Artist Diploma in Music Performance

Course Details

Artist Diploma in Music Performance

Description:

The Artist Diploma in Music Performance is an undergraduate programme that provides educational artistic enrichment and training in music with the academic faculty and staff of the Academy for the Performing Arts.  This programme aims to provide a creative and intellectually stimulating environment in which students can acquire music literacy and further develop their performance skills.  Individual instruction in Principal Applied study, Ensemble Performance, theoretical courses in Music Theory and Sight-Reading and Ear-Training are offered in this programme. Other courses offered include Caribbean Music, Psychology of Music Performance, and Seminars on the essentials of artistic interpretation and strategies for peak performance. 

Full-time students register for courses totalling fifteen (15) credits for each semester over a period of two (2) years. Part-time students register for a minimum of nine (9) to twelve (12) credits per semester which is expected to be completed within three (3) academic years from the first day of instruction.

Mode of Delivery and Duration: Full Time; Two (2) years and Part Time; Three (3) years

Available Full Time:Yes
Available Part Time:Yes

Programme Venue(s):

1. UTT Campus at NAPA

Entry Requirements

• Two passes at GCE Advanced Level or CAPE I and II and passes in a minimum of three CXC subjects; OR
• General Proficiency Level or equivalent GCE O-level including either CXC grades 1, 2 or 3 or Grade A, B or C in Mathematics and English;
  OR
• Passes in a minimum of five CXC General Proficiency Level or equivalent GCE O-level including CXC Grade 1, 2 or 3 or GCE O’
  Level Grade A, B or C in Mathematics and English Language.

Mature Student Entry:

An applicant who does not satisfy all the stipulated minimum academic or technical qualifications for admission to the programme may be accepted as a Mature Student. He/she would need to possess the critical elements of the stipulated qualification and would be assessed as possessing a combination of qualifications and educational or experiential maturity to enable him/her to successfully participate in the Programme.