Full Time – Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre Training at the Jazzart Centre of Excellence
Welcome to Jazzart College of Performing Arts, Scotland’s dedicated Centre of Excellence for professional performing arts training. As a trusted SQA partner for over a decade, we deliver the rigorous Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Musical Theatre. We combine the quality assurance of a national qualification with the intensity of private, vocational training to develop the “triple threat multi-talented versatile artist”—expert in acting, singing, and dancing and ready for the world stage.<
Your Full-Time Commitment

This is a full-time, in-person commitment that demands dedication. You will be in college 4 days per week, with essential time required outside of these hours for self-practice, rehearsals, and performance development.

Academic Year - September to June
HNC Foundation to Excellence
Course Length - Typically a one year

Vocal Training: Establishing robust technique, sight-singing, and performance confidence

Acting Technique: Mastering core methods, stagecraft, and scene study

Dance Foundation: Building strength and flexibility across core styles.

Professional Studies: Audition technique, industry practice, and essential performance theory.

HND Professional Launch Pad
Course Length - Typically an additional year of advance study (can be two additional years)

Advanced Vocals: Advanced repertoire, harmonisation, and professional vocal arrangement.

Advanced Acting: Acting for camera/mic, advanced character development, and complex text work.

Advanced Dance: Complex choreography, partnering, and specialised styles for professional shows.

Career Development: Creating your industry-facing portfolio, business management, and networking.

Productions and Showcase: The final professional showcase—your opportunity to perform for industry guests.

Professional Studies: Audition technique, industry practice, and essential performance theory.

Cultivating the Complete Artist
Versatile and Performance-Ready

Mastering the Triple Threat begins with intensive, integrated study. Our HNC (one year) and HND (a second year of advanced study) provide rigorous training, often delivered by active industry specialists. The curriculum is calibrated to not only expand your technical proficiency in acting, singing, and dancing but also to develop the crucial resilience, versatility, and professionalism that define a highly sought-after artist in today’s competitive performing arts landscape.

Student Learning and Skill Development

Discipline

Core Learning

The Professional Payoff

Singing and Voice

Advanced vocal techniques, performance preparation, vocal health, and powerful acting through song.

Vocal Stamina for eight shows a week and securing demanding roles.

Acting and Drama

Core methods, improvisation, text analysis, and acting for different media (stage, camera, mic).

Authenticity and the emotional intelligence required for nuanced character work.

Dance and Movement for the Actor

High-level training across Jazz, Ballet, and Contemporary, focusing on performance quality and style.

Physical Versatility to handle complex choreography in any production setting.

Real-World Performance Experience

Students gain crucial practical experience that mirrors professional theatre company practice. These opportunities include:

Large-Scale Productions: Fully staged, intensive rehearsals and performance periods that mimic a professional production schedule.

Industry Showcases: Creating and performing a final professional showcase to an invited audience of agents and casting directors.

Industry-Led Projects: Collaborative performance modules, often directed by visiting professional creatives.

External Events: Opportunities to represent the college and perform at professional, civic, or community events, building confidence in diverse venues.

Large-Scale Productions

Fully staged, intensive rehearsals and performance periods that mimic a professional production schedule.

Industry Showcases

Creating and performing a final professional showcase to an invited audience of agents and casting directors.

Industry-Led Projects

Collaborative performance modules, often directed by visiting professional creatives.

External Events

Opportunities to represent the college and perform at professional, civic, or community events, building confidence in diverse venues.

The ultimate measure of our training is where our alumni perform.

Our dedicated focus on employability ensures our graduates are not just ready for the industry—they are in demand around the world performing in:

West End & Touring Musicals: Starring in principal and ensemble roles in major theatrical productions

Cruise Ship Entertainment: Securing coveted contracts as lead production vocalists, and dancers

Theme Park & Resort Contracts: Performing year-round in high-energy, professional shows at world-class resorts and theme parks.

Television & Commercials: Utilising camera and voice skills in TV roles, commercials, and voice-over work.

West End & Touring Musicals

Starring in principal and ensemble roles in major theatrical productions.

Cruise Ship Entertainment

Securing coveted contracts as lead production vocalists, and dancers.

Theme Park & Resort Contracts

Performing year-round in high-energy, professional shows at world-class resorts and theme parks.

Television & Commercials

Utilising camera and voice skills in TV roles, commercials, and voice-over work.
Fees, Funding, and Scholarship Opportunities

As a specialised private college and an SQA Centre of Excellence with Charitable Status, our underlying mission is simple: to provide exceptional, industry-leading training without the excessive fee structures often associated with elite vocational colleges. Our fees represent a direct investment in the high-contact teaching, dedicated faculty, and professional resources necessary to deliver this standard of excellence. – Link to Scholarship Page