Music Student Harvey Glasby talks about his favourite Industry Week events

Last week, we asked FdSc Audio and Music Technology student, Harvey Glasby, to write about his time at Industry Week and what stood out for him as a music student.

BBC Radio 1Xtra record Nottingham’s finest in our Contemporary Music & Live events Hub

On Friday 2 March, BBC Radio 1Xtra came to Nottingham to shine some light on the hottest music talent our great city has to offer.

Confetti student Ellie spoke to Enter Shikari before their Nottingham show!

Enter Shikari lead vocalist Rou Reynolds spoke to student Ellie Kemp ahead of the band’s show at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena about balancing life and music and touring with their mates.
Music student Alex wins Shogun Audio’s DJ competition and will perform in Leeds

Great news! Audio and Music Technology student Alex Sherwood has won Shogun Audio’s DJ competition and will perform at their next event in Leeds on 8 December.

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.
Students Work on the Shoot for our New Confetti Promo Video

Our students have been ‘Doing It For Real’ working on the shoot for our new promo.
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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Film & TV student directs his first short film ‘Catharsis’
Here at Confetti we openly encourage students to work on and get creative with their own projects in their free time. We caught up with second year Film & TV student Jay Martin who has just finished directing his first short film ‘Catharsis’, to find out how it went. Jay, can you give us a brief outline of the plot? J: Catharsis follows the story of Sandra, a thirty something business woman, who, after the loss of her first born child Megan, begins a drug and alcohol fueled decent into her own mind as she desperately tries to relive the lost …

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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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