Taught course

Actor Musicianship

Institution
Rose Bruford College
Qualifications
MAMFA
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Entry requirements

Applicants for Masters Programmes will be expected to have a good undergraduate degree in a related subject area. The College also encourages applications from those without formal qualifications who may be accepted on the basis of professional experience.

Months of entry

October

Course content

What you'll study

Developed and led by renowned Actor Musician Jeremy Harrison, this vocational programme builds on and extends the work developed on the College’s ground-breaking BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship programme, drawing on our strong links to theatre-makers, directors, choreographers, writers, musical directors and performers involved in the development of this innovative area of theatre practice.

Taught through vocational training, practice research and project work, it aims to develop interdisciplinary as a core theatre-making tool, with a focus on innovation and work that responds to audience, place and space.
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Why choose this course?

Expert training: Rose Bruford College was the first to develop an actor-musician training course and is regarded as the world leader in this field with a long history of graduates working at the forefront of this area of theatre practice

Unique approach: This unique MA offers you the opportunity to explore how to integrate the skills of music-making and acting in performance. Equipping you to create and perform work that contains the visceral power and poetry synonymous with actor-musicianship

Professional experience: The programme’s strong ties to industry partners and industry showcase are further enhanced by an exploration of place, space and community

Performance opportunities: Explore and develop approaches to performance that responds to audience, place and space, creating an outwardly facing theatre-artist, ready to take their place as leading artists and active participants in cultural life

Course Breakdown

This course offers an intensive and in-depth exploration of how musical and acting processes can interrelate and feed each other. Creating work that is both music as theatre and theatre as music.

The programme’s strong ties to industry partners are enhanced by an exploration of place, space and community. You’ll explore how this most inclusive of theatre forms can continue to engage audiences of all ages; developing and building on the origins of the actor-musician movement as an alternative and progressive force, with a history of creating surprising and engaging live theatre experiences in all sorts of places and spaces.

Connected to London and Kent and with an international reputation, our Sidcup campus offers an ideal location to explore how actor-musicianship can continue to play a part in both international mainstream theatre and work that seeks to enrich and develop new and hard to reach audiences.
MA module breakdown
Module One: Approaches to Performance
Module Two: Actor-Musicianship in Performance
Module Three: Languages of Practice
Module Four: Independent Project
Industry Showcase

MFA module breakdown
Year 1
Module One: Approaches to Performance
Module Two: Actor-Musicianship in Performance
Module Three: Languages of Practice
Module Four: Independent Project
Industry Showcase

Year 2
Module Five: The Widening Field
Module Six: Final Independent Project
Connected to London and Kent and with an international reputation, our Sidcup campus offers an ideal location to explore how actor-musicianship can continue to play a part in both international mainstream theatre and work that seeks to enrich and develop new and hard to reach audiences.

Information for international students

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We run webinars with virtual campus tours for prospective international students, please click here to register for one.

Fees and funding

UK students
MA £18100, MFA £32350
International students
MA £24150, MFA £32350

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • MA
    full time
    13 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
  • MFA
    full time
    24 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

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The Student Recruitment Team
Email
studentrecruitment@bruford.ac.uk
Phone
02083082600
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