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PROSPECTUS 2019/20 BIRMINGHAM YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE BIMM.CO.UK/BIRMINGHAM LONDON BERLIN HAMBURG DUBLIN BIRMINGHAM MANCHESTER BRISTOL BRIGHTON DEAR APPLICANT, As Principal of BIMM Birmingham, I’m hugely The day you walk into BIMM as a freshly excited to be at the helm of our newest enrolled student is the first day of your college, located at the heart of this vibrant career. While you’re a BIMM student, you’ll creative and artistic musical city. be immersed in the industry. You’ll be taught by current music professionals who At BIMM, we give you an experience of the bring real, up-to-date experience directly real industry, as it stands today – it’s our into the classroom, and the curriculum mission to create a microcosm of the music they’re teaching is current and relevant THE SECRET TO SUCCESS business within the walls of the college. because it constantly evolves with the latest developments in the business. You’ll If you’re a songwriter, you’ll find the best attend Masterclasses and industry events, musicians to collaborate with; if you’re a giving you unparalleled access to an array IS NO SECRET guitarist, bassist, drummer or vocalist, you’ll of notable music business movers and find the best songwriters and fellow band shakers, such as Hozier, Roger Daltry, Chuck members. If you’re a Music Business or Music D, Thurston Moore, Guy Garvey, Chad Smith, Production student, you’ll have access to the Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, and If you want to make it You’ll cross paths with best emerging musical talent the city has to Creation Records founder Alan McGee. in music, you’ve got to more guest tutors; some offer. BIMM is a hotbed of talent, and being get connected, and at of the most successful a BIMM student means you’ll be part of that If it’s a creative, successful and sustainable community, making many vital connections career in the music industry you’re after, BIMM we get you better and influential people which you’ll hopefully keep for the rest of there really is no better place to be! connected than in the industry. your life and career. anybody else. And you’ll be involved You’ll mix with more in one of the most of the finest aspiring vibrant music scenes 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. ANTONY GREAVES music business. COLLEGE PRINCIPAL – BIMM INSTITUTE BIRMINGHAM WELCOME 3 YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE 5 ABOUT BIMM 6 BIRMINGHAM – THE PLACE TO STUDY AB UT BIMM 8 THE BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE 10 LIFE AT BIMM 12 MASTERCLASSES 14 ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY 17 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 20 STUDENT ENRICHMENT 22 STUDENT SUCCESS AS EUROPE’S LEADING PROVIDER OF MUSIC EDUCATION, BIMM HAS SPENT 35 YEARS 26 MEET YOUR TUTORS TURNING RAW RECRUITS INTO INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. GET INSPIRED, CREATIVE 31 COURSES AND BUSINESS-READY IN A PASSIONATE COMMUNITY WHERE MUSIC IS KING… 52 STUDENT SUPPORT 54 HOW TO APPLY Music is booming. With the global industry Dublin or Hamburg, you’ll dive into a 56 INTERNATIONAL worth an annual $50bn, there’s never been community of like-minded music-lovers 58 FEES AND FINANCE 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 60 STUDENT LOANS your fingertips. For 35 years, we’ve sparked doorstep. Harness BIMM’s state-of-the- 61 SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES the creativity and sharpened the skill-sets of art facilities. Tap into contacts that range 62 EDUCATION PARTNERS our students, helping them achieve dream from leading labels to renowned studios roles at the top of the industry. BIMM’s and major festivals. Collaborate with fellow 63 ACCOMMODATION success-rate says it all. We’ve kick-started students as you gig, learn and build a 65 OPEN DAYS AND COLLEGE TOURS the careers of household names like George bespoke CV. There’s no better place to get 66 CONTACT INFORMATION Ezra, James Bay, The Kooks, Tom Odell, industry-ready. Radiohead, Black Honey, Fickle Friends 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. ROGER DALTREY CBE Birmingham, Bristol, Berlin, Manchester, BIMM PATRON 4 CONTENTS ABOUT BIMM 5 THE Birmingham’s musical heritage is second PLACE to none. From the folk, jazz, blues and soul of the 1950s, right through to garage, indie and techno in the 21st century – plus with TO STUDY everything from Brumbeat and psychedelia to ska, reggae and punk in between – the city has done more for the invention of musical genres than possibly any other in the history of Western music. Generally considered as the birthplace of both bhangra in the ‘60s and heavy metal in the ‘70s, the city also lay at the heart of the development of British soul and grindcore in the ‘80s. Some of the world’s biggest musical names have hailed from Birmingham, including Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, UB40, The Moody Blues, Nick Drake, Steve Winwood, Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Armatrading, Judas Priest, Musical Youth, The Beat, Dexys Midnight Runners, Fine Young Cannibals, Napalm Death, Goldie, The Streets, Editors and Guillemots. These days, the city has progressed a long way from its historically industrial past. There’s shopping aplenty at The Bullring, and no end of cool independent stores to discover as you walk the city’s streets, such as Provide for clothes, books, magazines and accessories, and Swordfish Records on Dalton Street. The city’s thriving cultural Birmingham has long had a history of scene mainly centres around the happening vibrant nightlife – with international trance BIRMINHGHAM areas of Digbeth – Birmingham’s creative superclub brand Godskitchen establishing quarter with the Custard Factory shopping its first permanent UK home in the city – but centre, workspace and music and arts centre nowadays it’s Broad Street which sees most at its heart – and the Jewellery Quarter. of the clubbing action, with PRYZM as the area’s largest nightclub in a building that This old industrial area, previously made up used to house the UK’s very first Gatecrasher. of 19th century workshops, factories and warehouses, has been updated to house cool and stylish restaurants, bars, pubs and cafés, such as live music venue The Jam House, whose musical director is none other than boogie woogie maestro, Jools Holland. 6 BIRMINGHAM - THE PLACE TO STUDY BIRMINGHAM - 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 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 THECONTENTS BIMM STUDY EXCHANGE *Terms and conditions apply THE BIMM STUDYABOUT EXCHANGE BIMM 9 NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME AT BIMM.

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