1. D ESTINATIONS W EEK

2. POSSIBLE FUTURES IN MUSIC….. Performer Composer Teacher/Coach A and R director/manager/scout Accompanist Arts admin Animateur Artist booker Box Office Community Music worker Concert manager Conductor DJ Engineer Sound Engineer

3. T HE PROCESS ….. Apply through UCAS or CUKAS Audition based interviews for most conservatoires and universities to assess practical ability UCAS points based offers for some universities Grade based for others

4. T HE AUDITION …. May involve an aural test Performance element to assess practical ability Some may want you to bring a portfolio of composition work Musical Theatre/Performing Arts auditions obviously involve singing and a monologue too

5. W HICH ROUTE ????

6. MUSIC BA HONS (DEGREE) 3 years Different Courses have different focuses. One course may be more heavily performance based. Look through prospectuses for this info. Some degrees specialise in a certain style/area of music so check this first!

7. Music BA HONS DEGREE…..

8. COMBINED/JOINT MUSIC DEGREES 3 year degree programme Combined with another subject Could give broader options for future as not only specialising in one area

9. C OMBINED /J OINT D ANCE DEGREES Possible options to combine Dance with; Art Biology Business Creative Writing Drama Studies Education English Lit Film Studies History Media Communication Music Psychology Theatre Studies Marketing Management Any MFL QTS Classics Ceramics Welsh Electrical Engineering Physics Philosophy

10. P ERFORMING A RTS D EGREE (BA H ONS ) Gives you a degree programme that combines Dance, Drama and Music into one interlinking course Suits pupils that want to perform in shows, musicals. http://youtu.be/zwFbYMYYetA

11. M USICAL T HEATRE D EGREE (BA H ONS ) https://artsed.co.uk/musical-theatre/musical- theatre-home For those dreaming of performing in the West End

12. S O MANY OPTIONS ……. http://search.ucas.com/search/providers?Country Code=&RegionCode=&Lat=&Lng=&Feather=&V ac=1&AvailableIn=2015&Query=dance&Provider Query=&AcpId=&Location=&SubjectCodehttp://search.ucas.com/search/providers?Country Code=&RegionCode=&Lat=&Lng=&Feather=&V ac=1&AvailableIn=2015&Query=dance&Provider Query=&AcpId=&Location=&SubjectCode= http://www.cdd.ac.uk/search- courses/?discipline=16

13. A FTER YOUR DEGREE …. Some graduates go straight into employment/paid work Some graduates may opt to do a PGCE (teacher training programme) Some may go onto do a further courses or Masters degrees in Music

14. R EAL LIFE EXAMPLES …..

15. R EAL LIFE EXAMPLES

17. http://www.whatuni.com/degrees/courses/d egree-courses/music-degree-courses- united- kingdom/music/m/united+kingdom/united+ kingdom/25/0/0/0/r/0/1/0/uc/0/0/page.html