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PROSPECTUS 2019/20 YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE BIMM.CO.UK/MANCHESTER LONDON BERLIN HAMBURG DUBLIN BIRMINGHAM MANCHESTER BRISTOL BRIGHTON DEAR APPLICANT, As College Principal for BIMM Manchester, on his development label, Blue Noise. As a I’ve had the privilege of helping to start studio and live session guitarist and vocalist young musicians on their path to success in I’ve worked with major labels, such as the music industry. Like them, I started out 20 Polydor, EMI and Island, and have performed years ago as a music undergraduate, joining on many live shows including Royal Gala the first ever year of students at a prestigious Performances, stage shows (Rent, War of the music college in the North West of England. Worlds) and even classical performances. It was there that I first developed my love for music education, and the idea of studying In 2007 I returned to education as a Music contemporary popular music at degree level and Music Technology lecturer, before was really exciting to me. Those three years progressing into educational management as THE SECRET TO SUCCESS were among the best of my life, and I have a Head of Quality Assurance for Teaching and passion for creating a similar experience for Learning and then later as Head of Faculty the students here at BIMM Manchester. for Creative Arts. IS NO SECRET Since leaving university, I’ve worked I’ve spent my working life in the North West professionally as a songwriter and session of England and I believe that this part of musician, spending the last 18 years the world, and in particular Manchester, has experiencing the highs and the lows of produced some of the greatest modern music If you want to make it You’ll cross paths with everything the music industry has to offer. ever – from Joy Division, The Fall, The Smiths in music, you’ve got to more guest tutors; some As a performer, I’ve been the frontman for a and The Buzzcocks, to James, the Happy get connected, and at of the most successful breakbeat blues and country band, and have Mondays, Black Grape and The Stone Roses. gigged and toured with bands like Frank The vibrant, emotive, humorous, provincial, BIMM we get you better and influential people Black and the Catholics, Cast, Space and the industrial, urban and truly wonderful music connected than in the industry. Miles Hunt Club. As a songwriter, I signed this city produces has never left me… so in anybody else. a publishing deal with Reverb XL in 2003 2013 when the opportunity arose, it was And you’ll be involved while working with OMD’s Andy McCluskey my absolute privilege to come and head up BIMM Manchester as College Principal. If it’s You’ll mix with more in one of the most a creative, successful and sustainable career of the finest aspiring vibrant music scenes in the music industry that you’re after, then musicians in Europe, on the planet, because there’s really no better place to be! 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. STEVE COBAIN music business. COLLEGE PRINCIPAL - BIMM INSTITUTE MANCHESTER WELCOME 3 YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE 5 ABOUT BIMM 6 MANCHESTER – THE PLACE TO STUDY AB UT BIMM 8 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE 10 LIFE AT BIMM 12 MASTERCLASSES 14 ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY 18 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 20 STUDENT ENRICHMENT AS EUROPE’S LEADING PROVIDER OF MUSIC EDUCATION, BIMM HAS SPENT 35 YEARS 22 STUDENT SUCCESS TURNING RAW RECRUITS INTO INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. GET INSPIRED, CREATIVE AND BUSINESS-READY IN A PASSIONATE COMMUNITY WHERE MUSIC IS KING… 26 MEET YOUR TUTORS 31 COURSES Music is booming. With the global industry Dublin or Hamburg, you’ll dive into a 56 SUMMER SCHOOLS worth an annual $50bn, there’s never been community of like-minded music-lovers 57 STUDENT SUPPORT a better time to seize the growing career from every genre, and make connections opportunities out there. BIMM puts it all at with the industry decision-makers on your 58 HOW TO APPLY 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 60 INTERNATIONAL our students, helping them achieve dream from leading labels to renowned studios 62 FEES AND FINANCE 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 64 STUDENT LOANS the careers of household names like George bespoke CV. There’s no better place to get 65 SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Ezra, James Bay, The Kooks, Tom Odell, industry-ready. Radiohead, Black Honey, Fickle Friends 66 EDUCATION PARTNERS and Ella Mai – not to mention countless top Every QAA-assured BIMM college offers 67 ACCOMMODATION songwriters, musicians, agents, producers, fully accredited courses, with modules led journalists, business professionals and by our dedicated teams of expert tutors. 69 OPEN DAYS AND COLLEGE TOURS major-label managers. All active players in their fields – boasting credits with the world’s biggest artists, 70 CONTACT INFORMATION 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 MANY PROUD MANCUNIANS CLAIM THAT THEIR CITY IS THE UK’S PRIME PLACE MUSIC HOTSPOT – AND THEY MAY HAVE A POINT. WITH MORE VENUES AND BANDS THAN EVER BEFORE, TO STUDY THE PLACE IS SKYROCKETING AND BIMM MANCHESTER IS ALREADY A PART OF THIS TRAJECTORY! The modern Manchester is a rapidly evolving city crammed with vibrant nightlife. With around 40 sites showcasing live music, it offers an endless whirl of overlapping sounds – from electronic and avante indie to rock, folk and much more. This non-stop music mélange makes Manchester a perfect learning base for young musicians, and being a friendly and energetic city it offers them lots of like- minded people to hang out with! WWll, it can also boast of creating some of Everyone plays Manchester. The Arena the UK’s favourite TV programmes, such as boasts world-famous bands while the Coronation Street and Cold Feet. It’s from neighbouring northern quarter’s hipster bars this tradition of innovation that new music and clubs offer a range of upcoming talent. resulted – such as the lyrical smarts of The Smiths, New Order inventing the wheel by The famous 1976 Sex Pistols gigs put on crossing electro music with post punk, and by the Buzzcocks in Manchester sparked the Fall’s idiosyncratic releases. an intense local scene at a time when the crucial DIY culture of punk began. These By the end of the 1980s it all exploded as concerts made Manchester the first city Madchester with The Stone Roses and the outside of London to have its own genuine Happy Mondays leading the way. A working punk scene, with the Buzzcocks becoming class San Francisco, Manchester became the a key part of the movement. This inspired coolest place in the world, and it just keeps MANCHESTER a massive local boost, making Manchester on coming, from Oasis outselling the Beatles the key city for post-punk, thanks to Joy to award-winning bands like Elbow and the Division and news reporter Tony Wilson’s complex, highly evolved local scene that Factory Records, which completely exists today. reinvented music for a new generation. Vibrant, thrilling, multicultural Manchester has By 1980 Manchester was the hippest music again reinvented itself and it still has the best city in the UK. The world’s home of the soundtrack. With Manchester Nights now a industrial revolution continued to innovate club standard, what other city in the world can and still does to this day. Home to the boast events named after itself? Come and be computer, invented in Manchester just after a part of it at BIMM Manchester! 6 MANCHESTER - THE PLACE TO STUDY MANCHESTER - THE PLACE TO STUDY 7 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE HAMBURG 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 BERLIN BIRMINGHAM 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.

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