Performance (Music and Theatre)

The Performance major offers subjects progressively leading to a high level of achievement in on-stage performance. Students accepted into Performance are provided with studies in:

• Vocal performance: singing and speech
• Physical performance: movement and dance
• Dramaturgy, history and theory
• Text interpretation
• Devised performance techniques through improvisation
• Tuition in production skills is available to students showing aptitude in Performance Technology

Seminars will provide students with the opportunity to perform for their peers and to work with visiting professional artists in masterclass and workshop situations.

For outstanding students, a fourth year is available at honours level. It may also be possible for such students to undertake a secondment within the industry.

In first year the focus is on the ensemble. Students undertake core technique subjects that provide a broad appreciation of performance history and culture. There are also opportunities for the Faculty and the University.

The second year focuses on on-stage interaction and students continue technique classes and perform in limited-access performances. (Black Box projects are based on script work, music projects or devised workshops). Students are encouraged to engage in key creative production roles for third year performances.

Third year studies include Individualism in Performance. Students continue technique classes and perform to a wider audience at one of the theatres on campus or at performance venues off campus. Towards the end of their training students are introduced to the industry, either at the University or at a venue in Sydney, where they perform from a repertoire of selected works developed over the course of their degree.

Below is a sample course structure (totalling 108 credit points) for a major study in Performance:

Single degree BCA students must also include 36 credit points of electives in their degree of which no more than 18 credit points should be at 100 level.