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Hard rock band Black Star Riders have announced Sam Wood as their new guitarist. Sam graduated from our Popular Music course in 2010, and is also a member of Wayward Sons and Land Sharks.

A Leeds Conservatoire graduate opened the Specsavers Scottish Music Awards 2022 and scooped the VEGA Rising Star Award.

James Smith, the band’s vocalist and lyricist, studied Music Production at Leeds Conservatoire (known then as Leeds College of Music).

Listen to music by Leeds Conservatoire staff, students & alumni.

BA Classical Student Sofia Pan and MA Music student Emma Clarke both secure Gold at the 2022 World Classical Music Awards.

Adele has announced an all-female line-up, featuring Leeds Conservatoire graduate Tamzene, for her two-day concert in London’s Hyde Park on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 July.