RSAMD – Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
RWCMD – Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
www.rsamd.ac.uk
www.rwcmd.ac.uk
Founded 1847, the RSAMD is the UK’s first conservatoire of music, drama and dance, providing specialist performance-based training. We offer world-class facilities including six professional performance venues, rehearsal spaces, dance studios, workshops, digital production and editing facilities, and unrivalled opportunities via professional collaborations with UK and Scottish national performing companies, including Scottish Ballet, the BBC and the National Theatre of Scotland.
RWCMD provides specialist training within performance, technical theatre and design. Operating at the forefront of its international peer group, RWCMD delivers the finest artistic tuition to exceptional students from the UK and beyond, many of whom go on to work at the highest levels internationally. 2011 will see the opening of a new £22.5 million campus which includes two theatre spaces, acting and movements studios, an exhibition gallery and concert hall.
RSAMD – Royal Scottish Academy of Music AND Drama 100 Renfrew Street Glasgow G2 3DB T: +44 (0) 141 332 4101 F: +44 (0) 141 332 8901 E: registry@rsamd.ac.uk W: www.rsamd.ac.uk Contact Names Principal: Professor John Wallace OBE MA (Cantab) FRSAMD FRAM FRCM FRNCM Hon DLitt (Strathclyde) Hon DMus (Aberdeen) Patron: HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay President: Sir Cameron Mackintosh DDra (RSAMD) Vice-Principal: Professor Maggie Kinloch FHEA FRSA Dean of Drama: Hugh Hodgart BA (Hons) FRSA FRSAMD HOW TO APPLY Applications for all programmes offered by the School of Drama and Dance are made directly to the RSAMD see: T: +44 (0) 141 270 8265 E: dramaadmissions@rsamd. ac.uk or danceadmissions@ rsamd.ac.uk W: www.rsamd.ac.uk/academy/ how-to-apply
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Courses offered All Undergraduate courses are validated by RSAMD. Performance Three-year BA Acting NCDT accredited. Industry-led teaching of classical and contemporary approaches with extensive performance opportunities and professional links. Four-year BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice Develops students as independent artists; based on the disciplines of performance, installation, movement, research and documentation. Three-year BA Musical Theatre Training in all essential elements including one-to-one singing lessons, acting techniques, ballet, jazz and contemporary dance, and uniquely, musicianship. MA Classical and Contemporary Text Validated by RSAMD, Acting and Directing options. Structured around new writing and classical text, and professional practice. Performances Scotland and London. MA Musical Theatre Performance and Musical Directing options. Intensive training with performance projects, including a season at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and industry showcases. Design Three-year BA Technical and Production Arts NCDT accredited. A practical, industryled programme with three strands Design; Applied Arts and Construction; Management and Technology. Extensive venue and performance experience.
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Other Three-year BA Digital Film and Television Theoretical classes and high-level technical training, including idea development. Extensive industry contact. Multiple award winning. Three-year BA Modern Ballet In partnership with Scottish Ballet. MA Arts in Social Contexts Validated by RSAMD. Supports students towards their development of sociallyengaged arts practices within a vibrant multi-disciplinary learning community. Research Degrees Validated by the University of St Andrews. Themes supported include the processes and methods of developing new performance, specialist performance training, and musical composition. MLitt in Managing in the Creative Industries Validated by the University of St Andrews. Part-time and short courses Extensive range of intensive weekend, evening and summer courses for those considering a career in the performing or production arts. For information on short courses, please see page 25.
Applicant INFORMATION All applicants are auditioned and/or interviewed. Minimum age of entry is 17 (16 for Modern Ballet). See website for more details of entrance requirements. For general information on application procedures, please see page 52.
RWCMD – Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Castle Grounds Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3ER
Courses offered
T: +44 (0) 29 2039 1361 F: +44 (0) 29 2039 1301 E: admissions@rwcmd.ac.uk W: www.rwcmd.ac.uk
Performance Three-year BA (Hons) Acting UCAS Course Code: W410 NCDT accredited. Acting, vocal, movement, stage combat skills modules.
Contact Names Principal: Hilary Boulding Director of Drama & Head of Theatre Design: Sean Crowley Head of Acting: Dave Bond Head of Stage Management: Dave Roxburgh HOW TO APPLY Postgraduate applicants apply direct to RWCMD. Undergraduate applicants apply through UCAS.
All Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses are validated by the University of Glamorgan.
MA Acting for Stage, Screen & Radio The postgraduate element of the masters award is NCDT accredited. Acting, vocal, movement, stage combat skills modules. MA Musical Theatre Vocal technique, repertoire, movement, acting modules. Design Three-year BA (Hons) Theatre Design UCAS Course Code: W460 Technical drawing, CAD, pattern cutting, costume construction, millinery, tailoring, puppetry, scenic art modules.
UCAS Institution Code: R86
MA Theatre Design Scenography, set design, costume design, costume construction, sound design, lighting design, puppetry. MA Scenic Arts & Construction for Stage & Screen Includes productions and work placement modules. Technical Theatre Three-year BA (Hons) Stage Management UCAS Course Code: W450 NCDT accredited. Stage management, stagecraft, technical theatre modules.
MA Stage Management Stage management, technical studies, stagecraft, event management modules. Other MA Event Production Includes productions and work placement modules. MA Arts Management Marketing, fundraising, education, organisation & planning & venue management. Part-time and short courses Young Actors Studio – training for talented 15–19 years old covering all the components areas considered to be essential for any successful actor. Summer Schools – the award winning drama and design departments run a series of short courses over the summer holidays. For information on short courses, please see page 25.
Applicant INFORMATION All of the courses offered by RWCMD are highly practical and vocational. In order to fully benefit from the training, students must have a high level of commitment to their chosen career. Applicants must show their commitment in their personal statement. For general information on application procedures, please see page 52.
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