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16+ PERFORMING ARTS
Year 12 entry
Monkton’s Performing Arts scholarships offer a range of exciting opportunities in either Dance, Drama or Music.
Selected students are given further opportunities beyond Monkton’s extensive co-curricular programme to develop their artistic passion. We are looking for students with the potential and drive to become highly skilled individuals, who will share the talents across the Monkton community and beyond. They will be offered an exciting range of challenges and experiences, including the chance to work with industry professionals and venues.
The programme will provide scholars with:
- Development time with faculty staff
- Access to specific talks and workshops
- Masterclasses with professional musicians, composers, actors, dancers etc
- Bespoke trips to some of the UK’s leading arts venues - recent visits include the Royal Opera House, the BBC, and Askonas Holt Management
- Links with institutions such as Bath Spa University and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
The application deadline for 2027/2028 will be finalised shortly.
HOW TO PREPARE
Two weeks before the assessment day you will send in a pre-audition video in one of the following areas:
Dance: One dance piece around 2 minutes (can be from an established choreographer or self-choreographed)
Drama: One piece around 3 minutes, or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a writer/actor
Music: One piece approx 3 minutes (around the standard of Grade 7*), or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a composer
Scholarship Assessment Day
Depending on the students' chosen area of specialism they will have one of the following assessments:
Dance
- Performance of two contrasting pieces** (at least one self-choreographed). The whole performance should be between 3 and 4 minutes
- Directed dance exercise
- Interviews within faculty and with Principal
Drama
- Performance of two contrasting pieces around 5 minutes in total**
- Improvisation exercise
- Interviews within faculty and with Principal
Music
- Performance of two contrasting pieces around 5 minutes in total** (around the standard of Grade 7*)
- Sight-reading & aural tests
- Interviews within faculty and with Principal
*Candidates do not need to have passed an exam, or be working towards one. The requirement is that the technical difficulty of the music offered is similar to that required to successfully perform Grade 7 pieces.
**For Year 12 entry, the audition can include a live performance of the piece that was submitted on the pre-audition video.
Please note that the audition will be recorded for internal moderation purposes. This will be deleted at the end of the process.