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INSTITUTE LAUNCHES 2008 DRUM SCHOLARSHIPS

London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is delighted to announce, in partnership with Mapex, Paiste and Drummer Magazine, the launch of its 2008 drum scholarship programme.

The lucky winner will receive a free place, worth £4,950, on the Institute’s famous Higher Diploma course starting in October 2008, whilst the runner-up will receive a £2,500 award for study on the same programme. In addition to this fabulous prize the winner will also be a contributor to Drummer Magazine, the UK’s loudest drum Magazine, for a year! Applications are invited from students both from the UK and internationally.

The Higher Diploma is a specialist one-year full-time course, developed by the Institute to train and develop students of guitar, bass, drums and vocals for a career in the music industry. It was the first full-time course of its kind ever developed in the UK and achieving a place on the course continues to be an aspirational goal for young musicians. Institute alumni can be found throughout today’s music industry, working with artists of the calibre of Babyshambles, Lemar, Radiohead, Eric Clapton, Keene and KT Tunstall.

This drum scholarship is part of the annual programme of Institute scholarship awards and represents a fantastic opportunity for deserving students to access world class training and tuition at one of the world’s leading schools of contemporary music. Closing date for entries is Friday 18th July and there is always a great demand, so any interested drummers should apply now by downloading the application form at www.icmp.uk.com. Remember, if you don’t apply, you definitely can’t win!

About The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance:

The Institute is widely recognised as Europe's finest school of modern music. Established almost a quarter of a century ago, the Institute has been developing and delivering cutting-edge courses to students of contemporary music for longer than any other UK-based school. Originally known as The Drum Institute, the school has built its reputation on providing world class teaching using the very best teachers and state-of-the-art facilities.  It now offers a range of professional courses including a 3-year Degree (BMus), a fully-funded one year Diploma, a specialist one year Higher Diploma, plus a wide portfolio of part-time courses designed to meet a variety of training needs for guitarists, bass players, drummers and vocalists. Past or present Institute students can be found everywhere, touring with the likes of Katie Melua and Moby, playing with bands like Radiohead and Babyshambles and artists like K. T. Tunstall and Beverley Knight, and also working as teachers all over the world.