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Course Overview

If you’ve got a passion for performance and want to broaden your skills, develop current musicianship and acting skills and career opportunities through practical learning, then the UAL Level 1 programme is right for you.

The Level 1 Diploma in Music, Performing and Production Arts has been designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to access and progress to further study and training in a range of music performance and production disciplines.

The qualification is recognised as providing students with opportunities to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to progress to further education and training within the music, production, and creative industries.

You will learn through classroom based and practical work. You will have the opportunity to work in our specialist studios and theatres.

What You Will Study

Examples of some of the units you may study are:

  • Acting Skills
  • Movement Skills
  • Music Performance Skills
  • Preparing Performing Arts Work
  • Presenting Performing Arts Work
  • How You Will Be Assessed

    You’ll be assessed through performances, practical and theoretical based project work in the music industry/performing arts.

  • Entry Requirements

    3 GCSEs at Grade 9-1 including English and Maths.

    However, you will be required to have a satisfactory interview/audition.

  • Further Study

    On completion with the appropriate pass and English and maths grades you can progress through the levels.

    After Level 3 you could progress to one of the Higher education courses offered at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group:

    • HND Diploma in Music (Popular Music)
    • HND Diploma in Music (Technology/Production)
    • BA (Hons) Creative Industries (Top-Up)
    • HND Diploma in Performing Arts (Performance) Dance
    • HND Diploma in Performing Arts (Performance) Theatre
    • HND Diploma in Performing Arts (Performance) Musical Theatre
    • BA (Hons) Performance Industries (Top-Up)
    • BA (Hons) Actor Musician

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The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival

Upload 2024

The School of Popular Music’s loud and lively finale to the year is our annual music festival Upload. The Festival celebrates the best that Wakefield College music students have to offer, with a number of bands performing an extensive catalogue of styles from original music to classic songs.

Photo of students performing at the Upload music festival