E&E Newsletter: December 2024
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Volunteering Opportunity
Event: I Know A Place Conference
Organisation: Come Play With Me (CPWM)
Where: Leeds City Museum
When: Friday 31st January, 10:00 - 17:00
About: Come Play With Me's annual conference, I Know A Place, is back! Join us at Leeds City Museum on January 31st 2025 as we champion diversity and equity in the music industry through interactive panels, workshops and networking. I Know A Place is focused around supporting emerging artists, industry professionals and creative practitioners from marginalised communities. The conference aims to create a safe space for underrepresented communities to come together and discuss topics that affect them.
We are looking for around 20 volunteers to support us with the smooth running of our conference. As well as being granted access to the conference for free, volunteers will also be able to attend The Ivors' Academy's Networking Drinks from 15:30.
We are particularly encouraging volunteer applications from people identifying as belonging to marginalised communities.
If you are interested please email team@cpwm.co - thanks!
Help Musicians Postgraduate Award
Applications for the Help Musicians’ Postgraduate Awards 2025 are now open.
About the Postgraduate awards
Students studying music performance at postgraduate level from September 2025 (i.e. MMus, MA, PGDip, Artist Diploma) at selected UK conservatoires, can apply to Help Musicians for financial support of up to £5,000 towards study and living costs for the next academic year.
Find out more and apply on the Help Musicians website. Or if you’ve any questions about the application process, contact: support@helpmusicians.org.uk.
Applications close at 5pm on 24 January. Late applications cannot be accepted.
Supporting St George’s Crypt
This December, we’re joining forces with students from Leeds City College’s Public Services course to support St George’s Crypt, a local charity making a difference in our community.
A donation box is located at Leeds Conservatoire Reception, and we’re collecting essential items to help those in need this winter. If you can contribute, we’re looking for:
- Winter Warmers: Hats, scarves, gloves, and socks.
- Toiletries: Sprays, shower gels, toothbrushes, and toothpaste.
- Non-Perishable Food: Biscuits, pasta sauce, rice, canned goods (soup, tuna), chocolate spread, and custard powder.
- Gift Wrap: Wrapping paper to spread some festive cheer.
The donation drive ends on Friday 13 December, so please drop off your items before then. Let’s come together to make a difference this season.
Monthly CV Clinic
Struggling to write your CV? Need advice on applying for jobs? Does your resume need an update? Then why not attend one our monthly CV clinics & book a one to one slot with an adviser?
Time slots are available throughout the day and are available to book all year round. The session are open to Leeds Conservatoire students across all years and pathways, as well as recent graduates.
To book your individual slot please fill in this online form, or email The Employability and Enterprise team at EaE@lcm.ac.uk.
Self Care for Musicians
Help Musicians are offering a series of free, guided self-care sessions to provide techniques to help with challenging times. The sessions are all hosted online and run on various dates from September - December. Please head to the Help Musicians website to find out more.
Music Industry Yorkshire
Based in Yorkshire? Work or want to work in any sector of the music industry? You can join Music Industry Yorkshire for free
Being a member of Music Industry Yorkshire provides access to music business info, resources and exclusive opportunities. MIY launched as Yorkshire’s music industry development network in 2010 so we’ve relaunched and added some useful free support-tools to this new website, designed to support the whole music industry in all its shapes and sizes, and focussing just on Yorkshire.
MIY members who also offer a music service / run a music business can now list this on the MIY website (for free), and anyone who needs a professional music service can come here to find one (without being a member). You can also use the MIY site to search for or post music industry jobs (including apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities), or browse music industry support events in the Yorkshire region.
Find out more: https://musicindustryyorkshire.com/
Festival opportunities for 2025
Many of 2025's music festivals are currently accepting artist submissions.
The PRS website has a useful and frequently updated guide to festivals currently taking submissions: please see https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/festival-application-guide
If you receive an invitation to play at an international showcase, you can apply for funding through PRS Foundation’s International Showcase Fund.
For UK festivals, it may be possible for the Employability and Enterprise team to provide some support with expenses – please drop us a line at EaE@lcm.ac.uk
Look out for our own festival partnership opportunities in the coming months – including Liverpool Sound City, We Out Here and more.
Opera North Opportunities
Sing on the Leeds Grand Theatre stage alongside the Orchestra of Opera North. Join us for a series of four vocal workshops at the Howard Opera Centre, Leeds. Learn a selection of classic opera repertoire under the guidance of a vocal animateur and pianist, in preparation for a final public performance at Leeds Grand Theatre, with the Orchestra of Opera North and Music Director Garry Walker.
Course starts: 12 Dec. Final performance: 31 Jan. £100 to take part, limited places available.
Best wishes,
The Employability and Enterprise Team
Room 401
EaE@lcm.ac.uk
Community Singing Facilitator
Find Your Voice Closing date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Freelance Communications Contract
Yorkshire Youth & Music, Closing date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025
Communications Officer
Northern Ballet Closing date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025
Music & Events Manager
Harrogate International Festival, Closing date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Marketing & Communications Coordinator (Fixed Term)
Arts Catalyst Closing date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Administrator
Choir Schools' Association Closing date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Drama Facilitators (Primary)
West End in Schools Closing date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025
Learn to Play Assistant
Music for All Closing date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025
Humbug Radio - Presenters (Unpaid)
Humbug Radio is a new Internet station aimed squarely at the 50+ demographic. We are quirky, irreverent, funny and, hopefully, wise. We play great music from the 60s-Noughties, but we're not just a music station, so regular DJs need not apply. Instead, we're looking for people with life experience, stories to tell, fluency and, above all, a cracking sense of humour. We have weekday and weekend slots available. Experience with voice tracking on Myriad would be helpful.
Our current roster is comprised largely of white males so we are very interested in people who don't fit this template, in particular mature presenters, male and female, with diverse and unusual backgrounds.
This year we’re piloting a new programme to support our students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds and we need graduates to help.
We’re on the look out for graduates who have some shared experiences with these students to act as coaches and give them some support.
Coaches will be paid for their time.
