Performing Arts and Music at New College Bradford

PERFORMING ARTS/MUSIC

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Courses We Offer Performing Arts

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Courses We Offer Music

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Career Pathways Performing Arts

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Career Pathways and Related Jobs - Music

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Related Jobs Performing Arts

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Jobs where these qualifications would be useful - Music

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Jobs where these qualifications would be useful - Performing Arts

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Enrichments we offer - Music

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Enrichments we offer - Performing Arts

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Workshops we offer Music

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Workshops we offer Performing Arts

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Experience Days & Masterclasses

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PERFORMING

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COURSES WE OFFER: Performing Arts: • UAL Performing and Production Arts Diploma • BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Dance

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CAREER PATHWAYS: Performing Arts

The UAL course provides students with a strong start to their performance skills techniques and critical thinking. The course enables students to bring their individual strengths to the table, with opportunities in performance as well as building on reflection and analysis of other professional works. The course prepares students for the transition into higher education, if that be specialist performance training or university courses. The transferable skills students develop within the course gives learners a strong and steady step to progress. Skills such as teamwork, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, physical awareness and the ability to self-reflect and observe in order to progress.

Through making, performing and responding to drama, students are given the chance to discover more about themselves, other people and the world they share. The drama and theatre curriculum aims to promote the individual’s shaping of their own identity through the experience of collective responsibility via teamwork, discussion and role-playing activities, which help them to comment on, reflect and define their culture and community as citizens of the world. The drama and theatre curriculum empowers young people to develop empathy, emotional intelligence, resilience and a strong social conscience, exploring ideas in a safe environment. Through their appreciation and review of live theatre, students develop their analytical and evaluative understanding of their own and others’ contributions and ideas, enabling them to celebrate the richness and depth of human expression in all its forms.

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CAREER PATHWAYS: Performing Arts

Merging these two subjects together; Dance and Drama would provide students with a strong start to their performance aspirations, confidence and practical ability. Both courses embarks on building performance, theory and transferable skills. The confidence growth seen in students who study these courses is remarkable. All students leave our courses being strong minded, critical thinkers who can develop work independently and work extremely well in collaboration with others.

Dance is more than just a form of entertainment. Dance builds connections between students and our ever-developing world; it is embedded within every culture and allows us to explore and share traditions. Studying dance also promotes opportunities for students to develop many personal and employability skills such as collaboration, discipline and adaptability that will benefit our students as they move onto face the challenges found in Higher Education or employment.

Jobs directly related to these qualifications include: · Physiotherapy · Dance development co-ordinator · Dance performer · Teacher · Dance Therapist · Choreographer · Theatre maker · Personal trainer · Producer · Director · Actor

· Performer · Technician · Lighting designer · Prop maker · Costume designer · Script writer · Company creator · Drama Therapist · Community outreach · Co-ordinator · Marketing · Film/TV Industry & Many more!

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JOBS WHERE THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE USEFUL INCLUDE: • • • • • • • • • • •

Arts administrator Broadcast engineer Community arts worker Event manager Marketing executive Private tutor Radio broadcast assistant Radio producer Talent agent Theatre stage manager Marketing

‘I enjoy working collaboratively in lessons and I am enjoying the atmosphere within class’ Philippe Noel Rose

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‘I am enjoying how we can try things out and take risks in developing our skills’ Prior Policarpo Zambon

Enrichments we offer Our enrichment offer as New College Bradford Performing Arts Academy and Music is wide and varied.

We offer opportunities to develop you academically, instrumentally and as a person. Embedding those key skills such as communication and confidence that are a key part of applying for post 16 courses or moving on to apprenticeships or work.

Arts award – A national qualification that enhances your UCAS points and you as a person inspiring you to grow your arts and leadership talents.

Lunchtime Performance concerts both formal and informal to allow you to perform in a safe supportive environment.

Christmas and summer showcases.

Trips to musicals and gigs so you can be inspired by professionals and see how music, dance and drama work collaboratively.

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Workshops we offer Workshops (Music or Music Tech Based, Dance and Acting) We can offer bespoke music, production-based workshops, acting and dance workshops in some of our classrooms and studios to give you the experience of what lessons are like at NCB. Supported by NCB tutors and students alike.

Some workshops we have had so far this year are: LAMDA East15 Acting Hamilton West End workshop Northern School of Contemporary Dance LIPA Central School of Acting Mountview

‘I feel I can develop my practical skills in lesson and take risks in a safe environment. I have really developed confidence in my acting’ Leah Mae Robinson

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MUSIC COURSES WE OFFER: A-Level Eduqas Music BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Music Performance (1 A-Level equivalent)

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CAREER PATHWAYS

BTEC and A-Level will help you to take your first steps towards a new career with the right blend of technical and academic skills in order to become the highly skilled, work-ready individuals’ employers and universities look for. The BTEC Level 3 Nationals and A-Level Music are qualifications designed to help you succeed. They have been developed in collaboration with over 5,000 universities, employers and professional bodies with employability at the heart, so your learners can develop the skills and confidence they will need to step into their future providing maximum flexibility around course content working towards your strengths and interests.

Jobs directly related to these qualifications include: • • • • • • • • •

Music producer Music therapist Musician Private music teacher Secondary school teacher Sound designer Sound engineer Sound technician, broadcasting/film/video Special effects technician

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JOBS WHERE THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE USEFUL INCLUDE:

Arts administrator Broadcast engineer Choreographer Community arts worker Event manager Marketing executive Private tutor Radio broadcast assistant Radio producer Talent agent Theatre stage manager Despite lockdown there has been plenty to get involved with including careers workshops and masterclasses from Professional musicians.

Tahlia Ngyou

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"BTEC music has helped me enormously with my confidence and self-belief."

Chloe Lawrence

Enrichment we offer Our enrichment offer as New College Bradford Performing Arts Academy and Music is wide and varied.

We offer opportunities to develop you academically, instrumentally and as a person. Embedding those key skills such as communication and confidence that are a key part of applying for post 16 courses or moving on to apprenticeships or work.

Arts award – A national qualification that enhances your UCAS points and you as a person inspiring you to grow your arts and leadership talents.

Lunchtime Performance concerts both formal and informal to allow you to perform in a safe supportive environment.

Christmas and summer showcases.

Trips to musicals and gigs so you can be inspired by professionals and see how music, dance and drama work collaboratively.

Music Only: Peripatetic Music lessons. These are £100 / year that are heavily subsidised by the college and can be arranged for a wide variety of instruments.

Graded theory club to develop your understanding of key musical knowledge opening the door to performance and composing opportunities.

Access to Bradford Youth Choir who practice at college every Wednesday. Come along and develop your confidence and make new friends from outside of college.

Music production and recording using out brand new studio from September 2021 onwards.

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Workshops we offer Workshops (Music or Music Tech Based, Dance and Acting) We can offer bespoke music, production-based workshops, acting and dance workshops in some of our classrooms and studios to give you the experience of what lessons are like at NCB. Supported by NCB tutors and students alike.

"BTEC music has helped me enormously with my confidence and self-belief."

Chloe Lawrence

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My tutor has helped me so much to develop as a singer showing what to do and how to bring the best out of myself.

Ashleigh Lightowler

Experience Days As part of NCB’s commitment to giving you the kind of music education you won’t get anywhere else, we invite guests to visit our facilities to take part in themed days such as: Transition events with year 7 working collaboratively with year 6 at NCB through a carousel of activities.

Working with external organisations such as Balbir Singh Dance company, Kalasangam, and our partner recording studios.

Guest Lectures & Masterclasses NCB invite a wide variety of musicians, music professionals, performers, professional companies, Drama and Dance schools and artists in to talk to our students about various subjects and disciplines, from renowned players and performers, producers or managers, actors, dancers, choreographers, playwrights, as well as cross-discipline masterclasses.

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