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UK Music held its annual awards celebrating the best of the Music Academic Partnership (MAP) network. Ruby Ewing, who studied Songwriting at Leeds Conservatoire, secured a Special Mention prize, with Actor Musician graduate Tasha Dowd also nominated.

Yorkshire Universities, of which Leeds Conservatoire is a member, has published a statement on International Higher Education and its significance across Yorkshire and the Humber.

Leeds Conservatoire has an ongoing partnership with Sound City. As part of this, the festival team has selected artists from the conservatoire to perform at Sound City 2024: the eighth year in a row.

Twelve universities and higher education institutions in Yorkshire, including Leeds Conservatoire, have issued a powerful open letter to the region’s mayoral election candidates.

The organisation, formed in 2020, was set up to address racial inequality in the music industry and create opportunities for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse musicians and professionals.

The massive contribution that the music industry makes to the economy was the theme of the Leeds Chamber Annual Dinner. Leeds Conservatoire was involved in panel discussion and performance at this.