About
UCD offers wonderful opportunities to young musicians and actors through the UCD Ad Astra Performing Arts scholarship programme. Applications are encouraged from top performing students who wish to continue to develop their artistic talents while at the same time pursuing a high quality academic experience. UCD does not require applicants to follow a performance-related degree course and actively encourages applications from talented performing artists whatever degree they choose.
We believe the young vocalists, instrumentalists and actors who may have decided not to pursue a performance related degree but who have exceptional talent should be given the opportunity to continue to train and perform at the highest level within the university environment.
Scholarship Benefits
Performing Arts scholars receive:
- the support of a dedicated academic mentor;
- the opportunity to work with experienced performance professionals in seminar and workshop settings;
- access to expert training.
Additional benefits for music scholars:
- the opportunity to work with professional Musical Directors;
- the opportunity to perform at least one high-profile solo recital during the academic year.
Additional benefits for drama scholars:
- the opportunity to work with a professional Director-in-Residence;
- automatic inclusion in professional theatre training and development modules designed by the Director-in-Residence;
- an intensive training week with an internationally acclaimed voice specialist;
- regular engagement with professional practice through attendance at professional productions, post-show discussions and master-classes with visiting theatre practitioners;
- Participation in high-quality theatre productions.
The scholarship includes a 50% fee remission (subject to a maximum remission of €4,000), an allowance towards the cost of on or off campus accommodation and a bursary of €1000. Academy membership and benefits are awarded for the normal duration of the degree, subject to annual review of continued high performance.
