Abbey Road Studios is opening up applications for its diversity scholarship programme for 2024. The programme will finance tuition fees and living expenses for two undergraduates from underrepresented groups to study for an Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, for a year. Abbey Road defined underrepresented groups as Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, women, and individuals from low-income households. Prospective candidates have until 15 March to apply for the scholarship on the Abbey Road Institute website. Scholarship recipients may also be given the opportunity to undertake an internship at the institution. Previous successful alumni of the scholarship programme have secured work for top artists like Mahalia and Stormzy, and one even won a GRAMMY for her contribution to Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy.”
The scholarship programme highlights Abbey Road’s interest in producing opportunities that encourage more diversity within both the recording and music sectors, according to Sally Davies, the managing director, who said, “the scholarship is an integral part of our collective commitment to supporting the next generation coming through.” Scholarship holder Leah Morris, for one, believes that the programme has helped instil important principles about the need to employ basic recording and mixing techniques during production rather than always seeking novel solutions. Marik Erskine, another scholarship recipient, praised the “whole experience of being in the studio every day, collaborating with others, being given tasks and experimenting more within my own craft” as having generated significant personal growth.
In a similar vein, Steam Radio has announced free workshops for working-class people in Greater Manchester who are interested in DJing and radio work, as reported by NME
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