An interview with our students behind the start-up of Roll Sound

Confetti students Charlie and Josh have started their own audio engineering company – Roll Sound. We caught up with them to see how their new venture is going…
Over 120 Confetti students work at Splendour Festival 2017

At this year’s Splendour we had over 120 students from across both college and degree courses working in over 209 different roles. See how they got on.
Our college-level students showcase their work across Hockley

Celebrate took over Hockley as our Level 3 TV & Film, Music, Performance, Games and Digital Media students showcased their work.
Audio & Music Tech degree student Joe Langford provides soundtrack for new Divercity movie

Winner of Best Music Production at this year’s Degree Showcase, Joe Langford, has been selected to supply the soundtrack for the Divercity movie – part of Nottingham City Council’s The Big Tent project.
Confetti students win at the 9th Nottingham Young Creative Awards

On Wednesday evening seven Confetti students took home awards at the 9th Nottingham Young Creative Awards held at Nottingham Playhouse.
Our Industry Week 2017 Highlights
Well what a week that was! From 6 – 10 March we welcomed over 70 guests from across Film, TV, Music and Games for Industry Week 2017! Timetables were replaced with insightful workshops, lectures and masterclasses giving you tips, tricks and insider knowledge of the industries you aspire to join. Check out our highlights from the week... Acting with Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward For many of you, Industry Week started early as we welcomed Emmerdale favourites Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward on Friday 3 March. Not only did they hold a Q&A session on getting into acting, but they also …

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Exciting new partnership with Access to Music
We are pleased to announce a new, national partnership with further education provider Access to Music (AtM). From September 2017, we will be running our further education courses in collaboration with Access to Music – a national college offering creative courses for school leavers in nine major cities across the country. We count musician Jake Bugg and actor Vicky McClure amongst our ambassadors and we'll soon celebrate a quarter of a century as a leading creative industry educator. Similarly, AtM, now in its 25th year, has seen thousands of young people access its training, including patrons Ed Sheeran and Jess …

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Confetti at Splendour Festival – Do It For Real
On one of the hottest days of 2016, 21,000 people gathered in Wollaton Park for Splendour Festival. Nottingham’s biggest outdoor event celebrated its ninth year on Saturday 23 July 2016 with performances from Jamie Lawson, UB40 and Jess Glynne amongst many others. Confetti was once again a main sponsor and our students worked alongside our technical teams to help bring Splendour festival to life. The Confetti Stage hosted big names, such as The Fratellis, The Rifles and headline act The Darkness, whilst Confetti-band Super Furniture opened the main stage after winning the Future Sound of Nottingham accolade. CONFETTI AT SPLENDOUR 2016 …

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Confetti Students Win Big at Nottingham Young Creative Awards
https://vimeo.com/167249279 Confetti students took home a haul of Nottingham Young Creative Awards at last night's award ceremony. Hundreds of people attended the 8th Nottingham Young Creative Awards, which aim to give people aged 13 to 24 who live, study or work in Nottingham the chance to show off their creative work, network with future employers and gain valuable industry experience and mentoring. This year a record 350 young creatives submitted their work in 10 different categories to meet the ‘Goals and Dreams’ theme. Confetti students dominated the Animation & Media category taking away all three awards. There were also winners in …

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The Voice Comes to Confetti!
Our music and performance students are busy warming up their vocal chords in preparation for the chance to audition for music reality show The Voice. ITV is beginning its search for contestants for the new series of The Voice with closed auditions for Confetti students only, taking place on Tuesday 3 May. Pop star Jake Bugg said it a few years ago - "If you want to get on in the music industry you have to get into Confetti." Head of Talent Development Alison Whitlock has spoken of the importance of these opportunities for the career development of our students: “It …

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Confetti does Splendour 2016
We’re excited to announce that we will once again be a main sponsor of Nottingham’s favourite festival, Splendour! We’ve been involved with Splendour for the last six years and will be back again at this year’s festival on 23 July 2016. We’ll be running the Confetti stage, offering our students the opportunity to get vital hands-on experience at one of the biggest live events in the Midlands! Craig Chettle, Chief Executive Confetti ICT, said: “Confetti is delighted to be supporting Splendour for the sixth consecutive year. Confetti is all about providing real opportunities for our students to work with and …

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Confetti students are the new ‘voice of the network’
Nottingham City Transport has enlisted the help of our students to become the voices of its new on-board audio announcements. And it was their sense of humour as well as their vocal skills the city’s award-winning bus operator was after... With 75% of the buses across the fleet having on-board announcements – NCT have decided to add a touch of humour to their recordings. Students from the Level 3 Acting and Presenting course have written and recorded the new announcements in their in-house studio. ‘We are so grateful to be given this opportunity – it’s crazy that we’ll be able …

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