In exciting news for the Australian arts industry, from next year the Victorian College of the Arts will offer a full-time Music Theatre degree.
The VCA Bachelor of Music Theatre degree course is called Music Theatre – The Triple Threat and comprises an intensive skills building program throughout the three years across the principal disciplines, or ‘triple threat’, of singing, acting and dance, in a nurturing workshop environment. Students will be able to apply these skills in fully staged musical theatre shows in the latter stages of their training, in addition to experiencing the collaboration involved in staging new works. The course offers significant industry contact and mentoring through workshops and master classes, an Artist-in-Residence Program and the breadth of professional performing artists teaching in the program.
The Bachelor of Music Theatre is being introduced as a three-year program next year in response to the strong level of interest shown in VCA Music’s highly-successful Music Theatre evening course which has been running for six years. The VCA is thrilled that Music Theatre will begin a new life as a degree course in 2009. As the Faculty considers future options for its degree programs, music theatre will stand as an important component in any future degree offerings.
Music Theatre co-course coordinators are
Martin Croft and
Margot Fenley.
Co-Head of Music Theatre at VCA, Martin Croft said: “The launch of the Bachelor of Music Theatre for 2009 marks a new phase for Music Theatre at the VCA. The industry now demands highly talented and multi-faceted performers who can sing, dance and act with skill and ease. The VCA is a perfect place to provide this intensive learning, performance experience and industry exposure over a three-year degree.
Application
Applications must be lodged through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).
2009 applications open Monday 4 August and close Tuesday 30 September.
Auditions
Entry into the course is by audition and interview. Applicants will be required to prepare two monologues, two contrasting musical theatre songs and attend a dance audition.
- Brisbane (1 & 2 November with call backs on the 3rd)
- Melbourne (from 15 November)
- Sydney (1, 2 & 3 December with call backs on the 4th)
VCA Open Day Sunday 17 August, 10am until 4pm. Music Theatre staff available all day.
Music Theatre performance session 12 – 1pm, VCA Music, Room 109
