Wednesday 11 October – 13 December 2023
6.30pm – 8.30pm
£425
This online credit-rated course will investigate the complex relationships between sound/music and theatrical forms, ranging from opera and musical theatre to experimental and hybrid theatrical forms, in which sound art and music are an inextricable and crucial element of the theatrical whole.
While charting the histories of the field and its traditions, the module will focus on conceptual thinking and dramaturgy around contemporary, experimental, avant-garde, and interdisciplinary approaches to Sound and Music Theatre.
Through lectures and seminars by the our lecturers and industry specialists, this course will introduce you to the key concepts, theories, and histories of the field of Sound and Music Theatre.
Places on this course are limited and are by application.
The module aims to:
* Introduce you to the key concepts, theories, and histories of the field of Sound and Music Theatre;
* Provide a discursive and collegiate space to explore the relationships between sound/music and theatrical forms with peers and industry specialists;
* Introduce you to some key industry specialists through visiting artist lectures in order to widen your network of artists and companies within the field of Sound and Music Theatre;
* Enable you to develop a performance proposal or research project that critically contextualises performance work within this divergent and vibrant field.
During the course students will:
* Introduce you to the key concepts, theories, and histories of the field of Sound and Music Theatre;
* Provide a discursive and collegiate space to explore the relationships between sound/music and theatrical forms with peers and industry specialists;
* Introduce you to some key industry specialists through visiting artist lectures in order to widen your network of artists and companies within the field of Sound and Music Theatre;
* Enable you to develop a performance proposal or research project that critically contextualises performance work within this divergent and vibrant field.
You will be assessed through a 15-20 minute presentation.
For further information, please contact m.ross2@rcs.ac.uk (Marlisa Ross) or visit https://www.rcs.ac.uk/short-courses/sound-and-music-theatre-an-introduction-online-course/
