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Monash University Academy of Performing Arts is the largest single cultural resource outside the inner Melbourne metropolitan area. Situated at both the Clayton and Peninsula campuses, Monash University Academy of Performing Arts key function is the facilitation of opportunities for the development and presentation of arts activity.
Offering an innovative and challenging program, the Monash University Academy of Performing Arts incorporates a fourth year Honours Degree for students of the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies and an exciting mentoring program for students of the School of Music – Conservatorium. Under the guidance of two outstanding Artistic Directors, Peter Oysten (Drama) and Jeffrey Crellin (Music), the Academy provides a highly professional arena in which students are given the opportunity to develop both their artistic and academic disciplines under the guidance of expert mentors. This program includes a series of public performances by the students, which make a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual life of Monash University and its communities.
The Bachelor of Performing Arts is an in-depth programme of study of how to make and interpret performance. The course is both practical and theoretical, and there are numerous opportunities for students to participate in directed and devised productions and projects. The aim of the degree is to generate graduates with a range of knowledge and skills relevant to careers as informed and independent theatre practitioners.
The BPA offers students the opportunity to pursue specialised studies in a number of forms of performance, such as:
- Devised performance
- Play production
- Performing Directing
- Script writing
- Theatre history & theory
- Technical aspects of theatre
- Design
- Music theatre
- Movement
Graduates have embarked on a range of careers including: working in the Theatre Industry (as administrators, stage managers, technicians, actors, directors, performance makers, and musical directors); entering vocational Drama Schools; becoming Drama teachers; and proceeding to further study.
The combined degree in Performing Arts/Law offers another distinctive and fruitful range of career options.
Alexander Theatre, Building 7 & 2, Clayton Campus, Victoria, 3800
Ph : (03) 9905 1678
Fax : (03) 9905 1680
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