Ayrshire College secures special partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Ayrshire College has established a new initiative with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to provide exceptional opportunities for students enrolled in the College’s new Production Arts course starting in August 2021.
This association is a welcome development for the course, which teaches technical production operations for theatre, music venues, and broadcast media.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was recently named a world top three destination for performing arts education alongside the Juilliard School in New York and the Royal College of Music in London by the prestigious 2021 QS World University Rankings
Selected students at Ayrshire College will experience a placement with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Semester 2 of their BA Production Technology and Management course – giving them an exclusive insight into the conservatoire’s training environment.
Ros Maddison, Head of Production at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland said: “The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is delighted to be working with Ayrshire College to provide an opportunity for some college students to experience and learn in a multi-discipline performing arts environment performance venues.”
Patrick Devlin, the Curriculum Manager for Music, Sound Production and Performing Arts at Ayrshire College who secured the opportunity, said: “This unique and exclusive opportunity that the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has provided to our students is wonderful. Not only does it allow our Production Arts students to experience what it is like to carry out a technical role in major productions, but fundamentally it creates important connections for our students to collaborate with one of the world’s top-performing arts education institutions. The potential for world-class technical learning is now something we can look forward to and we cannot wait to get started. Big thanks also go to the Scottish Drama Training Network for helping us to get the proposal over the line.”
“This new SCQF Level 6/7 bursary funded Production Arts course is designed for people who like to create, design, paint, fix, and to lead technical roles in lights and sound. It has new bespoke practical business units of how to work freelance within a variety of Production Arts roles, from online marketing to self-assessment and invoices. It will also have one of the most technically proficient teaching staff delivering skills in the most advanced digital lighting and sound techniques in any UK college at this level. Just search for 'Production Arts' in the course search on our website.”
10 March 2021
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