Why choose the Music Theatre course?
Unique in the Netherlands
This is the only course for experimental music theatre in the Netherlands. This course is for trailblazing musicians and composers who want to create works for theatre and for theatre makers who want to work with music.
Headstart in the professional field
Whether you compose, enjoy crafting your own works or prefer to be onstage, you will have several chances to participate in renowned festivals and internships with established theatre companies.
Modern design
You will learn to create music theatre for the modern age, exploring the possibilities of adapting new technologies onstage and designing your own concepts.
Choose your own path
You will put creating, performing and coaching into practice and give definition and meaning to your personal artistry.
Both Music and Theatre
If you are a creative theatre maker who wants music to play a central role in your work, you can enhance your musical applications through specialisations in voice, composition or an instrument. Additionally, all Music Theatre students will receive instruction in acting, movement, voice, piano and theory/music history.
Learn to question the status quo as an artist
You will gain more insight into the world around you through plenty of critical reflection, done in subjects like philosophy. This insight will help you along in your creative process and teach you to question the world around you.
Study among other trailblazing artists who defy definition
Music theatre comes in many forms. At ArtEZ Arnhem, you will learn how music can be the driving force behind theatrical work. This will open up new possibilities in your artistry to create and perform in your own work, including theatre performances, productions, and installations and participation in festivals. You will learn to bring the disciplines of music and theatre together and incorporate other art forms such as dance, literature, fashion and visual arts.
Develop your own repertoire
At the ArtEZ Music Theatre course in Arnhem, you will learn to think of performance as the starting point from which the rest of your artistic work develops. You will develop the skills needed to perform in your own works as an actor, musician and performer-composer. By doing so, you will build up your repertoire and artistic capabilities.
The course focuses on trailblazing, quirky and inquisitive creatives. You are encouraged to ask questions about yourself and the world around you, and explore it from an artist's perspective. In subjects such as philosophy and history, we pay close attention to society and its developments, in order to understand different experiences and perspectives.
Choose your own direction
During this course, you will take both instrumental and vocal lessons. Music here is approached with a broad brush, with a focus on composition, sound experiments and music technology. You will also take classes in acting, directing and movement, structured around creating and performing. This broad approach allows you to develop into a confident, creative artist who designs their own work and combines various art forms from the start. In the second half of the programme, you will choose a direction that suits your interests and talents.
