The Performing Arts Level 2: Acting pathway creates opportunities to explore, experiment and creatively engage in fun and challenging interactive games and exercises that enable you to improve confidence in acting, singing and dance skills. You will also learn about working in the industry, professional development, lighting for the stage and devising original material.

As part of the course you will perform in front of a live audience. Working with your class, you will develop a play to perform and be given the opportunity to work in schools and external venues. You will work on your creativity, highlighting your strengths and developing them further. This course is one year long.

This course gives you an overview of acting, physical theatre, production arts, dance and musical theatre. Focussing upon building a solid foundation in performing arts skills you will investigate vocal projection and clarity, working together, performance discipline, body language and different forms and genres of theatre that will inspire and challenge you. You will learn the skills for progressing to further levels and gain insight into the world of the performing arts.

Tuition fees:

• 16-18 year olds do not need to pay course fees
• Those aged 19 or over may not need to pay fees depending on their circumstances.

If you want to be a music artist or a producer then you can kick- start your career with the Music Technology Level 3 course. You will study elements of music technology, sampling and synthesis, alongside recording and mixing skills. Working in our state-of-the-art facilities at our Roland Academy, you will learn how to use industry standard equipment and technology.

You will have the opportunity to work as technical crew on performances within College, supporting artists from the music performance courses. You will also have the opportunity to mix, record and release songs.

This course is one or two years long; following completion of year one (Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Music Technology) you can progress to year 2 to achieve the full Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Tuition fees:

• 16-18 year olds do not need to pay course fees
• Those aged 19 or over may not need to pay fees depending on their circumstances.