BIMM partner with Moonshine Collective Industry Programme

Students from BIMM Music Institute and Screen and Film School in Birmingham took part in the Moonshine Collective Industry Programme (MCIP) at Birmingham’s Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival.

MCIP, with the help of our talented students and students from four other creative education institutions, aim to pilot a new live music industry programme aimed at securing a future talent pipeline in the city. The initiative is designed to ensure higher employability for future graduates and create an additional resource pool for music businesses in the UK.

A number of BIMM University students took on roles at the festival, including artist liaison, photography and videography, stage management and performing. Performers Tidez and Kitty Bella from BIMM Birmingham opened the first two days of the festival, reaching thousands of fans with their music. John Fell, Moonshine Collective festival manager and booker, was very pleased with how it went:

“With significant change currently impacting our industry, we wanted to create a new way for university and college students to secure real-world experience in a festival setting to ensure they are best equipped to enter the industry when they graduate.

It is also an invaluable experience for our festival team to have brilliant young creatives on board, helping us to shape our programming, marketing and operational delivery in the lead-up to – and during – our events.

We look forward to building and shaping MCIP with our education partners and embedding the initiative into our business model going forward. Investing in the future of live music is just one way in which universities and colleges can help to drive growth and opportunity for students and festivals.”