Youth and Adult Learning

 

Access to Excellence ...

Danceworks is the most recent addition to the performing arts access to excellence portfolio at the Academy.  New weekly class activity will be available from spring 2010 in a programme resulting from our current research into the dance provision appropriate to the Academy at this time. 

Dramaworks is the Academy's drama programme for children and adults. Operating within the School of Drama in the evenings and at weekends, Dramaworks runs an inspiring range of drama classes and courses for all ages, using exactly the same workshop and performance facilities as the senior Academy students.

Filmworks at the Academy is a new offering too.  Watch out for new training opportunities in RED technology and our first supports for young people interested in screenwriting.

The Academy's FOCUS West project encourages S5 and S6 pupils from 29 west of Scotland schools to consider their futures through further and higher education.  Our project is specifically concerned with young people considering a career in the performance and production arts.

Junior Academy of Music is the Academy's junior music school which runs on Saturday mornings. Junior Academy is aimed at talented individuals who audition for a place to fully develop their musical potential and students come from all over Scotland and the North of England.

Musicworks is the Academy's outreach programme of music training - taking music participation to people regardless of geography or socio-economic background through partnership wtih local authorities and community organisations.

Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams are the Academy's programme of assessment in traditional Scottish music for young and adult learners. Our programme promotes traditional performance skills and the best of Scottish repertoire through a performance-based series of assessments true to the integrity of our musical heritage.

Schools - For further information on the potential for the Academy to link to your work in secondary schools please download our schools' leaflet here.