Actor Musicianship

Please apply directly to the College.

This unique, MA/MFA trains you to integrate the skills of music-making and acting in performance.

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.

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.

The Programme Specifications are available to download from the links below:
MA Programme Specification: https://twk-media-offload.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/bruford.ac.uk/wp-uploads/2021/06/Programme-Specification-for-MAAMU-amended-Mar-22-1.pdf
MFA Programme Specification: https://twk-media-offload.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/bruford.ac.uk/wp-uploads/2021/06/Programme-Specification-for-MFA-AMU-amended-Mar-20-2.pdf