The main ingredient for success on this course is a deep love of music and a willingness to work hard. You will develop academic, technological, creative and performance skills.
This career-focused course will prepare you for working in the industry by developing professional skills, many of which are transferable to different careers. As well as the technical, performance and production elements you’ll be busy refining your skills across management, marketing, networking, theory and many more.
Leading it all is a team of tutors with exceptional experience both as performers and in technical fields including studio construction, production in analogue, virtual and visual environments. Fees listed are per year.
HNC/Ds provide nationally recognised qualifications that offer career progression, professional development, employment opportunities and further progression within Higher Education. The qualifications are made up of compulsory units and specialist units studied during the first year (HNC) and second year (HND).
Why Study Performing Arts?
The course is aimed at those who have a serious interest in music and well-developed practical skills. It involves written, theory and aural work, as well as composing and performing. The course includes the study of American Popular Song, and associated artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole, but is mainly focused on ‘classical’ music, covering composers as diverse as Bach, Berlioz, Beethoven and Boulez.
We have a dedicated suite of practice rooms and recording suite as well as access to Sibelius for composition tasks. Our excellent range of instruments includes Steinway grand piano, harpsichord, fortepiano (a copy of the type played by Mozart, Haydn etc) giving students a real insight into how the development of instruments affected the development of the music written for them and vice versa.
We welcome guest performers and encourage students to take part in enrichment activities such as Jazz ensemble, vocal groups and chamber ensembles. Our students are involved in the annual College production (band/on stage) as well as our May ‘Springfest’ showcase concert. We also attend concerts such as the Chipping Campden Music Festival.
Students studying Music (or Music Technology) will be offered subsidised individual instrumental/vocal tuition by a team of expert visiting teachers as well as theory support.
Music is a highly regarded academic subject which enables students to progress to further study at degree level both in Music itself but also in a wide range of other subjects. Recently, students have gone on to conservatoires such as the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff), as well as universities such as Oxford University, Goldsmith’s College (London), Keele, Bradford, Oxford Brookes and more.
This course offers the wonderful opportunity to practically and theoretically explore all aspects of theatre
You will develop acting, directing and design skills as well as building self-assurance and exercising your imagination. You will study play texts, participate in performances, devise new work, write analytical essays and reflective journals. The course offers active, practical exploration of ideas and theories through workshop and performance. You will also develop rigorous written skills that you will use to analyse both scripts, live theatre productions and evaluate your own acting pieces.
The course is assessed via external written examinations (40%) and coursework. The coursework element is assessed through filmed or showcased performance (30%) and written reflective report (30%).
This course offers you the chance to develop your skills in choreography, performance and analysis. Energy and commitment are the main requirements for this physically and mentally demanding course.
Technical classes focus on contemporary dance genres. Workshops in many other styles, which relate to specific areas of study, are also learnt and these can range from ballet to kathak.
The compulsory area of study is Rambert Dance Company and we choose an optional area of study from The Independent Contemporary Dance Scene in Britain and American Jazz Dance.
We follow the AQA A Level Dance specification. The course is linear and assessment of the course is in the final year through a practical exam and written exam.
Join a music band and learn all about jazz, solo work and instruments.
A Level Music is a two year course which will give you the opportunity to explore all areas of composing, performing and listening.
Many students who enjoy and successfully complete this subject typically progress to study Music at either university or at music college.
Radio, Sound, Marketing, TV, Film… the media frenzy goes on.
A Level Media Studies is a two year course and a dynamic and fast-moving subject that helps students understand the most influential aspect of modern life - the mass media in all its forms.
Over a one year course you will develop a range of practical skills and theoretical knowledge in the areas of Moving Image (editing, lighting and camera), Digital Print, Photography and Audio Editing
Many students who enjoy and successfully complete this course progress onto the L3 Creative Media Production (Film and TV).
A practical, work-based approach to learning, based on the television and film industry.
This is the first step in getting you a career in the TV and Film industry
Over a two year course you will develop a range of practical skills and theoretical knowledge in the areas of Television and Film Production.
You will also have the opportunity to gain work experience externally and in the college's own production company RunshawTV.
Many students who enjoy and successfully complete this course progress onto Higher Education or employment in the Media Industry.
This course offers a broad practical curriculum underpinned by academic study, with the opportunity for you to influence the way you work. The main pathway is acting however, we do offer alternative modules for the musical theatre pathway.
You will gain an insight into the creation of new work, acting and performance in a range of styles from classical to contemporary. You will discover the theoretical and historical backdrop to theatre, acting and performance and will obtain the industry-desired skills and contacts.
You will work with professionals and highly-skilled staff, go on trips and take part in invaluable workshops.
