PROSPECTUS 2019/20 HAMBURG YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE BIMM-INSTITUTE.DE/HAMBURG LONDON BERLIN HAMBURG DUBLIN BIRMINGHAM MANCHESTER BRISTOL BRIGHTON DEAR APPLICANT, At BIMM, we understand that choosing media industries in the city are extremely the right place to study and nurture strong and successful, and will offer many your talent is one of the most important opportunities for our students. decisions you’ll ever make. Since our first college opened 16 years ago, our aim has BIMM provides equipment and software been to help every aspiring musician and delivered by the world’s leading musical music industry professional to achieve their instrument manufacturers who actively personal goals and be able to embark on support and endorse us. All BIMM Hamburg a sustainable career in the music industry. students will have the option of an We now have colleges in seven European international exchange undertaking the cities where music matters most and are second year of their study at any one of our proud to be opening a new college in UK colleges or in Berlin. THE SECRET TO SUCCESS Hamburg in 2018. BIMM also offers more work placement BIMM Hamburg students will attend opportunities and internships than any other lessons taught in English at a range of music college. But perhaps our greatest IS NO SECRET state-of-the-art professional facilities strength is that BIMM students benefit all based in or close to the fantastic from being connected to the largest alumni creative district of St. Pauli, which has network in music, with over 1,500 members great transport connections to all of who provide inspiration, mentorship If you want to make it You’ll cross paths with Germany. Hamburg is cool, artistic, open and connectivity to the industry for our in music, you’ve got to more guest tutors; some minded and diverse, and with a happening students. get connected, and at of the most successful and vibrant music industry at all levels. Venues, promoters, tour managers, band We celebrate the fact that our approach BIMM we get you better and influential people and artist networks – from grassroots is working because the facts speak for connected than in the industry. Indie to some big Majors – make up the themselves – nearly 80% of our graduates anybody else. scene. The current music, creative and make a living solely from the music industry. And you’ll be involved So choose to connect with us – and we’ll connect you to a life in music. We look You’ll mix with more in one of the most forward to welcoming you in the 2019/20 of the finest aspiring vibrant music scenes academic year. musicians in Europe, on the planet, because and the largest alumni all of our colleges are in network in the industry. the cities where music matters most. You’ll be introduced to more world-class tutors, If you want to get into every one of them active the music industry, within the contemporary get into BIMM. VASEEMA HAMILTON music business. VASEEMA HAMILTON EXECUTIVEEXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL - BIMM PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE HAMBURG – BIMM HAMBURG CONTENTS WELCOME 3 YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE 5 ABOUT BIMM 6 HAMBURG – THE PLACE TO STUDY 8 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE AB UT BIMM HAMBURG 10 LIFE AT BIMM 12 MASTERCLASSES 14 ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY 18 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 19 STUDENT ENRICHMENT 20 STUDENT SUCCESS AS EUROPE’S LEADING PROVIDER OF MUSIC EDUCATION, BIMM HAS SPENT 35 YEARS 24 TUTORS TURNING RAW RECRUITS INTO INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. GET INSPIRED, CREATIVE AND BUSINESS-READY IN A PASSIONATE COMMUNITY WHERE MUSIC IS KING… 29 COURSES 42 SHORT COURSES Music is booming. With the global industry Dublin or Hamburg, you’ll dive into a 44 STUDENT SUPPORT worth an annual $50bn, there’s never been community of like-minded music-lovers a better time to seize the growing career from every genre, and make connections 46 HOW TO APPLY opportunities out there. BIMM puts it all at with the industry decision-makers on your 47 INTERNATIONAL your fingertips. For 35 years, we’ve sparked doorstep. Harness BIMM’s state-of-the- the creativity and sharpened the skill-sets of art facilities. Tap into contacts that range 50 FEES AND FINANCE our students, helping them achieve dream from leading labels to renowned studios 52 EDUCATION PARTNERS roles at the top of the industry. BIMM’s and major festivals. Collaborate with fellow success-rate says it all. We’ve kick-started students as you gig, learn and build a 53 ACCOMMODATION the careers of household names like George bespoke CV. There’s no better place to get 55 OPEN DAYS AND COLLEGE TOURS Ezra, James Bay, The Kooks, Tom Odell, industry-ready. Radiohead, Black Honey, Fickle Friends 56 CONTACT INFORMATION and Ella Mai – not to mention countless top Every QAA-assured BIMM college offers songwriters, musicians, agents, producers, fully accredited courses, with modules led journalists, business professionals and by our dedicated teams of expert tutors. major-label managers. All active players in their fields – boasting credits with the world’s biggest artists, Anywhere you find a dynamic music city, labels, publications and music businesses you’ll find a BIMM college. Whether you – they have the passion and hard-won choose to study in London, Brighton, knowledge to drive your career forward. Birmingham, Bristol, Berlin, Manchester, 4 CONTENTS ABOUT BIMM 5 THE HISTORICALLY, HAMBURG HAS PLACE ALWAYS BEEN A CITY BASED AROUND TRADE AND COMMERCE – BUT THIS CERTAINLY DOESN’T TO STUDY MEAN IT’S LACKING IN IMAGINATION OR PERSONALITY. Its financial stability allows artists and musicians to be truly creative, knowing there’s solid backing behind them, and the city’s economic prowess has seen global music brands, like Warner Music, base their operations here. It’s confident and fun, but never far from rebellious undertones expressed in Sternschanze’s colourful graffiti, or on stage at one of St. Pauli’s many alternative clubs. John Lennon once said “I might have been born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg” because, even back then, the streets were far from square. When HAMBURG The Beatles made Hamburg their home from 1960 to 1962 they played legendary venues Indra and Molotow, honing their performance, songwriting skills and image, before being brought to the attention of Brian Epstein and, ultimately, the world. Today, Hamburg is an electrifying place for BIMM Hamburg is situated close to the emerging musicians. Every September, the Reeperbahn and Schanzenviertel, in the Reeperbahn Festival hosts over 800 live historic Bunker at Feldstraße, at the heart music events across 70 venues, featuring of St. Pauli and a key position in Hamburg’s many BIMM students. Which just goes to music scene. The Bunker has had a long show that, while the Fab Four might have journey from a flak tower to a key venue been the first to launch their music careers in the Hamburg music industry. In summer in Hamburg, they were simply the start of 1943, it offered 25,000 Hamburg citizens many more to come! shelter from bombs, and in 1952 the public radio and TV station NDR first commenced broadcasting from there. In the last ten years, the Bunker has emerged as one of the most important cultural sites of the city. 6 HAMBURG - THE PLACE TO STUDY HAMBURG - THE PLACE TO STUDY 7 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE BERLIN LONDON Having a vast network of colleges across complete sense for your future music Europe means we can provide something career to study in multiple cities truly unique which can’t be matched by with BIMM... any other contemporary music college – The BIMM Study Exchange! This exclusive 1. Networking – being able to build your initiative means that BIMM students can musical network in two different cities complete music degrees in two different will lead to an enviable contact database, European cities by studying across two giving you a solid base from which to of our BIMM colleges in London, Berlin, launch your career. Hamburg, Brighton, Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham.* 2. Experience – meeting different kinds of people in different cities will broaden You’ll begin your studies at one BIMM your life perspective, and you’ll learn how college, before transferring to another to communicate varied types of subject for your second year… and then you can matter for creative output. decide whether to remain in your new city BIRMINGHAM MANCHESTER for your third year or return to your ‘home’ 3. Variety – different cities generate college. The locations of our colleges are contrasting musical styles and have their carefully chosen in cities where music own unique scenes, giving you a breadth of matters most, and your future career will knowledge across the musical spectrum. benefit from the strong musical history, diverse musical styles and current music 4. Initiative – being part of the music scene buzz of your choice of two scenes of multiple cities will give you BIMM locations. hands-on access to a diverse range of venues, events and business ideas, This one-of-a-kind opportunity has come broadening your knowledge of the wider about because, for the first time, all BIMM music industry. degrees in these locations will be validated by the prestigious University of Sussex, And remember, whether you’re studying at meaning courses and classes are totally one of our UK locations, or in Berlin, all our seamless across all seven European cities. classes are taught in English, so you don’t In case you need further convincing, need to worry if your German could do with BRISTOL BRIGHTON here are just four reasons why it makes some improvement! 8 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE *Terms and conditions apply THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE 9 NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME AT BIMM.