Celebrating Black History Month at Confetti

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 …

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 …

Lyndsey Hardiman from the Musicians Union is coming to Confetti to discuss freelancing. Where: A001, Nottingham Arts Theatre When:  10th November, 11:00 Lyndsey is the Regional Officer covering the Midlands. She regularly helps union members with legal issues including fee recovery for unpaid or cancelled work, as well as organising promotional and continuing professional development events. Throughout her career, Lyndsey has done extensive work as a freelancer, enabling her to be aware of the practical challenges musicians face regardless of genre. Lyndsey’s talk will provide advice and guidance on doing freelance work and the challenges which surround it. Interested? Sign …