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On Sunday 10th March 2024, some of Resonance’s staff and students joined our friends at Dudley Performing Arts (DPA) as they held a series of concerts at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. The day-long event, called Dudley Goes to Symphony Hall, consisted of many music performances by young people from across the Dudley borough. Due to its large scale, the planning stages for the event began early last year, with the final concerts having around 1000-1500 participants in total. Resonance students were given the opportunity to take part alongside DPA’s students and showcased their skills as musicians with vocal, drum, violin and piano performances.

Kyle Lamley is a third year student on Resonance’s Popular Music Performance course and, with his band THEIA, is proving that you don’t have to wait until you’ve graduated to begin working as a musician. Alongside his brother Ash on drums, Kyle has just released a new EP called The Wet Die Young.

At Resonance we think it’s important that our students have an ongoing goal in mind for what they’d like to accomplish when they graduate. Whether it’s through developing their identity as an artist, refining their instrumental and production skills, or understanding the presence they want to establish in the industry, a new journey begins once our students become graduates. Today we’d like to highlight an artist from our first delegation of graduates, Annabel Roberts AKA BELLAMIX, who has recently released her first single Falling For You across streaming platforms.

Working within local communities has always been an important aspect of the music industry; it keeps our venues thriving and small movements can make waves. Making his own splash in the local scene is one of our third-year students, Alexander Jones, who recently took part in the Brierley Hill Song Book Project. The project was part of Brierley Hill’s Cultural Consortium activities and focused on making music inspired by the local area. After workshops, rehearsals, a recording session and two live performances, we spoke to Alexander to find out how he felt about his experience working alongside other local artists.

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Friday the 15th of September marked a very important date in Resonance’s academic calendar: our very first graduation ceremony! Held just around the corner from Resonance at the Copthorne Hotel, it was an evening for the students to come together and celebrate all the hard work they’ve put in over these past three years. Family and friends were there to support in number, alongside members of Resonance’s Board of Trustees and guests including Counsellor Patrick Harley, leader of DMBC, and Mike Wood, MP for Dudley South.

Last week Resonance students took to the stage at Red By Night for the very first Resonance student gig.

The Resonance team recently visited Telford college to deliver an industry Roadshow.

Leader “bowled over” during visit to Resonance

The leader of Dudley Council was “bowled over” with the life-changing opportunities being given to students at Resonance during a recent visit.

“It was great fun showing Keith Duffy (Boyzone) and Brian McFadden (Westlife) around Resonance last week before they headed out on the road again with Boyzlife.