Epic, which was promoted by music business students at the college. July saw ACC supply acts for Latitude and Jimmy’s Festival in Suffolk Is this an important output of ACC work? Yes, it’s very important. We pride ourselves on being able to offer our students industry experience, both on and off the stage. Both Mullally and Ed Sheeran played our stage at Latitude at the start of their career. We aim to have eight festivals across the next year for our musicians to play at. We also have our student sound engineers working at festivals and events, while our Event Production students help with the management and organisation. New for this year was a Games Workshop marquee in the Inbetweeners area at Latitude. This offered teenagers the chance to create their own games characters. ACC will also supply acts for Sundown this year, that must be exciting for your students? Yes, this is our first proper year working in partnership with Sundown. We are going to run the new Platform Stage with Music Glue (who is another of our partners). We will have six acts playing on the stage, plus sound engineers working the desk. We are also helping with the VIP area. Our very own Maya Law is playing the main stage this year too. ACC appears to be preparing young people for an understanding of life in the creative industries. Is this this case? Yes, that is the plan. We have some incredible friends and contacts in the industry. Because we have a track record of producing acts like Ed Sheeran, JP Cooper, Let’s Eat Grandma, Mullally, Rita Ora and many more, the industry takes an interest in the acts we are developing. However, we are very


"Because we have a track record of producing acts like Ed Sheeran, JP Cooper, Let’s Eat Grandma, Mullally, Rita Ora and many more, the industry takes an interest in the acts we are developing. "


careful to only introduce our students to trusted partners. Our staff are also very well-


connected, so they bring their own networks into play too. That's the case with Robin Milton, our Games Tutor, who is well-known in the regional games scene, including Norfolk Games Developers - the college now plays a key educational role in the annual Norwich Gaming Festival which takes place at The Forum in late May. Our latest development is to offer


two new foundation degrees, which will be the only music degrees available in the county. The two-year courses are in Music Performance and Audio and Music Technology and are validated by Nottingham Trent University, who were the university of the year in 2017. They will run from dedicated premises on the first floor of our site in Magdalen Street. The good news is that there's still time to apply for this year! So where can people find out more? For more on Access Creative College, head to accesscreative.ac.uk


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For more on Access Creative College, head to accesscreative.ac.uk


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