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13+ Performing Arts
Year 9 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 their 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:
- 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
- Termly mentoring by senior member of department
- Annual report to parents
Expectations:
- Participate fully in the artistic life of the school, attending a range of weekly rehearsals and performing in concerts, productions and events
- Show passion for artistic development through regular attendance at lessons and practice sessions
- Mentor younger pupils in their artistic development and engagement with school
- Model Monkton values of humility, service, confidence and integrity within the life of the school.
PREPARING FOR ASSESSMENT
Application deadline: Friday 15th January 2027
By the application deadline, submit to Admissions a pre-audition video in one of the following areas:
Dance: One dance piece (can be from an established choreographer or self-choreographed), between 1 - 1.5 minutes.
Drama: One performance piece around 3 minutes, or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a writer/actor.
Music: One piece around 3 minutes (around the standard of Grade 5*), or a portfolio of recent work for those wishing to apply as a composer
*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 5 pieces.
Accompanying music for either Dance or Music (piano music or MP3) should be submitted to admissions by the application deadline
You should be clear on your primary discipline. For those of you who have multi-disciplines you may choose to supplement your primary audition video with up to two additional videos in other disciplines if you so wish. Please note, this is not a requirement.
If the performance in the submitted video meets the required standard, you will be invited to one of the following assessment days in your chosen discipline.
Scholarship Assessment Day
Assessment dates: Monday 25th January & Friday 29th January 2027
Depending on your chosen area of specialism, you will have one of the following assessments:
NB across all disciplines, live audition pieces must be different from those used in the pre-audition video.
Dance
- Performance piece around 2 minutes in length (can be from an established choreographer or self-choreographed).
- Directed dance exercise
- Interview within faculty
- Interview with Principal
Drama
- On Monday 18th January 2027 you will be sent a monologue which you will perform on the day. You do not need to be off-script but need to bring it to life with your own interpretation. This will then be discussed with you.
- An improvisation exercise
- Interview within faculty
- Interview with Principal
Music
- Performance of one piece between 3-5 minutes (around the standard of Grade 5*)
- Sight-reading and aural tests
- Interviews within faculty
- Interview with the 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 5 pieces.
Please note that the audition will be recorded for internal moderation purposes. This will be deleted at the end of the process.