Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts ( LIPA ), German: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is a university in the English city of Liverpool, training and degree programs in Acting, Community Drama, dance, music, sound, Events and Arts Management, Event Production and Stage offers.

Currently, LIPA offers nine undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree programs as well as various postgraduatierten courses with the degree Master of Arts. In addition, LIPA also offers certified training courses and weekend courses for young people.

  • 2.1 Training and Certificates
  • 2.2 Undergraduate courses (Bachelor of Arts)
  • 2.3 post-graduate degree programs (Master of Arts)

History

Prehistory to the foundation in 1996

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts was founded in 1996 by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone - Witty. They brought together two ideas: Paul McCartney wanted to use the building to its former school ( Liverpool Institute High School for Boys), which since its closure in 1985 was unused and fell into disrepair. Mark Featherstone - Witty, who was in London, The London School for Performing Arts & Technology, established wanted to implement his ideas on a larger scale.

Inspired by Alan Parker movie Fame - The Path To Glory (1980 ) about the New York High School for the Performing Arts thought Mark Featherstone - Witty about it, what training would have been the best for him and others, or a career in the entertainment industry the "show business" pursued. From the film he took on the idea that artists need training both in drama, dance and music in order to be successful. A book made ​​clear to him that the show business was a business and how important it was therefore the knowledge of economic relationships. Finally, he took on the observation that the artists were just the tip of the iceberg of workers in the entertainment industry itself.

From this basic idea, he made ​​a sketch for a new type of training school and spent three years trying to develop in discussions of this concept. In 1985 he had about fifty artists, theater directors, choreographers and entrepreneurs behind them.

Record producer George Martin knew that Mark Featherstone - Witty was looking for a place to start his school, and that Paul McCartney was looking for a use for the building and brought the two together. The process leading to the opening of the Institute needed seven years, and around £ 20 million for building and curriculum.

1996-2006

The LIPA was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of England, on June 7, 1996. Since then, more programs and courses are offered every year. The challenge was to combine excellence in education with the widest possible access. As a solution, a university education was founded and extended by a number of open and flexible courses without access restrictions. For its tenth anniversary in January 2006, a show about the past, present and future was held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and a new illustrated book. The anniversary event was also a prelude to the theme year Liverpool Performs, the preparing for the European Capital of Culture Liverpool, 2008.

The history of the building and its predecessor institutions

The building dates back to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, a working educational institution, founded in 1825, which offered mainly evening classes. Guest included papers by Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson. By 1840 the business, now called Liverpool Mechanics' Institution to night school, a library and an elementary and secondary school for boys. In 1850, evolved from the evening classes, a school he arts, which in 1856 was reflected by a re-naming in the name: The Liverpool Institute and School of Art from this time is the present main building on Mount Street.

In the 1880s a new building was built east from the main building to accommodate the School of the Arts. From this and the evening classes then the Liverpool Polytechnic and from today's Liverpool John Moores University developed.

1905 was the sponsorship of the secondary school over to the city of Liverpool. Until it closed in 1985 it was known as The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys. The Liverpool Institute for Boys decreed as an elementary school has a very good reputation - over 300 graduates have studied at Cambridge or Oxford. Some well-known personalities from the field of performing arts are connected to the schools: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Arthur Askey, Bill Kenwright, Peter Sissons and Alan Durband.

Courses

Training and Certificates

The LIPA offers courses that provide access to academic training in LIPA or other places. These courses are used by students to improve their skills without completing a three-year study.

  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting)
  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts ( Dance )
  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts ( song)

Undergraduate courses (Bachelor of Arts)

In collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Acting)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts ( Dance )
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts ( Music)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Sound Technology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Community Drama

Post-graduate degree programs (Master of Arts)

  • Acting Diploma
  • Master of Arts in Performing Arts Education
  • Master of Arts in Community Music

Companions

LIPA does not award academic degrees Honorary ( Honorary Doctorate, honorary professor, honorary professor ) but " Companion Ships". The Companionship is individuals in recognition of their contributions to entertainment and the arts, particularly in the areas in which LIPA is active, awarded. Possible Companions were usually even before the award at the Institute. As Companions teach master classes or take part in discussion and interview events. Some Companions are often or regularly at LIPA.

2011

  • David Bell
  • Paule Constable
  • Caroline Elleray
  • Chris Johnson
  • Steve Nestar
  • Billy Ocean
  • Hannah Waddingham
  • Spencer Leigh

2010

2009

  • Will Young
  • Joe McGann
  • Pippa Ailion
  • Richard Hudson
  • Natricia Bernard
  • Tony Platt
  • John Fox

2008

2007

  • Anita Dobson
  • Alan McGee
  • Ralph Koltai
  • Steve Levine
  • Ben Elton

2006

2005

2004

  • The Bangles
  • Ken Campbell
  • Tim Firth
  • Terry Marshall
  • Arlene Phillips
  • Willy Russell
  • Jon Webster

2003

2002

  • Thelma Holt
  • Anthony H Wilson

2001

Cartridge

Famous Alumni

  • Eugene McGuinness, singer and songwriter
  • Leah Hackett, actress (Tina Reilly in Hollyoaks )
  • Jesse Harlin, composer for film music at LucasArts
  • Lindsay McKenzie, actress ( Princess Erina in the CBBC programs Raven )
  • Liam Lynch, American singer and songwriter
  • Dawn Porter, TV journalist and presenter
  • Kent Riley, actor ( Zak Ramsey in Hollyoaks )
  • Sandi Thom, Scottish singer and songwriter
  • The Wombats, indie band
  • Javier Martinez Maya, a Colombian record producer, composer, and arranger
  • Liz White, actress ( Life on Mars - Trapped in the 70's )
  • January Burton
  • Lisa Stokke, Norwegian singer and actress
  • Christian Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician
  • Kate Havnevik, Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Lynette Howell, a film producer in Hollywood
Chief Executive Officer BRIT School Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ken Robinson (educationalist) Gallagher and Lyle CBBC (TV channel) Liam Lynch (musician) Dawn O'Porter Liz White (actress)
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