Performing Arts Schools

[schmutzie]

Looking for advice or names for the top performing arts schools or programmes in Thailand, eg. something equivalent to RADA in London or LaGuardia in NYC or universities with good quality mixed/combo degrees in arts,dance,theater and music.

Not implying or inviting some to say that "there's nothing in Thailand to compare to those schools" but just looking for programmes that at least come close in structure and could perhaps be an entry point to a career in acting, music or dance.

Would prefer for tuition to be in Thai and should be for +18 years.

[BigJohnnyBKK]

I taught at one of the top international schools here that prided itself on having a world-class music programme, several graduates going on to tertiary study overseas at the kind of conservatories you mention.

In the international-level competitions, the only Thai students performing against our students were from Chula, so I imagine that's probably the best music department in Thailand. However they lost, against a high-school student, who is now studying in the US.

I wouldn't be surprised if the same held true for the other performing arts, and would be if anything here approached the same standards as the top places overseas.