Music and Performing Arts Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Overview

On the Music and Performing Arts programme from Fontys University of Applied Sciences  you will develop into a unique and agile artist, ready for a world in motion.

Key facts

• You will be intensively coached by your main subject, ensemble, theory, and research teachers and taught by experts in the field of creative skills, personal development and entrepreneurship.

• You will work with various artists, venues and disciplines, and have access to state of the art developments.

• An enthusiastic team of teachers who have earned their spurs in the field and know exactly what you need.

• A creative learning environment that offers plenty of room for your own initiative.

• An artistic environment with 10 art-bachelor programmes, and 6 master programmes under one roof!

Career opportunities

They aim to train you to become a top qualified artist. In today’s networked societies, crucial skills for people, and therefore for artists, include being able to communicate and to create and maintain a good network. These are prerequisites for allowing your creativity to blossom. 

• Performing in traditional concert venues and festivals with small ensembles.

• Teaching in music schools or private practices.

• Participating in interdisciplinary performances with Dance, Circus, Theatre or performing in unconventional spaces like outdoor, prisons, elderly homes, refugee shelters, etc.

• Working as a project manager, policy maker in the artistic sector.

• Working as a session musician and recording business.