BA (HONS) MUSICAL THEATRE

*Validated by the University of West London

If you are serious about a career in musical theatre, GAMTA is for you. Our BA (Hons) course puts YOU at the centre of your training as we set about identifying your unique qualities as an individual and performer. This course is as close to a one-to-one personal training as is possible to experience and our graduate success across not only musical theatre, but film and television reflects our individual process. This triple threat course focuses on all three elements of musical theatre with equal weight so that you become as commercially marketable and appealing to agents and casting directors as possible. It is not necessary to have strong skills in all three areas on entry; its our job to provide the training to ensure you’re a triple threat performer by the time you graduate.

GAMTA training is not an easy option, but it’s hugely rewarding, lots of fun and develops your skills to industry standard and ready for work. Throughout your study our aim is to develop the ‘unique package’ that is YOU. It is hugely important that not only do you have the skills and creativity but that... you stand out from the crowd.

GAMTA - OUR PROMISE TO YOU

Maximum year group size of 30 students
Minimum 35 contact hours / training hours every week
Private 1-to-1 singing lessons every week
Triple-threat training across the three core performance disciplines: Acting, Dancing and Singing
Industry professionals teaching from West End, Broadway, TV, and Film
Commitment to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students
We only specialise in all-round Musical Theatre courses, we don't offer any other courses in another subject

OUR BA (HONS) MUSICAL THEATRE STUDENTS ARE ALSO GUARANTEED

London Showcase
Funding towards fees and living costs (*Student finance is subject to eligibility. more information can be found on our Fees page.)

HNC / HND Top Up

If you hold a UK Level 4 or 5 qualification (HNC / HND or equivalent) or a Trinity College London Professional Diploma in Performing Arts or a similar subject and wish to earn a full honours degree, our BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre is for you! The course is completed over 1 or 2 years (depending on your previous qualification). The information on this page will give you more about our BA course, and should you wish to apply, simply complete the application form and we will be in touch with you to answer more of your questions.

What we promise you.

Your study will take place within a nurturing and positive environment where mistakes are welcomed and considered part of the learning process. You will have huge amounts of fun, work hard, perform lots and and strive for excellence; the very best you.

You will feel comfortable and safe to explore and create without fear or judgement. Throughout your training you will enjoy professional performer/masterclasses encouraging and inspiring you as well as ensuring you are industry relevant. Your learning will be the responsibility of a dedicated team of industry professionals, academics and creatives who care about you, and spend time getting to know you, You receive a huge amount of one-to-one attention. The team will be collectively and consistently responsible for your overall development. In your final year you will be introduced to agents, casting directors with a view to professional representation and a direct route to work.

This is a course for performers with career ambitions who are dedicated to a lifetime of performance.

First Year - Level 4 (120 credits)

First year examines your core skills, stripping them back to rebuild a solid foundation. Our supportive environment enables you to develop a rudimentary understanding of each discipline where mistakes are seen as important learning tools. We spend time exploring your unique qualities as an individual and performer. You will study; acting methodologies/practitioners, acting through song, jazz, ballet, commercial, tap, physical theatre, voice, ensemble singing, private weekly singing lesson, score interpretation, anatomy and physiology, music theory, commercial, tap and performance styles. Throughout the year you will demonstrate, discuss and explain your developing skills through a variety of exercises and tasks. Your communications and ideas will be expressed using appropriate vocabulary and with an increasing level of competency. By the end of your first year of study you will have a firm grasp of the rudiments and practical skills which underpin technique. You will also explore the expectations of the professional musical theatre performer and have a stronger sense of self.

Your third year, usually January to April you will meet a variety of agents from across the UK and perform for them either via a London showcase or private audition, with a view to their representing you for work. You will be invited to meet both in person at the studios and virtually or through theatre performance.

You will perform for them and have an interview / meeting with them. You will begin to make judgments on which agency ‘feels like a good fit’ for you, skills set and and career aspirations. You may have as many as 15 meetings across the season.

You will perform publicly across your second and third years of study in a variety of productions from Christmas Concerts, Pantomime, Musicals, Musical Revue. cabaret and sometimes new musical theatre work by emerging writers. Our productions are fully produced by industry professionals but also take the form of black box, site specific, corporate, improvised and workshops. You will perform in number one venues such as Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Glasgow as well as smaller venues such as ‘Platform’, ‘Cumbernauld Theatre’, ‘Eastwood Theatre’, small studio spaces, events spaces, churches indeed any space suitable for the nature of the production. The ability to adapt your performance to the space is an important skill.

This course is an intense, practical, industry level training for aspiring professionals. The work is challenging and creative, like the industry you hope to enter. At the end of the course, you will be a credible, creative artist with excellent triple threat skills with a broad knowledge of the industry and ready to work.

Subjects for study; acting methodologies / practitioners, acting from text, creating and devising, acting through song, private weekly singing lesson, jazz, ballet, commercial dance, tap, contextual studies, physical theatre, voice, ensemble singing, anatomy and physiology, music theory, sight-singing, performance styles, score interpretation, music theory, sight-reading, phonetics, repertoire class, audition preparation, industry masterclasses and introduction to agents, casting directors.

First year examines your core skills, stripping back to rebuild a solid foundation of technique. Within our supportive environment, you will establish the rudiments of each discipline and the demands of the triple threat performer. You will learn to demonstrate, discuss, and explain your developing skills.

Second year is about experimenting, pushing boundaries, analysing, interpreting new styles/genres. You will study a range of musical theatre practitioners. You will perform a variety of public performances and begin to consider your niche within industry. You will experience masterclasses with industry professionals.

In third year, you will perform a variety of roles in public as well as corporate productions. As a critical thinker you will now make bold choices, defend choices, activate new lines of enquiry - make your own work from your own point of view. You will meet agents, casting directors, key players in the industry to secure employment.

As a graduate you will be a skilled, employable triple threat performer and creative artist.

Accredited by

The University of West London

GAMTA's Musical Theatre Course is accredited by the University of West London for delivery of the BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. The University of West London is the awarding body for the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre course, taught at GAMTA. When applying for student finance, please apply under the University of West London.

This means that students have access to all of the services and facilities that the University of West London have including library access, online library services, and student services.

Eligible students from UK & Ireland have access to Student Tuition Fee loans via Finance England, Scotland (SAAS), Wales and Northern Ireland, covering £9250 (non means tested) per year towards fees. Eligible students will also have access to Maintenance loans of £9,200 (means tested) per year towards maintenance costs.

If you're an Irish national living in the UK or Ireland, your right to study and access benefits and services will be preserved on a reciprocal basis for UK and Irish nationals under the Common Travel Area arrangement.

In general, you'll continue to be required to meet the same criteria as UK nationals to be eligible for UK fees and funding.

First Year - Level 4 (120 credits)

First year examines your core skills, stripping them back to rebuild a solid foundation. Our supportive environment enables you to develop a rudimentary understanding of each discipline where mistakes are seen as important learning tools. We spend time exploring your unique qualities as an individual and performer. You will study; acting methodologies/practitioners, acting through song, jazz, ballet, commercial, tap, physical theatre, voice, ensemble singing, private weekly singing lesson, score interpretation, anatomy and physiology, music theory, commercial, tap and performance styles. Throughout the year you will demonstrate, discuss and explain your developing skills through a variety of exercises and tasks. Your communications and ideas will be expressed using appropriate vocabulary and with an increasing level of competency. By the end of your first year of study you will have a firm grasp of the rudiments and practical skills which underpin technique. You will also explore the expectations of the professional musical theatre performer and have a stronger sense of self.

Course Fees 2024/25

3 year BA (Hons) Musical Theatre

UK & Ireland Students: £9,250

Overseas Students*: £14,250

1 year BA (Hons) Musical Theatre (TOP UP)

UK & Ireland Students: £9,250

Overseas Students*: £14,250

AUDITION FEE: FREE

Acceptance Registration Fee:

£750 - UK & Ireland Students - one off payment on acceptance

£1,750 - Overseas Students - one off payment on acceptance

Enrichment fee: TBC

(payable at the start of each academic year or spilt over 12 month payment plan)

OTHER COSTS TO CONSIDER

Accommodation and living costs

Dance wear (a full kit list will be provided)

Books and stationery

Professional headshot (2nd Year)

Spotlight entry (3rd Year)

Cost of hiring Graduation attire or photographic / videographic services.

FUNDING YOUR COURSE

Our Three Year Course with BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre is accredited by the University of West London and delivered at our facilities in Glasgow. When applying for student finance, please apply under the University of West London

Eligible students have access to Student Tuition Fee loans via Finance England, Scotland (SAAS), Wales and Northern Ireland, covering £9250 (non means tested) per year towards fees. Eligible students will also have access to Maintenance loans of £9,200 (means tested) per year towards maintenance costs.

In general, you'll continue to be required to meet the same criteria as UK nationals to be eligible for UK fees and funding.

Scottish Students: Find support options and more information at

www.saas.gov.uk

English students: Find support options and more information on the Gov.UK website

https://www.gov.uk/student-finance

Welsh students: Find support options and more information on Gov.Wales website

https://www.gov.wales/student-finance-higher-education

Irish students: Find support and more information on the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) website

https://www.susi.ie/

International students looking to study in Scotland should research their government's website for any overseas funding that may be available.

Fees are subject to annual review and may increase in years two and three in line with inflation. One term’s notice will be given of any increases.

*Overseas students are those without indefinite leave to remain, or the right to settle in the UK under the Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland.

WHY STUDY IN GLASGOW?

Am I Eligible for the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre course?

Applicants from UK countries and overseas must be 18 years by the start of study.
UCAS Tariff: Minimum 72 UCAS points
Scottish Highers; CCC
A Levels; BBC
BTEC: Extended Diploma with Distinction or Merit
GCSE English (grade 9 – 4 / A* - C) or level 2 equivalents.

A list of Audition dates are available on our Audition page, where you can also find out what you need to prepare

Additional Advice:

Candidates with strong practical skills and previous dance, acting, singing training or candidates who have an unconventional academic background will be considered on their own merit. Also, a proven commitment to training (RAD, ISTD, Trinity, LAMDA. NC, NPA) is helpful as well as a history of technique classes and/or performance.

Equal Opportunity:

GAMTA is committed to providing equal opportunity for all who apply. No one will be unfairly treated on the grounds of sex, ethnic origin, disability, age or religion.

Applications for 2025 entry are open!

AUDITION DATES

Friday 25th October 2024 - FULL

Friday 29th November 2024 - FULL

Friday 10th January 2025

Friday 27th January 2025

Friday 28th February 2025

Friday 28th March 2025

NEXT AVAILABLE AUDITION DAY: FRIDAY 10th JANUARY 2025

ADVICE: It is recommended to book your audition as early as possible.

Our year groups have a maximum intake size of 30

If you have any questions about the audition requirements for BA (hons) course, please contact the Head of Admissions at admissions@gamta.co.uk

International Students: On-line/video auditions are available to international students for our full-time course. Please contact the Head of Admissions for further details at admissions@gamta.co.uk

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BA (HONS) MUSICAL THEATRE

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