Our Performance courses are designed to provide you with a range of skills that are highly desired in the modern performance industry. We offer degrees in Popular Music Performance and Production and in Theatre, Acting and Performance.
Learning in industry-standard facilities, you will build valuable contacts and take part in live projects in partnership with a range of organisations.
Our Popular Music Performance and Production course offers real life opportunities for building a portfolio of valuable experience and relevant employer links. You will be enrolled in the Roland Music Academy and have access to our specialised facilities including live music rehearsal rooms, the region’s only silent live performance suite, recording studios, editing facilities and a working studio theatre performance space.
On our Theatre, Acting and Performance course you will be exposed to many organisations such as Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) events team, A Mind Apart Theatre, Open Minds Theatre Company – Life Act, Break-Out Arts, Next Left Political Theatre Collective, Rotherham Music, Rotherham United and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue as well as the opportunity to deliver workshops to local schools.
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“University Centre Rotherham is a friendly and welcoming environment that helps me explore my creativity.”
Alyssa Kerry BA (Hons) in Popular Music Performance and Production Y1
The performance sector is ideal for those who are interested in the production and delivery of events and performances.
Musicians write, arrange, orchestrate, conduct and perform musical compositions.
You could work in a theatre, at a music venue or at a recording studio.
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Producers plan the organisation of productions including films and stage productions.
You could work at a TV studio, in an office, at a film studio or on a film set. Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time and you may spend nights away from home.
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In-demand skills that commonly appear in job descriptions for roles within the performance sector include*:
“The course gives me specific skills which I can use in the industry once I graduate, and the tutors are always there to support me if I need it.”
Marcus Kamsika Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Theatre, acting and performance
“I’m finding what I learn on my course really useful and it is providing me with skills to use after my time here. UCR is easily accessible and local which suits me.”
Jessica Atkin Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Theatre, acting and performance
