Bath School of Music and Performing Arts – Bath Spa University

Bath School of Music and Performing Arts – Bath Spa University
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#1 in the South West
and
#8 in UK
for
Value Added
in Music (Guardian University Guide 2026)
#2 in the South West
in the overall rankings for Music (Guardian University Guide 2026)
#2 in the South West
for
Satisfaction with Teaching
in Music (Guardian University Guide 2026)
#2 in the South West
in the overall rankings for Drama and Dance (Guardian University Guide 2026)
Top 10 in UK
for
Value Added
in Drama and Dance (Guardian University Guide 2026)
Top 5 in the South West
for
Graduate Prospects on Track
in Drama, Dance and Cinematics (Complete University Guide 2026)
From Acting to Stage Management, Circus to Opera, the Bath School of Music and Performing Arts offers you the right course to fulfil your creative career aspiration.
At our campuses in Bath, or through one of our excellent partners, we offer an unrivalled portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that will put you on the right path to the music and performing arts industry.
To find out more, explore our interest areas
Acting and Production
Dance
Drama
Music
We teach
Our staff are practitioners and researchers who work in the industry and can offer you a real-world understanding of the music and performing arts professions.
Through our teaching and practice we will give you the skills and knowledge to achieve this: we will develop your practice, encourage an enterprising and entrepreneurial mindset and nurture your creativity, preparing you for the demands of your chosen career and much more.
Our teaching staff
Michelle
Elliott
Subject Leader for Dance
Rob
Sayer
Helen
Reid
Teaching Fellow in Music Performance
Jan
Meinema
Course Leader for MA Sound Design
Adam
Biggs
Senior Lecturer in Jazz
Kerrie
Reading
Senior Lecturer in Drama
Jo
Sercombe
Senior Lecturer in Singing and Musical Theatre
Sarah
Holden-Boyd
Lecturer in Acting
Tobi
Poster-Su
Lecturer in Drama
Vicki
Hearne
Lecturer in Dance
Christopher
Britton
Zhi
Xu
Senior Lecturer in Dance
Luke
Antysz
Lecturer in Dance
Chris
Barham
Sarah
Alexander
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Dance
We research
Our approach to research in the performing arts connects inter-disciplinary practice with current theoretical contexts. Our research specialisms within theatre, dance and music span a wide range of interests - from choreographic practices to screen dance and digital performance to performance and the medical humanities, to name a few.
Music and performing arts research
Our researchers
Miranda
Lundskaer-Nielsen
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Musical Theatre
Amanda
Bayley
Professor of Music
Oli
Baldwin
Jan
Meinema
Course Leader for MA Sound Design
Matthew
Mazanek
Teaching Fellow
James
Dickinson
Subject Leader in Commercial Music
Amy
Sergeant
Vicky
Hunter
Visiting Research Fellow in Site Dance
Celeste
Cantor-Stephens
Teaching Fellow in Music
Roy
Connolly
Subject Leader for Drama
Matthew
Sergeant
Reader in Music
David
Combes
Astrid
Breel
Impact Research Fellow
Zhi
Xu
Senior Lecturer in Dance
Laura
Gates
Reader in Theatre and Performance
Mark
Whitlam
Teaching Fellow in Music
Roger
Apfelbaum
Course Leader for Postgraduate Acting
Chris
Lewis-Smith
Associate Lecturer in Dance
James
Saunders
Professor of Music
Julian
Jensen
Teaching Fellow in Music
Matthew
Lovett
Head of the School of Music and Performing Arts
Sarah
Alexander
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Dance
We innovate
Bath Spa Productions is a major producer of Dance, Music and Theatre events across the city. This exciting innovation project links you with professional artists and companies from the real world. SparkFest is our annual and ever-growing festival of new work.
Bath Spa Productions
Our alumni
Raquel
dos Santos
BA (Hons) Dance
Dominic
Thompson
BA (Hons) Acting
Rhiann
Ashley
BA (Hons) Dance
Jess
McCormack
BA (Hons) Dance
Bridie
Doyle-Roberts
BA (Hons) Dance
Keziah
Benbow
BA (Hons) Dance
Mason
Palmer
BA (Hons) Dance
Jasmine
Hall
BA (Hons) Dance
Adam
Bottomley
BA (Hons) Theatre Production
Simon
Crispin
BA (Hons) Drama
Aimee
Pollock
BA (Hons) Acting
Naomi
Knox
BA (Hons) Acting
Silvia
Carderelli-Gronau
Teaching Fellow in Dance
Niklas
Aarre
BA (Hons) Acting and MA Directing
Holly
Bartlett
BA (Hons) Dance
Yifei
Liu
MA Dance
Xavier
De Santos
BA (Hons) Dance
João
Oliveira
BA (Hons) Dance
Leanne
Oddy
BA (Hons) Dance
Holly
Leggett
BA (Hons) Acting
Matthew
Howard
BA (Hons) Dance
Adam
Bottomley
BA (Hons) Theatre Production
Naomi
Hutchinson
BA (Hons) Theatre Production
Damir
Yakubov
PhD in Music
Samuel
Freeman
BA (Hons) Acting
Matthew
Emeny
BA (Hons) Acting
Liam
Wise
BA (Hons) Theatre Production
Pippa
Thornton
BA (Hons) Drama and MA Arts Management
Belinda
Clarke
BA (Hons) Acting
Sarah
Stone
BA (Hons) Dance
Stephanie
Scheubeck
Associate Lecturer in Dance
Rouxuan
Zhao
MA Dance
We connect
Through our network of professional, exchange and collaborative partners, Bath School of Music and Performing Arts link you to expert practitioners, educators and researchers in the UK and beyond.
This means we draw on a broad network of industry advisers, institutions and partners to underpin your learning. So that everything you do always relates back to the profession for which you train.
We know that working in this industry is not just about talent, but also about your entrepreneurialism and how you enhance your professionalism, develop your networks and stimulate your creativity to make work, as much as find work.
See some of our collaborative partners below, or visit our
Educational Partnerships
page for more informaiton.
Theatre and Performing Arts venues
Students perform or work regularly at venues such as: Theatre Royal Bath, Wiltshire Live Music Centre, and the Bristol Old Vic.
Partnerships in the City
We are committed to working with the city of Bath as part of its cultural life. We work with many local companies and institutions, including: Bath Dance, The Bath Festival, Visit Bath, The Holburne Museum and The Southgate Centre.
Working with industry
Across all of our programmes we connect to industry through placement offers, co-production and advisory bodies. A few examples are our work with Theatre Lab, Wiltshire Rural Music, Bay Productions and Salisbury Playhouse.
International partners
We offer international exchanges with universities such as Columbia College Chicago, SUNY Geneseo and Oklahoma City University. We connect you to the global arts community.
Adobe Creative Campus
As an
Adobe Creative Campus
, all Bath Spa students have access to the entire Adobe Creative Suite of elite industry-leading apps, including Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe Express and more.
With the ability to amplify your digital fluency from the moment you join Bath Spa, you’ll have the space to develop a wealth of indispensable skills to help you in your studies, and in the world of work.
Find out more about Adobe Creative Campus
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"The support network is huge, and the course is always there to help you think about the next steps, creating contacts that will set you up with work straight out of your degree."
Tilley Sheridan, BA (Hons) Acting graduate
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