nexus Ensemble give you the opportunity to experience a professional theatre environment.
• Specialist workshop including stage combat, script writing, Heel’s workshops, and Commedia dell’arte.
• Industry-focused assignments, with an emphasis on performance.
• Industry-related talks and workshops from casting agencies, drama schools, equity, performers and producers.
• Industry professionals’ workshops covering scriptwriting, stage combat, and classical theatre.
• Theatre visits to watch performances and to have back-stage tours.
• Practise as a company member and have the opportunity to perform in a number of different shows across the year in a variety of theatres.

Music

• Create – Learn how to produce, mix, sequence, and record live music using industry-standard Macs and software such as Reason, Logic Pro, Sibelius, and Ableton Push.
• Perform – Organise and run live events, including band nights and DJ sets, and perform in a variety of venues. Recent opportunities have included performing and DJing at Matthew’s Yard in Croydon.
• Produce – Work in a fully equipped professional studio, featuring a live room, rehearsal space, and vocal booth, with access to high-end instruments, synthesisers, drum machines, and recording equipment.
• Relevant Projects – Take part in real-world projects such as producing radio shows, recording live music, creating film soundtracks, producing a professional music demo, and sound engineering for live events.