Music Theatre BA (Hons)
University of Central Lancashire
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**Course Overview**Covering all aspects of musical theatre skills and opportunities for creating new music theatre, this practice-based course is ideal if you are looking ahead to a career as an on-stage performer or back-stage creative.**Why study with us**- Youll learn from experienced and active professionals, like Course Leader, Mark Goggins, who has worked on productions of Cats, Shrek and The Sound of Music.- Our chamber choir, which is made up of Music Theatre students, has won several ...Read more


Course Overview

Covering all aspects of musical theatre skills and opportunities for creating new music theatre, this practice-based course is ideal if you are looking ahead to a career as an on-stage performer or back-stage creative.


Why study with us

- You'll learn from experienced and active professionals, like Course Leader, Mark Goggins, who has worked on productions of Cats, Shrek and The Sound of Music.- Our chamber choir, which is made up of Music Theatre students, has won several national competitions, including the BBC Adult Choir of the Year.- This course has a 100% pass rate to date, with most students graduating with a 2:1 or 1st class honours.


What you'll do

- You’ll learn by doing – getting involved in a major production of an existing work, as well as creating your own devised work.- You’ll learn from experienced and active professionals, like Course Leader, Mark Goggins, who has worked on productions of Cats, Shrek and The Sound of Music.- Performance is central to the course – you’ll perform in the community as part of your course, put on public shows and could even perform overseas.


Future Careers

From the west end and television to voice-over work and cruise ship entertainment, our BA (Hons) Music Theatre course offers the skills and experience you’ll need to perform professionally.

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26/101
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41st
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87th
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10%
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88%
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Drama graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
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£17,000
What students say
SR
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14 May 14

The facilities at UCLan are great, on my Music Production course, we have access to two industry standard recording studio's and tens of thousand pounds worth of recording..Read more

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96 Grades / Points required

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Pass (C and above) Grades / Points required

96 points at A2.

96 UCAS points from Scottish Highers.

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Pass Access Course: 96 UCAS points from Level 3 credits.

Pass including 96 points from Higher Level Subjects.

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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The facilities at UCLan are great, on my Music Production course, we have access to two industry standard recording studio's and tens of thousand pounds worth of recording...
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University of Central Lancashire
University of Central Lancashire , Preston

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is an international university that offers students progressive, modern learning pathways....

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