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Please share the barriers you have encountered in your educational and/or professional pursuits. This could include, but is not limited to, circumstances surrounding diversity in all forms, financial or geographic circumstances, or specific personal challenges.(Required)Please note, this answer will not be shared beyond the administrative team. Application MaterialsPlease provide a headshot and a link to a video recording. Neither need to be professionally made, and the video should be a complete song or aria recorded since 1 January 2024.Please upload your headshot(Required)Accepted file types: jpg, png, Max. file size: 2 MB. Audition Video Link(Required)References Please give the details of two referees. These should be from music or theatre professionals/teachers that you feel comfortable with us contacting about your work. They do not need to submit anything as part of your application.Reference 1Name(Required)Role(Required)Email(Required) PhoneReference 2Name(Required)Role(Required)Email(Required) Phone Equal Opportunites MonitoringWe are required to keep a summary of information of the diversity of our applicants. The information entered in this section will not be kept with nor will affect your application to NOS. Age(Required)Please select…0-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475+Sex(Required)Please select….FemaleMaleIntersexOtherPrefer not to sayGender Identity(Required)The following questions are about sex and gender. We and ACE recognise that sex and gender identity are not necessarily the same thing, and in order to fully understand our audiences and applicants we’re asking both questions. 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Latin American is not currently featured in ONS population datasets. This was added to all Arts Council ethnicity data collection, by exception, following request and consultation. When completing analysis to compare against ONS datasets, we categorise any ‘Latin American’ responses in the ‘Any other ethnic group’ categoryPlease select…Arab – ArabAsian/British Asian – BangladeshiAsian/British Asian – ChineseAsian/British Asian – IndianAsian/British Asian – PakistaniAny other Asian/British Asian backgroundBlack/Black British – Black AfricanBlack/Black British – Black CaribbeanAny other Black/Black British backgroundLatin American – Latin AmericanMixed background – Asian and whiteMixed background – Black African and whiteMixed background – Black Caribbean and whiteAny other Mixed backgroundWhite/White British – Gypsy, Roma or Irish TravellerWhite/White British – White BritishWhite/White British – White IrishAny other White backgroundPrefer not to sayDo you identify as neurodivergent? 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