“I think it’s the fact of being able to progress your creativity and be able to work on very new ideas – so whether if you’re going to do like a music video, a documentary, a short film, those sort of like projects where you just get something new, something you haven’t even done before, um it helps to expand your mind into something completely different and work into something that’s not the same thing as you’ve done before.”
Scott, Creative Media
“You get so much experience, like you’re not just doing one side of journalism you’re doing all different things – so one day you’ll be doing some magazines and then the next you’ll be filming in the TV studio so it’s just great to get to experience all kinds of journalism so then you get to decide which part you want to go into.”
Alannah, Creative Media
“The equipment is equipment that I’ve never actually used before coming to college and you know I had to learn about it, but when I did actually learn about it and get to grips with it a bit it really helped me be able to create new sounds on my instruments and stuff like that, and be able to kind of work with them a bit instead of just using old 2001 amps from my old school, so it was pretty nice to be able to use actually new modern equipment.”
Tom, Music Performance
“What stood out about this course was the fact that they did loads of different types of acting – it wasn’t just natural or screen or theatre, they did every type and they also looked at script writing which is something that I’m interested in, so it covered all basis that I was interested in. What I’ve enjoyed the most is definitely the performances and being able to put together so many different pieces from so many different stimuli’s – you get to work on so many different things and so many different topics and cover literally everything in such a short amount of time.”
Rachel, Acting
“I have a huge passion for acting as it is, and before I came to college I was primarily looking at screen acting which is a lot more naturalistic, and you don’t really get to experiment much with different like types of movement and things – but coming here has allowed me to experiment with movement and sound and loads of different types of theatre, which is amazing – and when you get to show people that, you just feel so amazing, because you’ve come up with this piece that you feel so proud of and it’s just great to see on everyone’s faces that they’re really happy with your piece.””
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Rachel, Acting
Course Information
Introduction
Discover how to turn your passion for music into a rewarding career. Whether
you want to be a performer, songwriter or rock guitarist, this course is a
starting point for all those careers. To develop your skills, enhance your
academic ability and enjoy your music through study, you’ll work with a small
group and try many different genres and techniques.
Course units/modules
Developing a Personal Progression Plan
Using a Stimulus for Performance
Rehearsing for Performance
Performing a piece of music
Contribute to Running an Event
Benefits and skills
Work as a team with other musicians to create your own unique sound
Skills performing on an instrument or voice
Utilise practical performance skills
Build skills in your chosen specialist area in our outstanding facilities
Gain confidence in your ability as a musician
Entry requirements
Two GCSEs at grade 2, however, if you are unsure if you can meet these requirements we’d still love to hear from you.
Available apprenticeships and progression options
Progression may include a level 2 qualification, an apprenticeship, or relevant employment.
Course details
Duration: 1 year
Start Date: 15/09/2025
Fees (16-18): No fee
Study Type: Full time
Course Code: 79501-01
Employment Statistics
Musicians
Average Salary
£42,120
Teaching and other educational professionals n.e.c.
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