Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Infobox_University
name = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
native_name = Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru


image_size = 250px
motto =
established = 1949
type = Public
staff =
patron = HRH The Prince of Wales
vice_chancellor =
students = 645 cite web |url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/institution0506.htm |title=Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 |work=Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics |accessdate=2007-04-06]
undergrad = 520
postgrad = 125
city = Cardiff
state =
country = Wales
campus = Urban
colours =
affiliations = Conservatoires UK, Association of European Conservatoires, Conference of Drama Schools
website = [http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ www.rwcmd.ac.uk]

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Welsh: "Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru") is a conservatoire located in Cardiff.The College was established in 1949 as Cardiff College of Music at Cardiff Castle, but has since moved to purpose-built accommodation within the castle grounds of Bute Park near Cardiff University. It later changed its name to the Welsh College of Music & Drama before being awarded its Royal title in The Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002, making it the sixth conservatoire to be awarded this title. From its opening, the College's degrees were awarded by the University of Wales and in 2004 the College became part of the federal university. In 2007, however, it left the university and became an independent institution once again, with its degrees now awarded by the University of Glamorgan [http://www.glam.ac.uk/profile/] .

The college provides education and training in the performing arts, with approximately two-thirds of its 550 students studying music related courses and the rest studying drama related courses.

The College offers undergraduate degrees in the following areas:
* BMus Hons Music
* BA Hons Acting
* BA Hons Stage Management
* BA Hons Theatre Design

The College also offers postgraduate degrees in the following areas;
* PGradDip Music
* MMus Music
* MA Music Performance
* Ma Choral Conducting (New to 2008)
* MMus Creative Music Technology by Distance Learning
* MA Music Therapy
* MPhil/PhD Music (Composition/Performance)
* PGradDip Stage Management/Technical Theatre
* PGradDip Theatre Design
* MA Theatre Design
* PGradDip Lighting Design
* PGradDip Arts Management
* MA Arts Management
* PGDip Acting

Alumni

*Rob Brydon
*Sir Anthony Hopkins
*Ruth Jones
*Jo Joyner
*James Loye
*Eve Myles [citeweb|url=http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?newsid=146|title=Graduation and Honorary Fellows 2007|publisher=Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama|date=6 July 2007|accessdate=2008-01-22]
*Kimberley Nixon
*Adrian Lewis Morgan
*Rakie Ayola
*Jan Anderson
*Steven Meo
*Zahra Ahmadi

References

External links

* [http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]